Laser Origami, Anyone know much about this ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjRt...ature=youtu.be
Laser Origami, Anyone know much about this ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjRt...ature=youtu.be
Last edited by Kasey Maxwell; 03-07-2013 at 3:29 PM.
I have read about something similar but it used a combination of printer, laser and heat lamp. First black lines of a width that corresponds to the degree of the bend are printed on the plastic with a laser printer. Then it is laser cut, then put under a heat lamp. the black ink absorbs more heat causing the plastic to bend where there is ink, the wider the line the sharper the bend.
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I'm thinking the material they use in the video is special and not just acrylic ?
Looks like normal acrylic to me. Done on the same machine we own. I didn't see it doing anything we can't do. That's one of the advantages of having a programmable Z-Axis.
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Very interesting! I am surprized no one has made mention of the vector table she created.
I wonder if the height can be set in the print driver as she changes heights for cutting and bending.
This is definitly thinking out of the box! Wonder about durability if this processed was use for bending
table signs.
She seem amible to emails from the questions asked I'll see if she would consider joining our forum. Would be a great addition!
Martin Boekers
1 - Epilog Radius 25watt laser 1998
1 - Epilog Legend EXT36 75watt laser 2005
1 - Epilog Legend EXT36 75watt laser 2007
1 - Epilog Fusion M2 32 120watt laser with camera 2015
2 - Geo Knight K20S 16x20 Heat Press
Geo Knight K Mug Press,
Ricoh GX-7000 Dye Sub Printer
Zerox Phaser 6360 Laser Printer
numerous other tools and implements
of distruction/distraction!
If you read the comments down below it appears as if she will willingly give away any information anyone wants about the processes. I looks like she is doing it as an opensource project.
Universal M-300 (35 Watt CO2)
Universal X-660 (50 Watt CO2)
Hans (35 watt YAG)
Electrox Cobra (40 watt YAG)
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Lasers : Trotec Speedy 300 75W, Trotec Speedy 300 80W, Galvo Fiber Laser 20W
Printers : Mimaki UJF-6042 UV Flatbed Printer , HP Designjet L26500 61" Wide Format Latex Printer, Summa S140-T 48" Vinyl Plotter
Router : ShopBot 48" x 96" CNC Router Rotary Engravers : (2) Xenetech XOT 16 x 25 Rotary Engravers
Real name Steve but that name was taken on the forum. Used Middle name. Call me Steve or Scott, doesn't matter.
Universal M-300 (35 Watt CO2)
Universal X-660 (50 Watt CO2)
Hans (35 watt YAG)
Electrox Cobra (40 watt YAG)
Glass With Class, Cameron, Wisconsin
No, like you said, it wasn't plugged into the machine. The rotary port is on the opposite side of where their wires were running. You could easily control that servo, and you didn't see if they changed programs, hit pause, or what between that part. You could easily control that servo with a number of things, plus it's a $15 servo motor.
Very clever people, no doubt. It's great to see people pushing lasers like that. Super creative!
Lasers : Trotec Speedy 300 75W, Trotec Speedy 300 80W, Galvo Fiber Laser 20W
Printers : Mimaki UJF-6042 UV Flatbed Printer , HP Designjet L26500 61" Wide Format Latex Printer, Summa S140-T 48" Vinyl Plotter
Router : ShopBot 48" x 96" CNC Router Rotary Engravers : (2) Xenetech XOT 16 x 25 Rotary Engravers
Real name Steve but that name was taken on the forum. Used Middle name. Call me Steve or Scott, doesn't matter.
Her professor also worked on this http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/baudis...tructable.html which showed up here a while back.
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I am sure there are some practical applications. But i can think of about 10 other ways that using a plastic melter or welder would be 10 times more efficient. Seems pretty propaganda ish to me Sure it looks nice. But u could probably get similar results just tweaking the settings of your laser at home. Minus the Rotary attachment thing..
The person that made my rottary attachment did a nice job. Just a few basic components . Some machined aluminum. Print Drivers. And what ever else throw in there.
Last edited by Jesse Anderson; 03-08-2013 at 10:05 AM.
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Yes we can do this with our lasers, as they are using the same equipment. Personally I am impressed, wires and heaters are easy for simple things, but I really doubt, say for the plant holder it could be cut and shaped consistantly quicker than the 30 seconds or so
that was done on the laser. Is there viable use in our commercial area? Maybe, maybe not... These type of ideas taech us to expand our knowledge base. There is something to be learned about the process and developing concepts. I appreciate when folks share
these type of projects as somewhere along the way I just may use part of this knowledge for a project to resolve an issue that
standard solutions won't resolve.
Martin Boekers
1 - Epilog Radius 25watt laser 1998
1 - Epilog Legend EXT36 75watt laser 2005
1 - Epilog Legend EXT36 75watt laser 2007
1 - Epilog Fusion M2 32 120watt laser with camera 2015
2 - Geo Knight K20S 16x20 Heat Press
Geo Knight K Mug Press,
Ricoh GX-7000 Dye Sub Printer
Zerox Phaser 6360 Laser Printer
numerous other tools and implements
of distruction/distraction!
Here is a link to the ink and heat lamp based origami, I guess I was wrong nowhere in it do they mention using a laser to cut the outlines. http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/11/s...d-light-video/
It uses #6 plastic, the same as is used for shrinkey dinks.
Last edited by Joe Hillmann; 03-08-2013 at 11:50 AM.
Universal M-300 (35 Watt CO2)
Universal X-660 (50 Watt CO2)
Hans (35 watt YAG)
Electrox Cobra (40 watt YAG)
Glass With Class, Cameron, Wisconsin
Whats interesting is the heating pattern for bending, it did not look like rastering just a bend line, there was a specific pattern more like dashed lines alternating in power. It would be nice to know the focal distance and the lens used for the bends. Awesome creativity.
I like the creative use of the z axis. It enforces my decision to switch to a machine that has programmable z-axis control when the time comes.
The 4th axis servo is most likely controlled by an Arduino and a few simple buttons. Controlled manually.
I design, engineer and program all sorts of things.
Oh, and I use Adobe Illustrator with an Epilog Mini.