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[trever22]

Hey guys, take a look at this YouTube - My homemade X/Y laser scanner I watched this video probably around 50 times and im still not tired of seeing it. I hope you guys appreciate it as much as I do. Also How much do you think it cost this guy to make it :thinking:

 

[qumefox]

A couple hundred dollars, excluding the cost of the laser probably. X/Y scanners, especially low scan rate ones, are in no way expensive. It's only when you want to start doing text and animations that the cost starts going up. Just scanning effects like those don't take a whole lot to pull off, galvo speed wise.

 

[justin lawson]

my dad made one of those it approximitley averaged out 70$.....but his does not go with any music like that one...but it still does cool stuff like in one of my pics it shows my cat right next to it.....it made a star shape

 

[laser_freak]

Trever, if you are all excited about that video, wait until you see a multi-watt RGB 60kps system

 

[magonegro]

Excluding lasers, (a low powered greenie module is cheap) I did mine for about $170 using the audio DAC mod and a lava amp, galvos are ~20kpps@8deg enough for easy graphics. Now working on the RGB module & my own software. The RGB module will cost me about $300 including dichros, holders, lasers modules & drivers. It'll hold a 200mw 660nm, 50mw 532nm and 200mw 445nm modules. So mine will cost me about $500 bucks. I doubt this could be done for much less. Monochrome scanners are good, but couldn't be compared to a RGB system at all... It is like magic. Even a toy like mine's.

 

[ped]

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[chipdouglas]

Excluding lasers, (a low powered greenie module is cheap) I did mine for about $170 using the audio DAC mod and a lava amp, galvos are ~20kpps@8deg enough for easy graphics. Now working on the RGB module & my own software. The RGB module will cost me about $300 including dichros, holders, lasers modules & drivers. It'll hold a 200mw 660nm, 50mw 532nm and 200mw 445nm modules. So mine will cost me about $500 bucks. I doubt this could be done for much less. Monochrome scanners are good, but couldn't be compared to a RGB system at all... It is like magic. Even a toy like mine's.

agreed. i'm still not done with my RGB and I am at around 500 not including software.

 

[ped]

@ trever

Many thanks for the -rep regarding the topic title. Nice to see n00bs taking notice of the rules. Well done champ.