Projects Builders workshop, tools and techniques of the trade

64impala

Member
Ok for starters I am VERY new to building models of any size or quality without it coming from a box of parts made by someone else. So I was thinking that there are sources out there for getting to know the tools and techniques that others use in their builds so I figured "Why dont we RC-Helpers make a cache of our tools and techniques.
So we probably all have a lot of the basics that relly need not spend much time on like xactos, razors of various types, hobby saws, but some of us have some really cool stuff so lets see what you guys have in your shops.
I'll start of with the biggest investment lately.
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Yep thats a 5 foot long 80W laser yea babby!
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This is a cnc laser cutter/engraver. Here is some sample work a peice of poplar cut and engraved and some custom bottle caps for my homebrew yea!
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and a box cut out of poplar and but together as a cmas gift
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This shows the box and a sample of a freinds pepper co. label
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64impala

Member
vids of it working
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Tony

Staff member
Embed video doesn't work because of HTML. There is a little film strip above where you type, and you can just put in the link to the video to post it. After seeing some people get hacked, I got rid of most HTML here on the site.

And I think this is a great idea. And that is a badass laser. You will have to make me a few things with that sucker. I think it's a little overkill for what we are doing, but still, if you can't go big, go home lmao.
 

Tony

Staff member
Those are some great sites. I'm going to edit your post so the links are clickable. Thanks for posting that.
 
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