Laserbay

[Teufel Hund]

I'm not "Dremeling" it, im using a dremel tool.   Its the etching, soddering, and wood burning tool.  It comes with an extra thin knife attachment, which is good for burning the ouline of a template, but it is too messy and creates too many melted parts when you try to cut through.   This ones a big no no.  I'm gonna go try a skilsaw now.

[Teufel Hund]

OK well i found a much better way to do this.

1. Print our whatever you want to put on there in block letters, the bigger the easier.

2. Tape this as a template to the bay door.

3. Use a Woodburner or an exactoknife if you dont have one to carve the letters through the paper onto the bay door.

4.  I used a drill to cit a space in the letter, then once i could fit the skill saw in i used it to carve out everything else.

5. Use a file to even everything out, this made it look semi-decent

6. I imagine a solder iron could be used to melt away and further imperfections.

This worked, it still looks a little ghetto, but the way I look at it, it just has a little bit of a jungle feel...

I still wish I had a rotary tool tho, I imagine a dremel with a cutting disc would have been much easier.

[LordThanatos]

cutting disk might work, i have one bit, its a high speed cutter (in some way it resembles a drill bit), would work well with a steady hand, but can melt the plastic.
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[ozntz]

something with a small saw blade will work the best i think... i used a handsaw with a jeweler blade... i will make a full one next week with a pic...

[Teufel Hund]

Whoever it was that suggested the frosted glass paint seemed to be right on.  I havent tried it with the real LEDs yet but I tried a test piece with 3 coats in front of an ordinary LED and it seemed to do the trick.  I think for the real piece I may try only one coat,  this seemes to do almost too good of a job.  I'll keep you all updated

[ozntz]

what about pictures? lol

[Teufel Hund]

developing is expensive!

I'll develop when im finished with everything  

[Teufel Hund]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I all but finished my laserbay, for 10 bucks cheaper than online.  Sure its superghetto, but it doesnt look too bad and Im using these mege bright LEDS that hurt my eyes when i look at em directly.

It was also my first time soldering  
Only burnt myself 3 times.  yay me!

Will do pics someday

[dogstar]

um, just a suggestion for a project like this, get a cheapo table and some 2x4 scrap and a dremel rotary with some router bits.
cut a hole in the table, so your dremel will stick up from below, then glue/screw/nail the 2x4 to support it firmly, then chuck in a router bit.
mark your stencil on the back of the bay cover and drill a hole at one end of every letter, then insert the dremel router bit and CAREFULLY and slowly push the work into the cutting area.
it sounds harder than it is, as long as your sober its pretty easy, just make sure your sober...this is the voice of experience talking.
plus, as an added bonus, you now have a very light duty router made out of a tool most modders already own.