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by GordRocks
Mon May 23, 2016 3:13 pm
Forum: General Laser machine discussion
Topic: Did I buy a piece of junk???
Replies: 5
Views: 25615

Re: Did I buy a piece of junk???

Thank you, scruffy!! Wow, that's going to take me some time to sort through. I'm not sure I understood half of what you said. I will go through it and see if I can make sense of it. Right now, the LED on the front of the Arduino (?) board does not flash when I plug in the USB cable so I don't think ...
by GordRocks
Thu May 19, 2016 2:13 pm
Forum: General Laser machine discussion
Topic: Did I buy a piece of junk???
Replies: 5
Views: 25615

Re: Did I buy a piece of junk???

Well, that's about what I figured! Thanks for the reply.
by GordRocks
Wed May 18, 2016 5:29 pm
Forum: General Laser machine discussion
Topic: Did I buy a piece of junk???
Replies: 5
Views: 25615

Did I buy a piece of junk???

OK, here goes. I bought a low power (500mW) laser engraver from banggood.com. It's cheap but I just wanted to see if laser engraving would actually interest me. I have had nothing but problems getting it to work. :cry: Before I discovered this site someone on benboxlaser.us helped me figure out how ...
by GordRocks
Wed May 18, 2016 5:19 pm
Forum: General Laser machine discussion
Topic: INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Replies: 373
Views: 2711413

Re: INTRODUCE YOURSELF

Hi everybody!! My name is Gord and I am very new to laser engraving. In fact, I just bought a low power laser engraver (500mw) from banggood.com and am having nothing but bad luck trying to get it to work. But that's for another area on this forum. I live in Alberta, Canada and am retired. I look fo...