09Feb Building a giant 80 watt DIY Laser
I picked up a smaller laser and I’m using it to build a monster laser. A DIY laser build seemed a little crazy at first but after thinking about it, I released I understand how everything works and if I can just avoid getting hit by the laser beam during the build process I should be fine.
When this laser is finished it will have a 4 foot by 3 foot cutting area with an 80 watt Co2 laser attached. I’m putting together a 150+ page book on the build process with wiring diagrams, design ideas, and software work flows in case any of you would like to follow in my footsteps. By the time everything is said and done this giant laser build will cost a little under $3000 for this monster sized build and around $1200 for the smaller version (also covered in the book).
I’ll be posting a little about it here and there as I continue the build and work on the book. I hope to have the book out by the middle of this year. The question I have for you guys (as this is my first book), what’s a reasonable price for something like this? Does $9.99 sound like a good deal? Or do you feel it would be better to have a price of $3.99 for all of that information?
I’m interested to hear from you guys about this. I know it’s not really camera related, but I will be using it to add camera gear to the noob store and I know more then one of you is interested in this kind of tech so let me know what you think.
February 9th, 2013 at 7:25 pm
Sound like the ultimate geek toy if you don’t get hit by the laser, enjoy
February 10th, 2013 at 9:06 am
Deejay you are a nut, I like it!
February 16th, 2013 at 10:58 am
Great move Dude. I have been pondering a similar build myself. (After I have used the 3D printer I bought to make the 3D printer the suppliers should have made in the first place.)
I think you need to go with the $9.99. If you under sell, the product looses importance. If someone is sufficiently interested they will pay the higher price. That is assuming a bound/published book. If it is an assembly of home printed papers then you can’t really go much above your lower price. IMHO
March 30th, 2013 at 10:02 pm
Hi
I agree with John about the book pricing, $10 if it’s professional, $4 if it’s cheesy.
Good Luck, can’t wait to see what happens!
September 29th, 2013 at 4:11 pm
I will certainly pay $10 for your book. A ‘warts and all’ description of your experience will be most interesting. Good luck.
September 30th, 2013 at 9:57 am
60 pages into the book right now. Hope to have it out by the end of the year.