31 Mar
2010
31 Mar
'10
6:20 a.m.
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Aaarggghhh! A laser and a vintage computer(part)?
Next stop a paperpuncher with a laser to cut the holes???
But interesting idea to use a laser to cut the holes in the floppy surface.
If someone were to make a CAD drawing of the cookie with the sector holes
cut-out, it would be trivial to make the sector holes on my Epilog
Mini-24.
To make it even crazier, I could create a custom jig on my 'bot that would
use a tiny pin to engage the index hole on the cookie, with venting
underneath the sector hole area (needed when laser cutting).
It would take probably 10 seconds a disc. It might even be possible to
stack multiple cookies. :)
g.
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If using
a laser, what power would be required to cut the holes and
what kind of laser? I currently have a 35W IR laser that could be
more than a bit dangerous without proper safety precautions ...
I've kind of gotten used to eyesight :)!