Someone made the mistake of getting me a UV laser engraving machine.

[mara@hachyderm.io]

Someone made the mistake of getting me a UV laser engraving machine.

...

(It was me.)

[mara@hachyderm.io]

I feel so powerful now, being able to inflict the wonders of Comic Sans onto every single object in my house.

[mara@hachyderm.io]

More serously, this machine is magic. It somehow cuts wood without charring the edges?

[mara@hachyderm.io]

Look at how precise this thing is. Unbelievable.

[revk@toot.me.uk]

@Mara They are fun

Which one?

[oliof@social.treehouse.systems]

@Mara
Don't tempt me.

[chandlerc@hachyderm.io]

@Mara .... Ok, I need to know what machine now....

[revk@toot.me.uk]

@Mara That was always a challenge with the one I had.

[arch@floofy.tech]

@Mara science question. Does engraving the egg cook it

[tionisla@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@Mara

[colinstu@birdbutt.com]

@Mara @wezm the egg shell when burning must’ve stunk

[richih@chaos.social]

@Mara there's a typo in "leaf"

Also, what model is that?

[mara@hachyderm.io]

@RichiH It's a xTool F2 Ultra UV. Pretty neat machine.

[amy@sk.girlthi.ng]

@Mara@hachyderm.io i beg you to bring this to rustweek 27

[mara@hachyderm.io]

@chandlerc It's a xTool F2 Ultra UV. Very neat machine. Highly recommend.

[camille@mastodon.libre-entreprise.com]

@Mara

[sudo200@layer8.space]

@Mara

This is something only UV lasers can do. Their wavelength is so short, they can break molecular bonds directly without heating the material.

It really seems magical

[mara@hachyderm.io]

@colinstu Nope, didn't smell anything. UV lasers are magic, they barely burn the material.

[mara@hachyderm.io]

@amy Hmmm, tempting, but not sure how I feel about operating a class 4 laser in space with a thousand people.

[mara@hachyderm.io]

@arch Nope, it doesn't really heat up much of the material. UV lasers are magic.