by TLHarrell » Wed Sep 03, 2014 3:46 pm
Still a trickle of people building lasers out there. Mostly people have moved on to 3D printers. Sad, really. I'd say on average I've seen people put in 80-200 hours on their builds. Depends on how much modification they get into. Some get pretty extreme with adding all kinds of additional electronics. If you have a complete pile of all needed parts (completely stock) and are competent mechanically and electrically, I'd say you could actually get it up and running in a matter of a few days, and spend a couple more fine tuning things.
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