Jared Borg

Dream it, design it, build it, break it, and fix it.

just not always in that order…

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Now that they’ve been distributed to the family as our 2020-themed ornaments, I can finally share them here.

Some are inspired by existing products, some are my own creation, but all of them relate to a milestone this year of someone in the f

Slate is definitely one of my new favorite materials to work with. It was harder than expected to dial in the settings, but the results make the struggles well worth it.

Swipe to see some of the test pieces that went into finding the winning combo o

A quick birthday gift. This was pre-tuning so settings are still a bit weird (burning, acceleration issues) but it’s a great stepping stone to the more mechanical and complex builds I hope to make!

Now that I know what I’m working with,

The first of many setting calibration pieces!

Foamies were flown, and foamies were crashed 😂 a few replacement parts to get cut out and they’ll be back in the air in no time!

Had to say goodbye this weekend to someone special moving away from New Orleans, and wanted to commemorate the moment.

3mm Baltic Birch plywood was perfect for this. Minimal burning, and thin enough that the (still not fully tuned) kerf wasn’

Just a quick “Hi” to everyone who’s been keeping up with this! Did some more speed and power tuning today, as well as getting the z axis built!

Waiting on a motor coupling to use with a beefier Z axis motor since the original moto

IT WORKED!

Long story short, it’s running. Still needs some tuning, and it’s definitely faster and more powerful than I was planning on.... still have to finalize a lot of smaller systems, as well as getting the power table installed, so

Building the laser is 90% of the battle, but somehow aligning it is another 90%. Hence the excitement when the mirrors are finally tracking correctly.....

Short and sweet today, we had the first successful firing of the laser mounted in what is hopefully it’s final resting spot!

The videos pretty accurately represent what was 2 hours of testing and dialing in tube settings. A huge thanks to @wi

So...... we have movement!

I know it’s been a while since the last post, both life and work got busy surprisingly quickly and I had to focus elsewhere for a bit. We are back on track though and pushing for a target of (hopefully) cutting with

The first pieces of permanent hardware are officially together!

Aluminum showed up today, and shortly after counting and sorting the pieces, the frame started to come together! It’s all aluminum extrusion, mostly 2020 or 4020, with standard c

And with that, the frame design is finalized and almost 80 lbs of aluminum extrusion has been ordered!

This is revision 5, as each of its predecessors highlighted just enough flaws to warrant a complete redesign. With this much invested, I really co

Another throwback post!

Senior year at Purdue I took a jewelry making class, which was my first real introduction to small, precision manufacturing processes. This was a side project, eventually a gift, that helped me refine some of those skills. 3

The Laser Cutter Project

revision 6 (I think) of the Laser Cutter design and I'm finally confident enough of the big issues are sorted out that it should work!

80 lbs of aluminum later, and the main frame is built!

x/y axis installed and controller test fitted

The functional and temporarily foamboard-covered laser cutter!

One Day, One Battery

My latest non-engineering endeavor. A long-time quadcopter builder and flyer, I found myself having only one day, and more importantly only one battery, to capture the highlights of a spontaneous trip