After a year of work saving and planning, on Friday my 'secret project' arrived - imported directly from the manufacturer in China. A 60w Laser Engraver/Cutter. The delivery driver placed it at the end of my driveway and departed.

The first thing was - OMG! It's huge! The pictures on the Internet really don't convey how big this thing is!

60w Laser Engraver / Cutter (In Box)
No, it's not a mail-order bride called Cathy

More photos after the jump!



Since I had to wait for help to arrive to bring it inside, I decided the only thing to do was to start unpacking it right there in my driveway.

60w Laser Engraver / Cutter (Box Opened)
Everything was well packed with no damage after it's trip half-way around the globe.



After some grunting and groaning and with the help of 4 additional people, it was finally inside. It's such a bulky machine, it took 5 of us to wrestle it into place.

60w Laser Engraver / Cutter (Setup Side)
All setup and connected to the PC



60w Laser Engraver / Cutter (Laser Tube)
The laser tube is 1200mm long!

60w Laser Engraver / Cutter (Support Equipment)
The back of the machine showing the extraction fan, air compressor and coolent tank.

There's a couple more photos on Flickr.