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!
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.
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.
All setup and connected to the PC
The laser tube is 1200mm long!
The back of the machine showing the extraction fan, air compressor and coolent tank.
There's a couple more photos on Flickr.