Project of the Week / Community Gardener for January 2, 2018

[Superbender]

I like to get my laser crosshair idea out there and therefore nominate it for the Community Gardener.

Laser crosshair for easy home alignment

I have been using a laser crosshair to align my router bit with my work piece. This is useful for example for setting the home location to a specific spot or to perform test runs. The crosshair is pointing exactly to where the center of the router bit contacts the work piece. I used a <1 mW laser with 12mm diameter from apinex together with an adjustable mount. https://www.apinex.com/ret2/YCHG-650C.html https://www.apinex.com/ret2/BRA.html I added a small switch and a 2x AA holder to comple…

Thanks for checking it out.
Tschöhö
Superbender