Laser cutters ... head of your 3D printer! With so many home-brew designs out there, wouldn’t it be nice if there was some all-encompassing open-source, laser-cutter controller software?

[Spiritplumber] is using a 445nm laser diode attached directly to his extruder mount to turn his 3D printer into a laser cutter ... swapping a few wires. The software isn’t a problem either ...

While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers ... for the first time don't know that specific software is also needed to make a 3D model ready ...

Bambu Lab's latest flagship 3D printer does a whole lot more than 3D printing for serious makers, and promises to be good at every one of its tasks. The H2D desktop printer can print using two ...