Aside from the kit purchased at OptLasers.com you will need regular 3-core household
wire with a plug for the power adapter and 2,4m (95") of 0,5 mm2 (20 AWG) 4-core
wire to carry power and control signals from power supply and X-Controller to the
laser head:
Getting Started
We recommend to swap X-Carve’s spindle and replace it with a laser for the laser
engraving tasks. It is really easy to do and takes almost no time at all. By doing so you
will minimize the risk of dust getting into your laser head and optics while carving
with the spindle and having the laser head mounted right beside it. It is of course
possible to mount the laser head directly on the Z-axis however, not recommended.
Before wiring the laser up we could cut our own laser head mount using the X-Carve:
