Left Shark Renovation Project
When the Milwaukee Makerspace was new, we relied on donations and hand-me-downs for a lot of our equipment. In 2015, member Tom Gondek lent us a ULS V460 laser that he had used for one project. That project happened to be cutting PVC! It was his laser, so he can do what he wants with it. So when we received the laser, it was pretty corroded. We ended up buying this laser off of him after it caught fire. Very surprisingly, this did not make the V-460 inoperable. It chugged away through a few fires, through corrosion, through heavy rail damage from lack of cleaning, through the air assist cone not staying on, through shot springs on the x-axis…in other words, this laser has seen some sh*t. Since this laser came to us in 2015, the year of the famous/infamous super bowl show with Katy Perry, Hapto (Sarah Davitt) came up with the name “Left Shark” for the laser. Lets face it: Left Shark was simply *not* member’s favorite laser. Between not being able to go over 60% speed, the honeycomb being…for lack of a better word: wonky, and the cone not staying on…oh, and lets not fo