{"id":1370,"date":"2018-10-01T11:23:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T21:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.pratt.edu\/open-source\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2018-10-01T11:23:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T21:23:41","slug":"more-co2-laser-water-pump-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/?p=1370","title":{"rendered":"More CO2 Laser Water Pump Features"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So far the new water pump has been working great. I decided to add a water level cutoff switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used a two step switch so I would get a warning before the laser gets disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/laser%20v1\/IMG_1348.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to mount it to the lid so I 3D printed a stalk to hold it at the right height<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/laser%20v1\/IMG_1351.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the extra wires I was going to need a bigger junction box but instead I just 3D printed a bubble top form the existing box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First I thought about an aviation style connector&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/laser%20v1\/IMG_1352.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Im settled on an RJ45 so I could use a common network jumper cable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/laser%20v1\/IMG_1360.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I used half a coupler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/laser%20v1\/IMG_1356.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just crimped on some pins to get it connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/laser%20v1\/IMG_1358.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It fit pretty well since the coupler has a slight taper. A little glue will make it permanent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/laser%20v1\/IMG_1359.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a matching end for the controller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/laser%20v1\/IMG_1361.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/laser%20v1\/IMG_1362.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus a few extra parts&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/laser%20v1\/IMG_1365.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far the new water pump has been working great. I decided to add a water level cutoff switch. I used a two step switch so I would get a warning before the laser gets disabled. I wanted to mount it to the lid so I 3D printed a stalk to hold it at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,13,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-cnc","category-k40-co2-laser","category-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}