My ABS sheet and lazy susan have arrived to its time to begin making the gimbal fixture for the project. When I asked what the options for cutting at Lvl1 were I was told laser, shopbot, or regular saw. So now I'm trying to learn whether it is even possible to cut ABS on the laser cutter. I figure worst case I'm told now. Second worst case I try to cut it but have problems with the heat and have to buy another sheet of ABS.

Last night I put together a draft vector file (see uploads) to use on the laser cutter. A 3" square base with pilot holes for the lazy susan and for attaching my shaft coupler. A 6" square base for holding the batteries, electronics, yaw motor, and vertical uprights. A vertical upright with pilot holes for either a nema 17 motor or a nema 11 motor (rotated 45 degrees). A vertical upright with pilot holes for the slip ring. A couple bases for the vertical uprights. Two pair of triangular braces for the vertical uprights. The lidar platform (with no holes). Two end pieces for the lidar platform with center pilot holes for the motor or slipring shafts. I might still make some changes, so I've temporarily left the cyan lines that I used to determine hole spacings but these need to be deleted.

Next step: Find out if I can laser cut this. If not...I'll have to mod the file slightly for cutting with a saw...