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Who is this guy?
Steve Hobley works for a software company, but in his spare time likes to deconstruct all the lovely consumer goods with a goal to make unique and interesting things.A few years ago he posted a short clip of the laser harp he developed, solely to show friends back in the UK.
Automagically that one clip got picked up by Gizmodo, Engadget and a bunch of other tech journals. The end result (apart from a ton of views on Youtube) was to get hired as a consultant for Little Boots – creating a laser harp for her 2010 US tour.
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Hello Steve,
I am inquiring your services to build me a laser harp. I absolutely love your design. I am very anxious to own and use your harp for my music project.
Please contact me at your earliest convenience to discuss the details and pricing info for the harp.
Thank you Steve, hope to hear from you soon…
Best Regards,
Lucio B. Duran
We are interested in creating a custom sculpture integrating a laser harp for our upcoming 2011 productions. The first one would be for our show with the Kansas City Symphony in May. The next would be the Wakarusa music festival in June.
Please contact me at your earliest convenience so we can discuss options.
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Hello Steve,
I am interested in purchasing the Laser Harp plans, but they are currently unavailable. Would you be able to give an indication as to when these will once again be available? Alternatively, if you can provide the costings for the actual harp then I may be interested in buying a pre-built version from yourself.
Thanks
I sold the design of the laser harp last year to a company called Lightwave International. That means I can no longer sell the plans. or produce the units independantly.
I would urge you to sign up for my mailing list to be made aware of any changes in current situation.
hello steve! i have one queastion,how much would cost a typical one. basic price going from ???
thank you !
i was talking about laser harp
Dear Steve,
My classmate and I have seen your project of the laser harp. We are working on a science project. We are from the Netherlands and we are in the 11th grade of pre-university education. The laserharp was very interesting and we would like the built one of ourselves. The only problem is we cannot write the code. Is it possible to get this code from you to upload to the arduino board or is it possible to get the whole software? Our design will be a lot more easier than yours. We would like to use 8 laser beams and that is it. I look forward to your answer.
Yours faithfully
Steve,.
I found your next challenge!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VxSs1kGZQqc#!
Hi Steve, looks like you have been doing some amazing projects with your cnc machine. I am a professor at the University of Delaware and was wanting to build a three axis machine. Would you recommend what you have?
I have been unfolding forms on Sketchup, feeding them through a laser-cutter and scoring the fold marks so that I can make models out of paper. One of the things that interest me is the ease of shifting scale in the 3d modeling. If I began cutting the forms out of thicker material I would need to account for angles (something like changing the degree of a table-saw), would I be able to do this with a 3-axis cnc?
Loved seeing the projects you have been working on. Just did a clock-modification project with my Freshmen in what we call “research studio.” A conceptually driven art class at the University.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Lance
Hi Lance,
Thanks for getting in touch.
Yes I would recommend it – it’s very much a hobby machine (it needs some care and maintenance) but Patrick is a pretty good guy to deal with.
…and yes you will have to account for the thickness of material – probably using a 45 degree conical bit – the basic 3 axis machine will only be able to cut straight down.
Steve
Hi Steve – Pencil me in as a buyer if you end up producing a Pitch to MIDI Tracker kit.
Good work!
Best,
Matt
Hello,
I have been trying to create some products from cork and have been cutting 24×36 sheets that are 1/2″ thick by hand. I have just recently started thinking about options of machine cutting. Do you know what the best way would be? CNC, laser cutting? I guess I am at the very beginning of my research. Can you point me in the right direction?
Thanks!