DVD Roms have internal railings that can be rearranged into X and Y axis to facilitate movements of the media to be engraved.
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That’s a pretty neat DIY project! Upcycling an old DVD ROM drive into a miniature engraving machine sounds cool.
Turning an old DVD ROM drive into a miniature engraving machine is a creative idea. The fact that you’re repurposing those internal railings for the X and Y axis is a clever move for precision movement.
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