thenated0g
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Introduction, Laser Cutting, CNC Routing, and 3D Printing
- Thread starter Spookyeng
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thenated0g
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You an also do "test" cuts with the laser tube power supply off. Just to check movement and stuff.
thenated0g
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Went home with some cardboard cuts in my wife's name last night. Earned brownie points early!
Very pleased thus far. Now working on calibrations, we were cutting silly stuff, but time to get serious.
No fires yet. It is funny that smoke fills up in the cardboard corrugations.
Simple cardboard logo:
Rafael was studying his screen and I scared him a bit with the photo. LOL The current setup. Replaced the stock vent motor. Have not upgraded the air assist yet. Need to order up a few parts for that.
Very pleased thus far. Now working on calibrations, we were cutting silly stuff, but time to get serious.
No fires yet. It is funny that smoke fills up in the cardboard corrugations.
Simple cardboard logo:
Rafael was studying his screen and I scared him a bit with the photo. LOL The current setup. Replaced the stock vent motor. Have not upgraded the air assist yet. Need to order up a few parts for that.
thenated0g
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Nice. The only fire i have ever started in my laser was with cardboard. I keep a spray bottle close at hand now and that is enough to put out anything if you catch it.
edit - i see a bottle on the rack
edit - i see a bottle on the rack
thenated0g
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@RafaelAvila You gotta engrave some pallet wood now!
Set a layer to "fill"
I think i do 500dpi, 400mm/s , maybe like 50% of whatever your highest power setting is in lightburn. Adjust your power up or down after that to engrave more into the wood.
The image trace function on lightburn is pretty crazy. IT makes it super easy to "copy" things you find online.
Set a layer to "fill"
I think i do 500dpi, 400mm/s , maybe like 50% of whatever your highest power setting is in lightburn. Adjust your power up or down after that to engrave more into the wood.
The image trace function on lightburn is pretty crazy. IT makes it super easy to "copy" things you find online.
He has already used the trace feature.
He has been running calibration test for different materials and cutting some plyewood for a few products he had queued up. One of our locals would very much like us to cut some balsa ribs for a thermal ship. That will involve some design work. Eager to get that going for him, and will be a good teaching lesson for us too.
Need to get the lightburn camera and some goodies for the upgraded air assist and I think the Laser should be good to go. No other upgrades seem to be needed.
He has been running calibration test for different materials and cutting some plyewood for a few products he had queued up. One of our locals would very much like us to cut some balsa ribs for a thermal ship. That will involve some design work. Eager to get that going for him, and will be a good teaching lesson for us too.
Need to get the lightburn camera and some goodies for the upgraded air assist and I think the Laser should be good to go. No other upgrades seem to be needed.
thenated0g
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This is the program i made "birchy" with: https://www.winghelper.com/default/
Design it up in the program. Take the dxf files it kicks out into lightburn and rearrange them to the build table.
Design it up in the program. Take the dxf files it kicks out into lightburn and rearrange them to the build table.
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