To hell with making a laser etcher/cutter. You have done that. Interested in working on a project together. I make hand made one-of-a-kind jewelry in red brass, sterling silver and nickle. Your system could cut my production time down to nothing. I hesitate to call my work jewelry because I seldom employ jewels or stones. Mine are etched using traditional intaglio processes with nitric acid and asphaltum as a block. I think you have the answer to my problem of 'greening up' my production line.
Please read the info section. You can get good glass tubes from CNColetech on eBay out of China. I'm using a 100 watt glass one in it now and it's very good.
Amazing build. I too thought about SLM modelling, you have almost all the parts required to make it work. But I was thinking of ABS plastic - just need to find a way to make a powder from old plumbing. The resulting parts could be used to make molds for sand casting.
@willyme2 You could probably freeze the plastic and crush it up in a small ball mill that was also frozen but I think you would probably need dry ice for it and that would make it very expensive.
Hi, Do you have video to show step by step how to build this wonderful machine? I am interested to purchase the instruction from you, Also how do I use PDF file to cut on plywood? love to have one of this machine for my rc hobby. Thanks.
i have a chinese laser (yueming laser) i want to change the glass tube to rf tube (synrad, universal inc., rofin, coherent laser) it´s posible? the connector to mainboard to powersupply it´s easy? can you help me? thank you so much!
@plasticbaldy At 25mm/sec you would probably need an 80 watt laser or better. Just a guess. I now have a 100 watt laser in this thing and I still cut at about 15mm/sec on 3mm acrylic because the table moves around a little too much at high speeds and the cut quality suffers. CNColetech on eBay have some good long life tubes for sale at very reasonable prices.
with great work man ship like yours making boats etc, sell them then hire some one to program it for what you want. could make some great art work and sell it. very nice . great video . thanks canada.
@hdgasm I actually haven't tried that yet as I don't have access to the powders. I was thinking of using some spray metal powders for metal spraying shafts to see what happens but I won't buy any just to test it. I will wait for some to come my way. :-)
@baccus61 You could try using a rotary tool and a small inexpensive diamond grit wheel mounted lower (or temporarily in place of) than your laser head on your gantry to grind a (useful or saleable) shape out of the material of the composition you want powder of (probably would only have enough energy to fuse aluminium or bronze, although you'd need an inert gas enclosure for aluminium or other flammables) (cont..)
@baccus61 and do this at feeds that produce the optimum powder particle size for your 100w unit to fuse later, (probably have to try achieve this by scaling everything down to half unless you have a 200w laser tube and power supply handy), so you'd want 10micrometer particle size and layer build thickness as opposed to 20um, (or speed at 3.5cm/sec instead of 7, but that might result in too much unwanted heat distribution.) (cont.d)
@baccus61 and two similarly sized wormgears (symmetrically opposed helix angles) with a central stepper or servo controlled worm leadscrew to drive the gears that in turn will turn leadscrews that raise/lower the powder supply hopper/build chamber respectively. and a powder spreader blade and roller that reciprocates between each layer, other than that you've got a bloody good cutter/engraver, kudos is yours.
@hdgasm that laser could fuse a titanium and polymer powder mix to create a shape which could be packed in green sand with cobalt in the sprues then infused with the cobalt in a furnace.
realy good work i wna make one like this but for to cut and shape in 3D to make airplans models i'm still loking how to make the laser cutter don't know how to make one ,but you have a good skillz and great job ^^
In regards to the 100w laser cutting the table couldnt you just prop things youre cutting abit higher on the table so there isnt such a tight focal point on the table and adjust the Z axis to accomodate?
@woutervddn I have a very sparse build log consisting mostly of pictures over at the CNC zone web site under my nickname of "MonoNeuron" It outlines a lot of the build process and some alterations I went through and the frustrations of trying to get the software to work.
There is so much more info out there now that it is easy to make one and all you need is some patience, a little bit of skill, money and time. You can build it with mostly off the shelf parts now. Thanks for looking. :-)
The craftsmenship of the mechine and the fact that all of it is hand made including the lazer is with out dought some of the best work that I have seen. You must have had to build the control system as well I bet and even the lazer is air cooled, and the fact that it does not damage the supporting media beneath the product being cut is most impressive. How much did it cost to make and did you write the program that runs it yourself?
@crapthisisalongusern Alas, I don't wish to disappoint you but I bought the air cooled ULS.inc 30 watt Laser from Shopwarehouse on eBay for about$3400. The table build was my design and construction though. Thanks for the Kudos on that. I now have a 100 watt glass tube laser that does burn holes in the table top but I am having some issues with the hardware and software engraving a double line. I'm not smart enough to make my own software so I've bought 3 different ones to try out.
@redbaxtexas I use Sheetcam for the Plasma cutter I have but lasers need a little bit better software to control the PWM laser pulsing and motor control at the same time.
@baccus61 btw almost forgot, the powder could be collected effectively by using a vaccuum cleaner with a new bag in it, with the flexy tube or some other, more convenient attatchment on the end that could be mounted next to the rotary tool doing the engraving. sorry about clogging up your comments section with my (poorly organised thought tangents in brackets) but yeah mad respect for your successful build. i just tinker with my cnc lathe/mill but i want to buy a laser, if i can quit buying cigs
He's great. You're lucky to get a good background piece on you tube now as Google will block any that are copyrighted. I am lucky mine is still up. I love his work and he looks really happy when he plays, too.
How much do you charge for your services. I work for a major Overclocking website and we are always looking for new products to offer to our members. Can you cut colored acrylic effectively at say a quarter inch? Feel free to message me about getting you some work. its the site.
200 steps per rev with 10 micro steps =2000 steps per rev geared down 3:1 so we end up with 6000 steps per rev. More than enough for a laser with 0.004" kerf width on the beam.
@Idiotsmakemesad Yes it can. I have a nice little round dot on my forearm from when it got in the way of the beam on start-up. Hasn't gone away for 3 years so it's permanent.
I bought a 35 watt glass tube from USA and by the time I got to use it after building the table it was putting out about 10 watts. I wasted $1800 on the tube and the power supply. 3 Years ago there wasn't much laser stuff around but now there are off the shelf components that makes making a laser table really easy. I will be upgrading mine to the new Coletech 150 watt laser in a few weeks time. They have a better metal to glass seal than the crap epoxy. I'll not get burnt again.
You can make one a LOT cheaper now as there is a heap of stuff around now for a laser. There wasn't too much about when I built mine. I reckon I could build the same one now for about $4500. The expensive bit is the laser tube and the software.
The laser is programmed from a print driver. You select "print" and it sends the job off to the driver that does the cutting etc. It works like a plotter, Pen down fires the laser etc. All done in software.
How do I do at home laser tube?how do I do laser tube and focusing lenses ?Can I make my own way ?I can do mechanics.Would you tell their experiences ?
Hi, what brand of laser cutter do you have? We also made a home made cutter without the lifting table. I currenty have a plasma cutter on the machine but want to add a laser cutter to cut copper sheets. Please help
@iknight24916 Your going to have fun trying to cut copper with anything under 2 KW with a CO2 laser. You will need a YAG:Nd laser for that and probably a 500 watt one but you will have to check with a supplier for the actual requirements.
The laser I have is a Universal Inc 30 watt RF laser that will only cut 5mm ply, 6mm acrylic and 2.5mm chipboard and a host of other thin things. It cannot cut metal.
You realize most of the smoke and fumes coming off that thing are deadly... Many plastics produce an acidic smoke (you know that deadly looking yellow stuff), All lasers should be vented outside by a suitable ventilation system, and in most cases "scrubbed" before exiting building
Thanks for that. I usually blow all the smoke out the door of the shed the laser lives in with a floor fan and when I do mirrors all the small particles of glass in the smoke get the same treatment. I am usually not there while it is engraving as I am off doing something else while it goes through it's cycle. I have some carbon activated filters I will put in one day with a smoke sucker but 'till then I just leave the shed and do something else. :-)
You're too kind. Swap out that list to a lot of sleepless nights and hair pulling and a few hundred hours scouring the net and a girlfriend with infinite patience and you have it in the bag. I wish the info was around a few years ago that is around now as it would have made it SO much easier to build. Now it's just a matter of building a laser with off the shelf components (and a lot of research)
This is very cool, I am researching Laser cutters after finishing my CNC Mill. Laser would be a much better choice for cutting the foams I currently use. do you have a build log or plans anywhere for sale or otherwise?
I am blown away. Do you make these for other? Or for a fee, instruct someone to make a table like this? You would also be the one to ask. Is there any table out there, that I could fit in relatively medium size office, that is worth considering purchasing at this point? Thanks so much, Anna
Hi Anna, I'm sorry but I don't make these to sell. You can get an Epilogue laser for about $12K with a good Synrad laser in it that will last you nearly a lifetime. They have a cheap version out there but the table is relatively small. Search for Epilogue and you will find them. 60 watt would be my choice if I bought a new one as you can do way more with it and quicker. Universal Lasers also have good tables as well as Trotec. All good brands but very expensive.
Nope. It's an air cooled Universal laser. Note the circle at the top near the rear of the laser head (actually the front, as it's pointing backwards to the rear of the table) It's the cooling fan which spins at a few thousand revs and is pretty noisy. The gray box in the front of it houses the red diode pointer and beam combiner lens. I might even take a video of this when I clean it next time. Thanks for watching.
What amazing workmanship. I am building a laser machine very similar to yours. I even have the same 30 watt Universal laser I bought from Shopwarehouse about a year ago. All of your posts on here and the CNCZONE are kind of my guideline which I appreciate greatly. My question is.. Did you use an expander/ collimator on the laser?? Maybe a 2x?? If you did.. Where did you get it?? Thanks..
@nerdulator5000 Believe it or not it is actually a lot more simple than it looks. I don't use a beam expander but I did look into buying 1 when I first started but really don't need it. Next time I build one I will have a V guide on 1 side and a flat guide on the other side to rest a roller on. You really only need the 'guide' 1 side but you do need to 'drive' both sides. I would also make a scissor lift for the next one. Thanks for watching. Ask anything you want. :-)
Thank you for the info. I was hoping I could get by without the expander. I am pretty sure you will hear from me again.. :) Gotta go find an old photo copier now. ;)
Do it.! It's great after all the head scratching is over and you become productive. The only drawback is trying to find stuff you can and can't do with it. Best of luck with the build and send me a link to it when you finish it and post a video. We all like videos here. :-)
Hey, No problems. I hope you had some fun viewing it. I'm in the process of upgrading it at the mo with a Leetro USB hardware kit which makes it REALLY fast for engraving. Cut speeds remain the same as you can only cut certain stuff so fast !
The difference also will be that I can process other files while cutting, something I couldn't do with software only solution.
Lo siento, pero no puede cortar cualquier metal, ya que no es lo suficientemente potente. Sólo la madera y productos de papel. Gracias por su atención.
Nice build. Your laser head seems quite small (the one on the gantry), or is the laser module static? if so, how do you manage the beam into the moving gantry?
with mechanics its all make sense, but how to programm this machine to make it understand what to print. you can write procedures to make each engine rotate and laser on/off procedure as well, the question is how to convert the B&W image in some sort of code that you programm will accept it and know what to do.
If you convert the picture to bitmap and do a diffusion dither of the black and white picture it turns everything into black and white dots then the laser driver will fire the laser where there is a black dot and turn it off where there is a white dot. You set the picture resolution the same as the laser resolution or what the dot size is. Does this make sense? I hope so.
No. I know the principle of how it works. you using lpt port or usb ? you wrote your own software to control the devise and driver to control your software or you use only downloaded driver? if you use your software then how you link driver and your soft, if you using driver only then how do you explain to the driver architecture of your machine ?
Nicely done! We have a VersaLaser at work that I'm allowed to use. I use it to cut some prototypes out of 1/16" PVC. And I can cut puzzles for the kids. ;-)
i think you could make a flat ceramic coated table. It looks your laser could mess with dropped object. i mean your table is ... problem with already cut object.
Sorry, I have no idea of what you are trying to say. If you are using Babel Fish or other translation site then you should use simple words so it translates better.
Hello baccus61 could you tell me the maximum possible depth of cut on a normal dkp iron plate? I am really very interested!
saildreamer1 4 days ago
What was the most expensive part?
linagee 6 days ago
@linagee The actual RF Laser Tube at around $3,200 with power supply.
baccus61 5 days ago
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Does anyone know what thickness balsa wood and sheet metal could be cut with a 2.4W 810nm IR laser, at reasonable speeds?
billysgeo 1 week ago
This video is soo relaxing. Am i weird, lol
Theorigionaldjsdot 3 weeks ago
@Theorigionaldjsdot Nope. LOL
baccus61 3 weeks ago
WHITE LASER???
ThePoland4000 4 weeks ago
Awesome MUSIC choice too!! Andy McKee rules!! Great video and work, dude!!
RRDanielli 1 month ago
Can we cut gold if yes what is the wastage ratio
crkatta 1 month ago
@crkatta Nope. Gold is used as a reflector for CO2 lasers so that's out of the question. You need a YAG:Nd laser for that.
baccus61 5 days ago
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YosarianCat22 1 month ago
To hell with making a laser etcher/cutter. You have done that. Interested in working on a project together. I make hand made one-of-a-kind jewelry in red brass, sterling silver and nickle. Your system could cut my production time down to nothing. I hesitate to call my work jewelry because I seldom employ jewels or stones. Mine are etched using traditional intaglio processes with nitric acid and asphaltum as a block. I think you have the answer to my problem of 'greening up' my production line.
YosarianCat22 1 month ago
YOU ARE A GOD
SecurityBreach001 2 months ago
Can you tell me where you got the laser from.
I'm in the process of building a cnc machine and would like to add a laser attachment.
thanks
rjarcher 4 months ago
@rjarcher
Please read the info section. You can get good glass tubes from CNColetech on eBay out of China. I'm using a 100 watt glass one in it now and it's very good.
baccus61 4 months ago
Make blueprints! I want to make one too!
Whitefirekith 4 months ago
Dear santa...
SaidNuf 5 months ago
if you ever a need heavy duty laser we have a 4KW at
western sheet metal . com Thank for the upload, I never knew something like this existed!
sonebezi 5 months ago
I haven't even gotten 4 seconds into the video, and you already win for using Into The Ocean as the BGM. Andy Mckee for the fucking win.
KemoHead 5 months ago 3
Amazing build. I too thought about SLM modelling, you have almost all the parts required to make it work. But I was thinking of ABS plastic - just need to find a way to make a powder from old plumbing. The resulting parts could be used to make molds for sand casting.
willyme2 5 months ago
@willyme2 You could probably freeze the plastic and crush it up in a small ball mill that was also frozen but I think you would probably need dry ice for it and that would make it very expensive.
baccus61 3 months ago in playlist My Top Videos
Hi, Do you have video to show step by step how to build this wonderful machine? I am interested to purchase the instruction from you, Also how do I use PDF file to cut on plywood? love to have one of this machine for my rc hobby. Thanks.
Phil
04DCN 5 months ago
you are one clever man!!!!!
callyboygid 5 months ago
How can I build one of these, where's a good place to look for detailed information?
ecotts 6 months ago
I think its impossible to make an home made that cut stainless steel right? with all this nitrogen things...
TheDantonable 6 months ago
@TheDantonable You would probably need a 150 watt laser or larger and also swap the air for Oxygen assist. It would be possible with the right stuff.
baccus61 6 months ago
good work!!! a question for you...
i have a chinese laser (yueming laser) i want to change the glass tube to rf tube (synrad, universal inc., rofin, coherent laser) it´s posible? the connector to mainboard to powersupply it´s easy? can you help me? thank you so much!
titougi 6 months ago
I was about to click on another video but stayed cause Into the Ocean was playing. Flipping love Andy Mckee!
Th3Power0fMusic 7 months ago
some one had a lot of funn!!! yeahh!
anoxxi 7 months ago
ANDY MCKEE FOR THE WIN!!
raylovesrock182 7 months ago
Can I please pick your brains ?
I wish to cut 3mm opaque (black) ABS sheet plastic at least 1500mm/minute. What power CO2 laser do you suggest please ?
plasticbaldy 7 months ago
@plasticbaldy At 25mm/sec you would probably need an 80 watt laser or better. Just a guess. I now have a 100 watt laser in this thing and I still cut at about 15mm/sec on 3mm acrylic because the table moves around a little too much at high speeds and the cut quality suffers. CNColetech on eBay have some good long life tubes for sale at very reasonable prices.
baccus61 7 months ago
excellent
romanos83 8 months ago 3
@romanos83
Thanks Matey.
baccus61 7 months ago
with great work man ship like yours making boats etc, sell them then hire some one to program it for what you want. could make some great art work and sell it. very nice . great video . thanks canada.
akaeldin 9 months ago
OMGGG IM THE BIGGEST FAN OF ANDY MCKEE AND IM RANDOMLY WATCHING LASER STUFF AND THIS IS PLAYING. :D
teuton47 9 months ago
is the laser strong enough to selectively melt titanium(or other metals) powder? as in SLM modeling?
hdgasm 9 months ago
@hdgasm I actually haven't tried that yet as I don't have access to the powders. I was thinking of using some spray metal powders for metal spraying shafts to see what happens but I won't buy any just to test it. I will wait for some to come my way. :-)
baccus61 7 months ago
@baccus61 You could try using a rotary tool and a small inexpensive diamond grit wheel mounted lower (or temporarily in place of) than your laser head on your gantry to grind a (useful or saleable) shape out of the material of the composition you want powder of (probably would only have enough energy to fuse aluminium or bronze, although you'd need an inert gas enclosure for aluminium or other flammables) (cont..)
MrQualia 6 months ago
@baccus61 and do this at feeds that produce the optimum powder particle size for your 100w unit to fuse later, (probably have to try achieve this by scaling everything down to half unless you have a 200w laser tube and power supply handy), so you'd want 10micrometer particle size and layer build thickness as opposed to 20um, (or speed at 3.5cm/sec instead of 7, but that might result in too much unwanted heat distribution.) (cont.d)
MrQualia 6 months ago
@baccus61 and two similarly sized wormgears (symmetrically opposed helix angles) with a central stepper or servo controlled worm leadscrew to drive the gears that in turn will turn leadscrews that raise/lower the powder supply hopper/build chamber respectively. and a powder spreader blade and roller that reciprocates between each layer, other than that you've got a bloody good cutter/engraver, kudos is yours.
MrQualia 6 months ago
@hdgasm that laser could fuse a titanium and polymer powder mix to create a shape which could be packed in green sand with cobalt in the sprues then infused with the cobalt in a furnace.
MrQualia 6 months ago
realy good work i wna make one like this but for to cut and shape in 3D to make airplans models i'm still loking how to make the laser cutter don't know how to make one ,but you have a good skillz and great job ^^
blackend00 10 months ago
gotta love the andy mckee song
vassagovordant 10 months ago
In regards to the 100w laser cutting the table couldnt you just prop things youre cutting abit higher on the table so there isnt such a tight focal point on the table and adjust the Z axis to accomodate?
Danielson761729 10 months ago
thats amaisng trully you have skill and the song makes it all that much better
furyjeff76 11 months ago
19 people tried and failed to build a amazing laser table
the rest of the people suceeded and likes you
gantok2 11 months ago
this is epic.. It's like a commercial one..
Why do I have the feeling you didn't make a work log of it?
woutervddn 11 months ago
@woutervddn I have a very sparse build log consisting mostly of pictures over at the CNC zone web site under my nickname of "MonoNeuron" It outlines a lot of the build process and some alterations I went through and the frustrations of trying to get the software to work.
There is so much more info out there now that it is easy to make one and all you need is some patience, a little bit of skill, money and time. You can build it with mostly off the shelf parts now. Thanks for looking. :-)
baccus61 11 months ago
The craftsmenship of the mechine and the fact that all of it is hand made including the lazer is with out dought some of the best work that I have seen. You must have had to build the control system as well I bet and even the lazer is air cooled, and the fact that it does not damage the supporting media beneath the product being cut is most impressive. How much did it cost to make and did you write the program that runs it yourself?
crapthisisalongusern 11 months ago
@crapthisisalongusern Alas, I don't wish to disappoint you but I bought the air cooled ULS.inc 30 watt Laser from Shopwarehouse on eBay for about$3400. The table build was my design and construction though. Thanks for the Kudos on that. I now have a 100 watt glass tube laser that does burn holes in the table top but I am having some issues with the hardware and software engraving a double line. I'm not smart enough to make my own software so I've bought 3 different ones to try out.
baccus61 11 months ago
@baccus61 have you tried sheetcam?
redbaxtexas 8 months ago
@redbaxtexas I use Sheetcam for the Plasma cutter I have but lasers need a little bit better software to control the PWM laser pulsing and motor control at the same time.
baccus61 7 months ago
@baccus61 btw almost forgot, the powder could be collected effectively by using a vaccuum cleaner with a new bag in it, with the flexy tube or some other, more convenient attatchment on the end that could be mounted next to the rotary tool doing the engraving. sorry about clogging up your comments section with my (poorly organised thought tangents in brackets) but yeah mad respect for your successful build. i just tinker with my cnc lathe/mill but i want to buy a laser, if i can quit buying cigs
MrQualia 6 months ago
its like a big video game!
or a claw machine
xWFSUxistoned 1 year ago
Did not expect to hear Andy McKee over this video. A nice break from the typical rubbish that's overplayed on youtube.
Fjaertorslovaark 1 year ago 10
@Fjaertorslovaark
He's great. You're lucky to get a good background piece on you tube now as Google will block any that are copyrighted. I am lucky mine is still up. I love his work and he looks really happy when he plays, too.
baccus61 1 year ago
xD
freakynoobn 1 year ago
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if i had a fucking 30 watt laser id mount a telescope to it and point it at planes 30 000 feet in the air and make them crash
ninja6kid 1 year ago
The tablesaw of the 21st century.
Dear Santa...
M4ST3RL1NKX88 1 year ago
How much do you charge for your services. I work for a major Overclocking website and we are always looking for new products to offer to our members. Can you cut colored acrylic effectively at say a quarter inch? Feel free to message me about getting you some work. its the site.
spookedjunglist 1 year ago
Great Work!
Very usefull tool!
mjsfreitas 1 year ago
what software do you run this on, Ai ?
SP3CTRE90 1 year ago
That's really cool. But will it blend?
Calcard94 1 year ago
U r a genius. Tht one even looks good. Great work.
tomison11 1 year ago
that has to be the coolest thing ever
pyrea17 1 year ago
what resolution do you get with those motors? or...how precise is it?
biertier99 1 year ago
@biertier99
200 steps per rev with 10 micro steps =2000 steps per rev geared down 3:1 so we end up with 6000 steps per rev. More than enough for a laser with 0.004" kerf width on the beam.
baccus61 1 year ago
I want one :o)
bigbadrye 1 year ago
You are a Legend... ^^
AiRGuNmOdEr 1 year ago
Can you do tattoos with it ? :) Not that I'm volunteering..
Idiotsmakemesad 1 year ago 2
@Idiotsmakemesad Yes it can. I have a nice little round dot on my forearm from when it got in the way of the beam on start-up. Hasn't gone away for 3 years so it's permanent.
baccus61 1 year ago 12
@baccus61 Lol. Set it up outside a pub, $50 to get "Harley Davidson" seared across your forearm. I'm sure you'd get a few takers.
Idiotsmakemesad 1 year ago 2
This is so awesome :o
MadsWest 1 year ago
@MadsWest
Thank you.
baccus61 1 year ago
"Laser tube $3495"
Why so much? You can get one off ebay that is 40 watts for $200 USD shipped and performs just as well..
diyengineer 1 year ago
@diyengineer
I bought a 35 watt glass tube from USA and by the time I got to use it after building the table it was putting out about 10 watts. I wasted $1800 on the tube and the power supply. 3 Years ago there wasn't much laser stuff around but now there are off the shelf components that makes making a laser table really easy. I will be upgrading mine to the new Coletech 150 watt laser in a few weeks time. They have a better metal to glass seal than the crap epoxy. I'll not get burnt again.
baccus61 1 year ago
@baccus61
Ahh i see. I would love a 150watt laser then i could cut sheet metal! :) Where do you source the coletech units from, ebay?
diyengineer 1 year ago
when it was Homebuilded is it also that much to make ? (costs)
Great job and is the laser AUTO ?
if yes how do you program it? (CNC ?)
broerbreaker9240Z 1 year ago
@broerbreaker9240Z
You can make one a LOT cheaper now as there is a heap of stuff around now for a laser. There wasn't too much about when I built mine. I reckon I could build the same one now for about $4500. The expensive bit is the laser tube and the software.
The laser is programmed from a print driver. You select "print" and it sends the job off to the driver that does the cutting etc. It works like a plotter, Pen down fires the laser etc. All done in software.
Thanks.
baccus61 1 year ago
@baccus61 Its allot less ofc but still much for me
haha :p
still great machine respect :p
broerbreaker9240Z 1 year ago
nice de x /y axis robot
andreidodo 1 year ago
can you make crop-circles??? xD
jacobonix 1 year ago
@jacobonix
I jacked up the power to a force of 50 mega throbs and attached it to the Ultra-Thrun Gun but it just vaporizer the barley crops and melted the wheat.
Short answer is No! Shame that. :-)
baccus61 1 year ago
Nice machine. Shit guitar.
Tagananero 1 year ago
hahah lucky this is 30watt if its 5k watts probably ur electric bill will be 10,000$
quangluu96 1 year ago
Genial
rodrigoalmeidaprado 1 year ago
great song, mckee for life
ChewbacaChunx 1 year ago
hi.baccus61,
How do I do at home laser tube?how do I do laser tube and focusing lenses ?Can I make my own way ?I can do mechanics.Would you tell their experiences ?
thank you for helping
HEPGUNES 1 year ago
@HEPGUNES dude.. WIERD?!?!?!
4shiizi 1 year ago
now THAT is cool as fook!
would be cool if it could metal as well though.
randerzz 1 year ago
pretty impressive. would you be willing to sell the plans for it?
monkfry 1 year ago
@monkfry
Sorry, I don't have plans. :-(
cnczone has a lot of info on laser building.
baccus61 1 year ago
you can make a noce graffiti with this laser. i like it dude ;)
kabkilo 1 year ago
@kabkilo
Yes I could, but that would be illegal !
baccus61 1 year ago
@kabkilo lol it would take quite a long time
jpeel132 1 year ago
Cool. I ran a plasma cutter for years, brings back memories.
jbenny1277748 1 year ago
Hi, what brand of laser cutter do you have? We also made a home made cutter without the lifting table. I currenty have a plasma cutter on the machine but want to add a laser cutter to cut copper sheets. Please help
iknight24916 1 year ago
@iknight24916 Your going to have fun trying to cut copper with anything under 2 KW with a CO2 laser. You will need a YAG:Nd laser for that and probably a 500 watt one but you will have to check with a supplier for the actual requirements.
The laser I have is a Universal Inc 30 watt RF laser that will only cut 5mm ply, 6mm acrylic and 2.5mm chipboard and a host of other thin things. It cannot cut metal.
Thanks for looking. :-)
baccus61 1 year ago
nice work!
mosseslim 1 year ago
@mosseslim Thank you. :-)
baccus61 1 year ago
Nice work! Does it cut metal?
Veikkaala 1 year ago
@Veikkaala In a word.....No. Need LOTS more power for that. :-)
baccus61 1 year ago
Did you actualy make the laser or did you buy it?
shockna1 1 year ago
@shockna1
It's a 30 watt Universal laser, Laser
I bought it.
baccus61 1 year ago
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fuck ass shit
Potemtole 1 year ago
You realize most of the smoke and fumes coming off that thing are deadly... Many plastics produce an acidic smoke (you know that deadly looking yellow stuff), All lasers should be vented outside by a suitable ventilation system, and in most cases "scrubbed" before exiting building
NoFNclue 1 year ago
@NoFNclue
Thanks for that. I usually blow all the smoke out the door of the shed the laser lives in with a floor fan and when I do mirrors all the small particles of glass in the smoke get the same treatment. I am usually not there while it is engraving as I am off doing something else while it goes through it's cycle. I have some carbon activated filters I will put in one day with a smoke sucker but 'till then I just leave the shed and do something else. :-)
baccus61 1 year ago
I know nothing about Laser tables. But I love Andy McKee.
Stratboy999 1 year ago
@Stratboy999 . Yep. He's a legend.!!!!
baccus61 1 year ago
Whether you are exceptionally talented, brilliant, clever, gifted, etc. matters not to me.
YES IT DOES!!!!
Please put me on your emailing list if you plan to make these or sell plans on how to make this amazing device.
joetylerdale 1 year ago
@joetylerdale
You're too kind. Swap out that list to a lot of sleepless nights and hair pulling and a few hundred hours scouring the net and a girlfriend with infinite patience and you have it in the bag. I wish the info was around a few years ago that is around now as it would have made it SO much easier to build. Now it's just a matter of building a laser with off the shelf components (and a lot of research)
Thanks so much for the kind words.
Be well. Rich.
baccus61 1 year ago
This is very cool, I am researching Laser cutters after finishing my CNC Mill. Laser would be a much better choice for cutting the foams I currently use. do you have a build log or plans anywhere for sale or otherwise?
Thanks
Jon
rcFFBloodyMicks 1 year ago
AWESOME!
xDGiulianoxD 1 year ago
i know what i want for Christmas LOL
jonesy9610 1 year ago 24
@jonesy9610 And I bet you would love the 100 watt upgrade I have just done to it too.
I hope your wishes come true and a merry Xmas to all.
Rich.
baccus61 1 year ago
@baccus61 100 watt? where can i find a 100 watt laser?
ampeyro 1 year ago
@ampeyro Hey,
I bought my 100 watt laser tube from ColeTech on eBay for about $1400 with power supply.
It's a long life 8000 hour one.
So far it is very usable as I can set it to a very low power and still engrave on paper or set it high and cut through 16mm of pine wood.
All very good.... :-)
Thanks for watching. Merry Xmas
baccus61 1 year ago
nice work bro
funaselashalu 1 year ago 17
Ta.
baccus61 1 year ago
@funaselashalu
Thanks matey.
baccus61 1 year ago
andy mckee!! woooo!
avadyn 1 year ago 3
Nice
tunnnex 1 year ago
I am blown away. Do you make these for other? Or for a fee, instruct someone to make a table like this? You would also be the one to ask. Is there any table out there, that I could fit in relatively medium size office, that is worth considering purchasing at this point? Thanks so much, Anna
Abastian7 1 year ago
Hi Anna, I'm sorry but I don't make these to sell. You can get an Epilogue laser for about $12K with a good Synrad laser in it that will last you nearly a lifetime. They have a cheap version out there but the table is relatively small. Search for Epilogue and you will find them. 60 watt would be my choice if I bought a new one as you can do way more with it and quicker. Universal Lasers also have good tables as well as Trotec. All good brands but very expensive.
baccus61 1 year ago
Have you considered using it to melt sugar into a pattern ?
iindium49 1 year ago
Nope. But it might be interesting. I had thought about metal spray powder but it's too expensive to muck about with.
Sugar sounds interesting for cake decorating etc.
Might try it soon. Thanks. :-)
baccus61 1 year ago
lasers are tha future ;-)
Dvs35 2 years ago
@Dvs35 Yes, and the future is here. Thanks for looking.
baccus61 1 year ago
Have you thought of doing work for model kit manufactuerers?
mattnsim 2 years ago
@mattnsim
Actually,no. I don't really have the time to work for someone else with a dead line. It would be good though.
:-)
baccus61 2 years ago
it is great work !!!!
miro1360 2 years ago
Thank you.
baccus61 1 year ago
What's the focal lengh of your focus lens? Also where did you get it?
legomaniac150 1 year ago
It's a 2" focal length and I bought it from eBay for $84.
baccus61 1 year ago
Beautiful workmanship, sir.
Khalduknight 2 years ago
Thanks
baccus61 1 year ago
whats with the tube is that laser water cooled?
uwanaugoda 2 years ago
@uwanaugoda
Nope. It's an air cooled Universal laser. Note the circle at the top near the rear of the laser head (actually the front, as it's pointing backwards to the rear of the table) It's the cooling fan which spins at a few thousand revs and is pretty noisy. The gray box in the front of it houses the red diode pointer and beam combiner lens. I might even take a video of this when I clean it next time. Thanks for watching.
baccus61 2 years ago
What amazing workmanship. I am building a laser machine very similar to yours. I even have the same 30 watt Universal laser I bought from Shopwarehouse about a year ago. All of your posts on here and the CNCZONE are kind of my guideline which I appreciate greatly. My question is.. Did you use an expander/ collimator on the laser?? Maybe a 2x?? If you did.. Where did you get it?? Thanks..
nerdulator5000 2 years ago
@nerdulator5000 Believe it or not it is actually a lot more simple than it looks. I don't use a beam expander but I did look into buying 1 when I first started but really don't need it. Next time I build one I will have a V guide on 1 side and a flat guide on the other side to rest a roller on. You really only need the 'guide' 1 side but you do need to 'drive' both sides. I would also make a scissor lift for the next one. Thanks for watching. Ask anything you want. :-)
baccus61 2 years ago
Thank you for the info. I was hoping I could get by without the expander. I am pretty sure you will hear from me again.. :) Gotta go find an old photo copier now. ;)
nerdulator5000 2 years ago
Really Cool. It makes me want to finish my LASER project.
Nice touch with the song:)
M1ST3RHYDE 2 years ago
@M1ST3RHYDE
Do it.! It's great after all the head scratching is over and you become productive. The only drawback is trying to find stuff you can and can't do with it. Best of luck with the build and send me a link to it when you finish it and post a video. We all like videos here. :-)
baccus61 2 years ago
Hey good work. Beautiful device.
Is it home built?
Is the actual laser head remote to the device? I didnt see any cables during the first part of the video.
Secondly, what software are you using for the cnc controls?
ChickenHawk110 2 years ago
Sorry. Forget my last.
Got my answers from previous answers.
Nice kit anyway.
ChickenHawk110 2 years ago
@ChickenHawk110
Hey, No problems. I hope you had some fun viewing it. I'm in the process of upgrading it at the mo with a Leetro USB hardware kit which makes it REALLY fast for engraving. Cut speeds remain the same as you can only cut certain stuff so fast !
The difference also will be that I can process other files while cutting, something I couldn't do with software only solution.
Richard.
baccus61 2 years ago
excellent apparel
Bangoustine 2 years ago 2
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dittmarAmberl 2 years ago
Simply magic!
sonder64 2 years ago
Please stop spamming my channel or I will block you. Thanks for watching anyway.
baccus61 2 years ago
esta maquina es capas de cortar planchas de plata de 0.55 de espesor me interes su respuesta muchas grasias
deividja 2 years ago
Lo siento, pero no puede cortar cualquier metal, ya que no es lo suficientemente potente. Sólo la madera y productos de papel. Gracias por su atención.
baccus61 2 years ago
quisiera saver si esta maquina es capas de cortar planchas de plata de 0.55 m.m ama s grasias
deividja 2 years ago
esta maquina sirve para cortar planchas de plata en espesores muy delgados
deividja 2 years ago
esta maquina sirve para cortar planchas de plata en espesores muy delgados
deividja 2 years ago
That's pretty music.
bobdogner 2 years ago
yeah the music is great
CyberAsomatous 2 years ago
@bobdogner
its andy mckee
he has a lot of good stuff.
superkiller45 2 years ago
Nice build. Your laser head seems quite small (the one on the gantry), or is the laser module static? if so, how do you manage the beam into the moving gantry?
valordk 2 years ago
Have you ever heard of mirrors?
nohous 2 years ago
Will this cut through 22 ga, brass?
MrRparus 2 years ago
Simple answer is no. Not even metalized paper as it's just not powerful enough.
baccus61 2 years ago
Are plans for this available somewhere?
MrRparus 2 years ago
with mechanics its all make sense, but how to programm this machine to make it understand what to print. you can write procedures to make each engine rotate and laser on/off procedure as well, the question is how to convert the B&W image in some sort of code that you programm will accept it and know what to do.
RamiAtrash 2 years ago
corel draw.read the comments.
ABehrooz 2 years ago
If you convert the picture to bitmap and do a diffusion dither of the black and white picture it turns everything into black and white dots then the laser driver will fire the laser where there is a black dot and turn it off where there is a white dot. You set the picture resolution the same as the laser resolution or what the dot size is. Does this make sense? I hope so.
Rich.
baccus61 2 years ago
No. I know the principle of how it works. you using lpt port or usb ? you wrote your own software to control the devise and driver to control your software or you use only downloaded driver? if you use your software then how you link driver and your soft, if you using driver only then how do you explain to the driver architecture of your machine ?
RamiAtrash 2 years ago
wery nice...good jobe
jigibao 2 years ago
Nicely done! We have a VersaLaser at work that I'm allowed to use. I use it to cut some prototypes out of 1/16" PVC. And I can cut puzzles for the kids. ;-)
web4deb 2 years ago
I'm told if you cut PVC it gives off Hydrochloric Acid when the fumes are mixed with water vapor in the air and it voids the warranty.
Just be careful :-) (and have fun)
baccus61 2 years ago
does it cook sausages?.........
100roberthenry 2 years ago 2
Yes.
hater11000 2 years ago
oh good...mmmmmmm.........!!!!!!
100roberthenry 2 years ago
Grate !! :)
HOJNIA88 2 years ago
i think you could make a flat ceramic coated table. It looks your laser could mess with dropped object. i mean your table is ... problem with already cut object.
sakcheegii 2 years ago
Sorry, I have no idea of what you are trying to say. If you are using Babel Fish or other translation site then you should use simple words so it translates better.
Thanks for watching though.
baccus61 2 years ago
can it cut stainless steel 0.8 mm thick?
sakcheegii 2 years ago
30w, no. >100w yes :)
Filmer1eX 2 years ago