Hi I'm Len and Make Things... in my Basement (or garage or outside when weather is nice). And most of all I like to share my knowledge and experiences. I tried to cover topics that are interested to me and others such as Laser Cutting/Engraving, 3D printing, woodworking, electronics and much more! I do unboxing and reviews as well.
Sooooo, you built a housing for a moderately expensive Fume filters that come in the housing of their own and called it Affordable DIY Fume Laser Fume Extractor? dear god...
I'm confused by how this works when the tumbler has two different circumferences? It looked like you made your first test at the top and then the second at the bottom how can these lines be the same if the circumference is different?
Are any versions of the Piburn rotary compatible to work with the xTool P2 CO2 laser? xTool makes it sound like their RA2 rotary is the only device that will work with xTool. I want to engrave a 1” wide band with various patterns on the upper outside wall of 8” and 6” wide wood bowls I make on my wood lathe. I can leave the 2.5” tenon on the bowl bottom to facilitate the engraving. Then remount on the lathe to remove the tenon.
Installing stuff on this thing is not that easy... I can't get the weather option to work, WiFi connection... is weird, since you have to connect by IP address, but.... the IP address of the device (since my routers IP isn't recognised). Other features don't work. If I load images and want to switch to that, it 'hangs' . Rotrics themselves, obviously don't do shit anymore with this device since, nothing on their page about support or new features. The device is nice, looks cool, but... they should have done better support , and connecting to it, should have been done simply by USB (not 'COM' ports, that's from the nineties guys).
Great build, and love the 'CAUTION' theme! What is the footprint of your laser, that smoke lingered, was it vented for fresh air intake? I have an Atezer with extension kit, roughly 17" x 33" (430mm x 850mm) and am wondering if I should plan for 2 fans as well.
How does this compare to more hobbyist style laser cutter like the new Laserpecker 4? I can get the LP4 for half the price so I wonder how better the results would be using this. I'm mostly interested in engraving ABS and metals.
I'm definitely going with this filter, but rather than using 2 inline fans, I'm upgrading the small furnace blower for the Fasco Centrifugal Blower B45267, which can give me 460 cfm under negative pressure for about $300, and let me vent back into the room. The one thing stopping me is I need to find a local maker that can 3d print me a fitting to replace the input's metal ring with a mount that I can attach straight to the box. I've got until winter to find one. The next few months I'll just hope I don't annoy my neighbors TOO much!
I want to build something like this to carry my 360 cameras and stuff around to get more dynamic shots. Any ideas? Plans? I have lots of 1x1 alum extrusion
Thanks a million! So easy to correct when you know where to turn to for help, BUT oh so frustrating before I remembered your Video. . Had me winding my bottom and scratching my watch trying to figger it out. Now I can go back to burning and earning. I had to RE-WATCH your video to refresh my brain. Old age is hell (70 years YOUNG). You can teach an old dog new tricks, just don't expect them to remember them. The other day I was walking in the pasture with a rope in my hand. and for the love of mud couldn't remember If I found the rope or lost a horse.
Thanks for taking the time to make this tutorial! What is the point of changing the scan angle to -180? Isn't that same as leaving it at 0 angle since it engraves both directions (i.e. bi-direction fill)?
Why did you switch to adjusting the the diameter settings instead of just continuing to change the steps per rotation with a smaller amount eg. adding 500 or something? Wouldn't that be less confusing to just keep attaching the one value till you get it right or is there some good reason I'm missing by switching to adjusting the other figure instead?
except this is somehow $800, this seems like something i could solve with some kind of rigid box, a drilled metal plate, and a portable shopvac and some handtools.
I can't tell you how many times I've typed out this explanation in the groups that I'm in. This video just saved my fingers a whole lot of future work ;) Thanks brother!
