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Hey i am an apprentice and inuse a machine like this for work if there is any infor.stjon you can givr me sonthat i can get cleaner cuts would he much appreciated i will sub to youre channel
I am having a problem with the cut soure. If I take the single part and adjust my cut path, It works the way I want. Then I nest the part and the cut order is changed. Could you tell me what I am doing wrong. Thanks
Thanks! I'm looking into a similar setup, but I cut 11ga. Thinking about getting a high pressure compressor to prefill 300 cylinders to 2400psi. I only run small jobs, so i have plenty of time to refill. I don't see anybody else doing this though.
Hi ! I wached your video for learn about to how i do for use the program . Thank you ! But i .have a problem: after to make the setting , (count of pieces, plates, geometry expanded), when i do the nets, cypcut showme the next : "Size plate is too small, no parts add to nest" ..Im sure that the size plate is not small, because in the setting plate i have size of a 1,5 meters x 3 meters.. Do you know wich is the problem?
I need help. I use Cypcut for work and we have to nest hundreds of metal artwork pieces. And sometimes for absolutely no reason at all during the nesting process an error will pop up saying "Size of plate too small, no part add to nest" and have to start all over. We have no idea why this happens and the plate size has nothing to do with it. The only way it will successfully nest is a process of elimination figuring out which art piece is making the error. It takes hours. If I get the error to many times, Cypcut will tell me I have no memory left and I have to restart the program. Absolutely infuriating.
I was wondering about using a laser engraver to make a micro welder for tiny parts, and this seems like a promising proof of concept that could be scaled down. Thanks for showing us this experiment.
Hi, friend, this video of yours helped me a lot, I'm looking forward to testing it, I'm Brazilian, I work on an HSG3015 machine, we didn't use this function because we didn't know it... if everything goes well, I'll come back to thank you again S2
Saludos desde la ciudad de Guatemala , quiero me expliquen por que cuando utilizo nest no me da la opcion de utilizar mas de 20 laminas de 2,438.4 mm largo ×1,219.2mm ancho
Hello! I couldn't find a test in your videos that shows how thick plates can be cut with the 500W fiber laser. Carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, bronze, copper. I would be interested in cutting these materials in 1mm thickness steps. 1mm, 2mm, 3mm... etc. Ty.
Our original 500w source lost one of the three modules nearly 3 years ago and we are currently running a 1500w laser. But a 500w can do 1.5mm in steel and stainless, we did 2mm with some regularity but it was not perfect. Aluminum bronze and copper is not generally recommended on low powered machines because it damages the sources due to thermal reflection.
Looks like it's been a couple years since you have put out a video. I just ordered a 1500W laser and am trying to learn as much as possible before it gets here. I really like your video and hope you post more. One this I'm looking to learn is how to set up for marking bend lines and engraving. It would be great if you can help.
Yeah the software changed a lot since I bought my machine so my simple videos are out of date to the current interface. My machine is still making parts but it's five years old and the new machines are very different so not much of my information is current.. I do have some data on filtration and other operations data that might be useful. I've been running a very large contract job for the past two years that has taken most of my free time, but it's looking like that will be slowing down soon.
@Small shop lasers thanks for responding. Yes, any information you can share would be greatly appreciated. I'm curious about the software. Is it that the new version of the software won't work with your laser, or is it expensive to upgrade to the newest version?
@@mikebourret3624 So as far as I know I can just download the new version and it should work since the control card is the license dongle. But I'm concerned that I will lose the adjustments that have been made in the backend of the software than make it work correctly.. I will likely just download the newest version to a desktop computer for making videos since 99% of the software is identical in function they just changed the UI and most of the menus have better English in them.
We have a 30HP screw compressor hooked to our 12,000 watt OREE fiber laser and we cut all the way up to 1/2" carbon steel with compressed air with a great, polished finished edge. You do need 240 PSI to do this but it's possible for sure. The compressor has a five stage filter with a built in dryer and this is important as well so as not to contaminate the lens of the laser.
Yeah as the thickness increases the pressure requirement increases.. We are doing thin sheet metal and have a limited electric service, so the setup we have is enough for practical use up to 2mm (14 gauge). We are currently running a 1500w source and have cut as thick as 1/4 inch (6mm) with compressed air, not that I would recommend anything over 2mm with this setup as the burr gets pretty thick.. And yes the filtering requirements are high, we have five parts to our filter setup so likely it is similar..
A few things could be at play. Try moving the drawing to primary document, see if it will modify in that screen. I don't think flycutting/scancutting can be done in the parts menu. But once you modify the drawing in primary document you can send it to the parts menu..
Can you please help me sir I get a new machine with 10 kw laser when I start to work the laser don’t work I checked everything the laser power is on everything is good Is there any parameters to switch on the laser in the computer before starting ?
I don't.. Currently my copy of cypcut is so old that I have not been posting videos because the interface is so different they are not really useful to new operators.. Ramsey Custom here on youtube has a video series that he sells, many people have found that to be helpful.
Hi, I am looking to get a 1000 or 1500 watt fiber laser in China. They keep telling me that I need a 15 bar or 220 psi 20 Hp motor compressor. I do not have 3 phase electric. I can get a converter, But was told that I need a 60 HP converter because of the hard start which is $7200 on top of the compressor cost. I only cut 20 gauge carbon steel. Can you please tell me is a 150 to 175 psi compressor will do what I want ? So I do not need to spend all this money. Thanks
So 20ga carbon is within range with what we show, we cut a fair amount of 20ga. Currently we are running a 1500w source on the same machine with the setup we show, 16 gauge does ok but has a little bit of edge, 14ga requires a little bit of sanding before tumbling. We did install 12mm tubing and added some larger valves to improve flow to the head, which allows us to cut 22ga with the gauge showing 125 psi with the air flowing.. The air compressor we show has been running very well for nearly three years now, probably payed for itself a couple times over. We have changed the intake filter and the oil, the other filters are still within acceptable range, however I should probably have changed them a year ago just due to age.
@@smallshoplasers8785 Thanks for getting back to me. I do have another question. I am confused as to getting an open table machine or closed. I cut with plasma now and that makes so much smoke cutting. Does the laser make allot of smoke with the exaust fan ? I just do not want to make an erra getting a laser and do not want to breath smoke. I keep getting told lasers with down draft do not make much smoke. Thanks