All about Lasers, how to use them, upgrade them, make them cut better and faster. How to use Lightburn, Inkscape. Laser Upgrades will be focused on the Longer ray5 10W as thats what I have though parts for the 5 and 20W versions will also be made. Although Upgrade parts may be made of other lasers subject to having dimensioned drawings
@@dragonshoarddesign3094it an air assist nozzle connected to an air pump. Air is blown into the kerf to help get cleaner deeper cuts. You can purchase metal nozzle kits to fit the 10w
Thanks for the comments and the views. Looks like this new style of video is a winner. I may have to increase the time as 5 Minutes really is not long enough. How do you fell about double Max or 10 minutes, though many of them will be much less
@@FlixmyswitchLASER I am using a diode and co2 100w , the automatique upgrade dint give 1.7 upgrade so i find it on a lightburn forum. already ears i was frustrated dont have a cut tool
@@Eric-og8of Use the link in description. If a Public candidate release which means its passed all the alpha and Beta testing now the general public can test it before "public full release" so it may still have bugs in. I would not use it on a production machine just in case. Full release should be very soon
Thanks. I enjoyed your live stream the other day. I worked on my camera slider today. Working on graphics for the TFT screen. It took all day, some user error involved in that time, learnt loads. Just hope I remember it
This is an excellent video for set up of a diode laser. I have been using my Ray 5 10w for over a year and recently upgraded to a 20w. In doing so, I didn't realize how critical squaring the frame and adjusting the belts and wheels on the gantry were since my 10w was pretty much assembled and worked great out of the box. This video will walk you through setup step-by-step and is very easy to follow. Took my machine apart yesterday and followed Andy's instructions and feel much more confident for my new output. Thank you Andy!
It's very important that the gantry is square to the frame. I have covered this in other videos. If you ever have your stepper motors grid / miss steps, like when the head crashes into the side of the frame, and your stepper make a strange loud noise like gears grinding, you would need to check your gantry squareness again. Its an easy process which I have covered in two videos. See videos 2 and 22
It's very important that the gantry is square to the frame. I have covered this in other videos. If you ever have your stepper motors grid / miss steps, like when the head crashes into the side of the frame, and your stepper make a strange loud noise like gears grinding, you would need to check your gantry squareness again. Its an easy process which I have covered in two videos. See videos 2 and 22
Thank you. I learnt from my 3d printers and radio controlled helicopters that set up is everything. Get the basic correct and you want be fighting to find your errors
Yes its great i like some of the cut power charts better than the ones in lightburn. I will be doing a series on material testing and seeing how far i can push power vs speed
Sorry about the hard ending of this video, my poor editing. But is just shows you how quick you can now remove/replace the laser module. I hope with this upgrade you will clean your laser more.
Awesome video Andy, very informative! I'm using the same smooth aluminum pipe, and you're absolutely right about the difference in resistance. As soon as I switched mine, not even a burn smell in the house from the basement.
You're welcome! I am working on a jig system to locate inside my laser with removable JIG plates, subscribe so not to miss it. Taking longer that expected to tweak the design
My old hose broke last week. It was similar to the first one you measured. While browsing at the hardware store for a new one I was literally holding the new one you have there in my hands but opted for the old one because I knew what I was getting. Since I did not take it out of its packaging yet, I guess I should return it and get the smooth one instead.
Yes please replace it. Not only will the fan work better but should you have a fire hopefully it will remain in your enclosure. Please update me when you have it fitted
Hi, I need to get some of that smooth bore ducting, I have the stuff you had before, and it's not good enough. Can you please tell me where you purchased it, and a possible product name/manufacturer so I can get some?
Search for aluminium air duct. I found it in my local big box store. It all depends where in the world you are. B&Q, Walmart, technomat, homebase, Amazon.
I have subscribed to your previous channel, but must admit I like having all these laser videos together on this channel. I'm going back to start watching them all starting here. Thanks!
Very nice. I just 3D printed a fine adjustment knob for my RAY5. All these little mods make life so much easier! Thanks for taking the time to put that together.
I disagree. I think the manual says to place the focusing column on the laser module. The picture in the calibration section of the manual has the focusing column under the laser module. If it was under the frame the focusing module would be further out (closer to the camera). "Then place the focusing column vertically on the bottom of the laser head form the rear side, and manually lift the laser head so that the bottom of the rear side of the laser is close to the upper surface of the calibration column."
Yes i talk about this 1mm step, and in the sticky note in the comments i also talk about where to put the focus block. Yes on the laser module and not on this step
