I struggled for two days to see how this amazing tool works to no avail, until I saw your video. Thank you very much for your help. I certainly couldn't do it on my own. The directions are precise and understandable. Thank you very much !
I bought the 30W last week and almost gave up because I had no clue what I got myself into.. Thank you very much for the help with this video! I cant wait to start engraving frames for my photography business!
If the globe-button is greyed out for you too put the laser roughly in the middle of the devige and then try moving the motors of the Laser digitally by pressing one of the blue/green buttons on the bottom left of LaserGRBL. After i pressed one of these arrows the Laser moved and then the globe button was clickable. So i moved the laser-head manually to the 0-0 origine and then pressed the globe button.
Thank you, I assembled my engraver then.... yeah I was lost so I put it away and until I watched this video I had a good-priced laser engraver or an expensive white elephant. I am now ready to try again.
Just engraved my first test piece after watching this super helpful video. Was about to ask about your reference grid when I found the link posted in the video description. Thanks a bunch!
I bought this model before I saw this video. It is yet to arrive but after watching your video, I am excited. Thanks for a great video that is not only informative but also gives confidence to a newbie like me.
Thank you for this great video ! I have had this atomstack engraver for a year and could not figure it out. I have watched other videos and still could not figure it out. watched your video and I am getting it done !
I received a similar machine for Christmas and have NO clue how to use it. But this video is SO detailed, I feel more confident I can use it. Thank you so much..
Thank you very much you at least don't act like people walked right out of the laser shop and starting running one or knew anything about it been through a lot of videos yours is the only one that has made sense thanks again
I want to thank you very much. I put it together with no problem but when I went to use LaserGRBL I was so lost. Then I found your video and learned it perfectly by the way you taught. Again thanks so much!!!
At long last the days of cracking my head have come to an end. I was stuck with this machine and software but could not figure the software out. This video was very helpful
I just ordered the the 40 W off of Walmart for $308. I figured after baggoods price and shipping it was only $28 for more power.. I cant wait also excellent lasergrbl explanation Thanks
Thanks for the video and review of Atomstack. I just recently purchase a YoroHome 6550 and I wish I would have seen this video before. My experience with The yorohome 6550 has been nothing but a complete nightmare so far. I'm extremely dissapointed with my purchase and I wish I would have bought a Atomstack now. Now I feel stupid.
Thank you for the very detailed information . Good teaching skills you have. Today I ordered mine because you explained very well I will work with acrylic can you please make a movie on acrylic You are one of the best one this platform Thank you again José Soares
Very good presentation. Spot on. Clear speech. Wonderful instructions. Thanks.
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Ding, we should connect in person as I live in Seattle! I loved your video. It's really the first one I watched, and it gave me everything I was looking for. You do a great job!
Thanks for making such a detailed and helpful video. Also thank you for sharing your awesome base plate grid in your comments. Keep the great videos coming!
FYI, Newer models have a line switch between the transformer and main controller for convenience, the guard protecting the user from exposure is already attached and a thumbscrew replaces the two set screws to hold the laser module in place. Everything else remained the same.
Thanks for this video, actually there is a pdf with instructions for using it but they didn't mentioned it in the site at all. You have to find it for download from other sources or ask them directly for it.
@@DingsWorkshop am facing a challenge of alignment when engraving. Example if am engraving the word BANG the N is being engraved on top of A. What can I do to correct this?
Thanks for the helpful video. The note about the custom buttons was especially helpful. Just received one as a gift and looking forward to getting it set up.
very helpful video, im thinking about one but the only concern was lack of manuals other than assembly, you made it very easy to get started, the rest is just how creative i want to get, thank you sir.
Great Machine had mine for about 6 months i just make wood and slate House names etc ,could not get into Laser GRBL as you had to do a lot of software outside of it Light burn is far superior to Laser GRBL and much easier to use if only for the framing Aspect of your work . Great Vid by the way
Just purchased the newer A5 pro m50 similar, but has power switch and emergency off button and also a lcd touch control with a sd card slot so you can load gcode so eliminate the need for it being connected to a computer. But your guide is still a good reference for my machine.
Great information and much appreciated for the informative tutorial on the software. I just purchased this unit from Amazon and cant wait to put it through its paces!
This was so helpfu; i was able to follow and learn how to use this. I want to use it on leather and now need to learn how to set up a cut file... going to follow you for sure thanks for the help!!!
I just received and tested one of these just this weekend (end of July 2021). Some things to note: 1) They added an inline power switch that plugs into the connector of the A/C adapter, and then it plugs into the control unit. 2) While they still ship with a European Power cord (?) they did ship an adapter to plug it into a North American socket. As I have the correct "D" type grounded cables coming out of my ears, I just used one of them. I have the 30W version, and I used you grid as a first burn into a 24" x 24" sheet of steel that was painted white beforehand. Looks good so far but next project is a vented cover with Activated Carbon filter...
Oh this is very cool info! Glad to hear they remediated the lack of power switch issue. Do you mind share a pic of the switch with me? I’m very interested in seeing what it looks like
Thank you so much for this really excellent tutorial! I kept stopping it so I could create a Word document as a back-up to the instruction book. My son bought me this for my birthday, as an alternative to the Glowforge, which is way beyond what either of us could afford to spend. I'm 75 years young and always looking to learn new things. I own a Cricut, and this appears to be what I'm calling a Cricut on Steroids, I'm looking forward to receiving it later today. I only foresee one problem...I live in a senior citizens' apartment building and have two smoke detectors in my apartment, one in the bedroom (which is where my PC is) and one in the hallway between my bedroom and kitchen. If I position the AtomStack in front of a bedroom window, with a fan turned backwards, do you think that will drag all the smoke out? Otherwise, I don't know how I will use this, unless I buy a laptop and dedicate it only to the AtomStack...which I would be quite willing to do. Any advice you can offer will be greatly appreciate. Again, thank you for a high-quality tutorial!
This is such an awesome message! I'm so glad knowing this video is helpful to you! Great question on ventilation. During operation, this machine indeed produce a lot of fume, and could very well trigger smoke detector, as the machine is failure open by default. You could create some sort of a "tunnel" or a cover that goes on top of the machine, one end of the tunnel points outside through the window, and have a fan blowing air to the outside from the other end of the tunnel. This will create a ventilation draft that can help reduce the amount of fume being left inside the room.
@@DingsWorkshop Thanks so much for this advice! I actually had a similar idea last night when I was thinking about it...only my idea was to put something around the smoke detector, instead, and then remove it after I finished using the AtomStack. I'd still use the fan in the window, though. Thanks for your compliment on my message being "awesome." My friends are constantly complaining that I don't have time for them and when I told my best friend that I would be getting this, her response was, "Great, now I'll never get to see you." Heck, she could always come and watch me, LOL. Again...thanks for your great tutorial!
Thanks! I also made a comparison between the A5 and the A5 Pro, in case you are curious on the differences: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LjgJgktgiFA.html
@@DingsWorkshop Hi Ding. I purchased the A5 and with the help of my engineer son-in-law set up the laser last night and made a few etchings. Your video was extremely helpful. Thanks again.... Jack
I just received this laser in the mail. It is my first laser. I am brand new to this. I am a woodworker that would always take my stuff to get engraved and decided to give it try myself. I reached out to atomstack to ask what software I should get for my my Mac and got a generic email reply. Do you know? I am looking for a beginner friendly software for Mac.
Your video was very helpful with my new ATOMSTACK A5. My first Engraving was the eye of tiger. Where did you get your grid board? Thank you for the great video.
I created the 410mm x 400mm grid using Inkscape. You can download my file for the grid here (free for my viewers!) simply download this file, then load it into LaserGRBL, and let your engrave do the work :) drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dtfZVsNwGoDr9DcNOHGcreMq_--gfgh4?usp=sharing
HI Ryno. I created the grid using Inkscape. I uploaded here, you can download it here (free for my viewers 😆) drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dtfZVsNwGoDr9DcNOHGcreMq_--gfgh4?usp=sharing
Thank you for this tutorial it really helped I had to restart my computer to get the software to work and I can cut out a .jpg but I designed a glider for a school project and I have a whole bunch of dxf files now from the design and I'm apparently supposed to turning them into gcode but nothing seems to be working I have fusion 360 as a hobbyist so I can only export as dxf.
Hi, I have no experience with the Ortur and a complete newbie to laser engraving, I have been frustrated by my inability to produce something satisfactory with grey scale, my machine seems to just want to burn at 100% (or close to) or zero with no mid tones no matter what settings or photo quality or alterations I have used. Even my tests go from black to nothing with a slight alteration, I don't know if it's something I'm doing wrong, the software or the machine! It's also an auto-focus machine so can't do clear acrylic although I'm trying to figure a way of making it recognise the surface with something that can be washed off later (paint and markers get embedded in, tried chalk, crayon, stamping ink unsuccessfully too) Feeling very disheartened at the minute to be honest. I tried the settings given for the photo in this video on plywood using a high quality photo and on dither, it didn't make a mark for 1000 speed at 25% or even 50% power, I ended up on 85% and it missed nearly all the dither dots in the grey areas.
@@kazpaul75 hey thanks for replying! Man sounds rough. I hope you can figure out what is causing the issues you're having. Don't get disheartened man! Everything takes some trial and error. But based on what you said I guess I might lean toward the Orturo more.
Update on the machine, the issue was me! Lol. I understood the machine to be 'autofocus' meaning it will adjust itself, but it's not it's 'fixed' focus and I should have set it 2mm from the bottom of the eye guard, I'd had it at 2cm! I should have read the online manual, the one that came with it just said how to construct it, not how to set it up. So for once I'm happy to discover I've been a dipstick and that it's not the machine that's at fault, lol. It's producing some brilliant stuff now it's set up right. It's probably the same as the Ortur apart from the focus. All the best with your machine when you get one :)
Also, with regards to the clear acrylic not being recognised, I've just come across somebody's idea of using rubberised paint that easily peels off later so that the laser recognises that as the surface. They also advised raising the acrylic up slightly so that the underside doesn't get charred. I haven't tried it yet but it looks promising 😀
Thanks for the help getting my own laser set up! It really did come in hand. I did want to ask what was the board you used for the base. I see you added the image to 'cut' it, but might I ask what the dimensions of the wooden plate are? I'm trying to not damage the underlying area where my laser engraver rests.
@@DingsWorkshop Great. Thank you very much! Sorry, I'm a bit new at this so I tend to ask every question I don't know, even if it is easy to realize if you think about it.
Thanks for the detailed walkthrough 👍 It looks like you posted this about 2 months ago now, have you had any issues during that time frame? I have been researching engravers heavily and I am very interested in this product. Second question, how difficult is it to adjust the laser head? It looked like you used either 1/2" or 3/4" plywood for the demo, will adjusting the head allow thicker material underneath? Thank you
I too am looking for an engraver for sterling silver pieces I make. Just simple designs. I had gotten this model but before opening it I found your video here and realized this probably will not meet my needs. So any help to research the right one would be wonderful. Mary
Hello Friend, thank you for this video. It is very helpful. However, would you make a video of how to prepare a gray scale image and laser it on to the wood (Basswood or birch plywood,etc.) I edit my images in Gimp but I cannot get the image to come out properly at all, it’s too light or wayyyy too dark. Hope you can create a detail tutorial video for this. Thank you in advance for helping many of us out there. 🙏🏽✌🏽
good video but you missed so many things that has to be done maybe more light next time would help as well as some parts of the video are very dark and cant tell what has been done .
f i understand you , after you set the "home" position you can change where ever yo want the laser to start working at like you put 80 and 80. Of course i watched your video again and bingo the light came on. Do you have a roller video?
Thank you Mr. Ding for the grid it’s awesome I got it engraved, my laser head seems like it’s loose after I mounted it, my protective coverings was already on mine? Do I need to take them off and tighten something? You can rock the laser back and forth pretty easily
odd - the laser module shouldn't feel loose. there are 2 mounting screws which are used to adjust the height of the module, can you make sure they are tight?
HI Khristina. I created the grid using Inkscape. I uploaded the file for you to download it here (free for my viewers 😆) drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dtfZVsNwGoDr9DcNOHGcreMq_--gfgh4?usp=sharing
Thanks for a very informative video helps a great deal. Sadly the one I got has the countersunk holes on the ruler side on the wrong side and seems to put the X-axis at t very slight angle.
I am actually looking for something that can cut cardstock, preferably a few layers of 100lb cardstock at a time - do you think this machine would do the trick?
