G'day m8. Great vid on the 40w, I've a 1.6w Creality laser but im so scared of doing something wrong and burning down the home i havent taken it out of the box😱 Cheers from Downunder🙃
G'day! Definitely give it a try, it's great fun. You can find the best cutting/engraving settings for different materials online, so there's less risk of the laser moving too slowly and heating up one area. It's recommended to stand by the machine whenever it's working, so it's easy to turn off quickly. There's nothing to worry about if your careful, enjoy it!
You may be able to use laser etching to temper areas of the metal such that it guides the deformation during inflation. Even a triangulation pattern that is locally scales to match the desired curvature may help with that.
Interesting, it's also possible to weld lines in the centre of the piece to restrict inflation and create complex shapes. I did this to create the Lilo Bench, my first major hydroforming project
@@ConnorHolland You can also add solder paste or flux etc. in the areas you want welded to seal them better, applied with a laser cut stencil too. So many possibilities for a renaissance mind who can creatively apply technical methods.
I use LightBurn with a 64 bit operating system, it depends if your computer is 32 or 64 bit. Here's the magnets: Amazon UK = amzn.to/3t9gP2F Amazon US = amzn.to/3tfejYU You will need a steel Honeycomb for them: Amazon UK = amzn.to/46xyEHo Amazon US = amzn.to/3rCMauc
I've been cutting 0.15mm thick stainless. I tried cutting a double layer (0.3mm) at 10:31 and it didn't piece through, although I haven't yet tried a slower speed or adding another pass
