My husband and I have an M1 and S1. I'm used to the M1, messed up a Stanely today on the M1. Hubby recommended your video for the S1, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You're video is by far the absolute best!! Thank you! *Oh, and sometimes the hubby is right! :-)
@@TheClackShacksorry, couldn’t get my other comment to tag you, but I think we’re curious about dimensions and thickness of the base piece of plywood and brackets that stabilize the RA2 if you are up to sharing those for us.
Hi 👋, Clack Shack, I am new to all, I can not afford one at present, but I am trying to learn how to use it, I hoping to start a business in the new year, I did try and go on there website but it keeps crashing and closing my device down ???, and I don’t know the reason why, I will try and find more info on your site, and others, I think I will have a problem as I am in my 70s and I live in France and I can’t speak French, you seem to have a good following, keep up the great work, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year, Phil from the moulin France
I just purchased the XTool S1 with all the bells and whistles. I have to engrave 150 stemless wine glasses and of course I have zero experience, (but I'm a quick learner I hope). Do you have any videos on this or any suggestions? I did watch your video on engraving the pyrex dish. Thank you. Denise
Really? You've replied to every comment on this video? How do you ever have time to make anything? All kidding aside, That's a great way to run a youtube channel and an Etsy shop. I'm probably going to get the S1 soon. I'm sure that means I'll need a few jig files from your shop. By the way, you have a pass to not reply to this comment! Go make something for your friends or to sell instead.
Hi Friend. appreciate your work. Do you have the dimensions of your plywood piece that your RA2 templates sits in? I am sorry if you shared this already.
I had mine ra2 flip, burda image same way you had in xcs and realize I had to mirror my image, if I put my ra2 the way you have it, does that mean I do not need to mirror my image on tumbler
yup once you set the distance you can then use the y and x axis and click the arrow and it will move and you can adjust the MM distance that it moves each time you click the arrow button. great video by the way thank you
Great video. I have the 20W version and going to do some tests on a few practice tumblers. I am curious about the power and speed I will need using the 20W. I hope I don't have to buy the 40W module to do projects I see others do. Being my first laser, I figured a 20W would be more than enough for making some boxes and engraving stuff like tumblers. Thanks for the great content.
I took out the crumb tray to allow clearance for the rotary. I get an error code saying that the six screws, that tell it that the riser is installed, are not installed properly. Do I need a work around?
Yes. Look for the screw with a brass ring around it. That is a sensing screw. It has to be in to close the sensors circuit. As long as those screws are in, it should work. May need a small washer
@@TheClackShack I figured it out right before you replied. I took some hot wire and ran it across all three screws on the riser side to act like the crumb tray. Worked with no problem. I think we have different risers. yours opens mine does not. Thanks for your help and your videos. You made learning this a no brainer. Thank You'
Great video. I have a M1 and the rotary kit which I have never tried. Since then I have bought the S1 and love it. Is there any way I can use the M1 rotary kit with the S1??
This was really helpful. I've had my S1 for a few days now and just got the RA2 today (it shipped separately). I was hesitant about the tumblers, but this helps. You are correct about the S1 videos. They are limited in multiple topics. I've seen some pics in the Xtool FB group of full wraps on the big 40oz tumblers but haven't figured out how they account for the size variance from top to bottom. I appreciate you making this.
Absolutely a great video! I’ve had my S1 for awhile but I’m just getting ready to run some tumblers with my RA2 Chuck. So this video is “just in time”😀
Thanks for the video. I just got the S1 (my 1st Laser) and have a few tumblers just waiting for me to feel confident enough to jump in. With this video I think I can take the leap.
Mann, I appreciate your videos so much. I bought the S1 based on your recommendation and others. My riser base and rotary come in today. I can’t wait to give it a try.
Hey! Thanks for the video. Im fixin to order my S1. Do you have instructions on how to set up the stabilization system (board, brackets, and RA2 jig)? I think this would be incredibly useful to have from the start. I didn't see it in the etsy store. Thanks so much!
Just got our S1. I'm going to put this one on the wife's required watching list. LOL. Do you think there is any way the S1's curve following could be used to engrave the taper/curve on the tumbler?
Thank you so much for such clear instructions. I'm researching lasers now and the xTool S1 is one I'm considering. (I'm one of those crafters, so I definitely want a diode laser.) Anyway I'm wondering why you install your tumblers differently (bottom to the right and in the clamps) compared to how others are using it?
My S1 is on its way, but the problem with the moving tray has me concerned. I saw another video where the guy flipped his riser base over and was able to screw the tray in from the bottom? Now I can't find the video but was wondering if that is a possibility? Thanks for the great content.
I would leave it able to be moved to different levels. You can use painters tape on the edges to hold it while in use. This wouldn’t make everything exactly repeatable but with the two point system, you could get good results.
Thanks for the video this has answered a lot of questions I had before setting my RA2 up! But i do still have a question I checked your Etsy page I did not see the Jig file for the base you use for your RA2.
Thank you for the helpful video. Please make more videos about using the Xtool S1 40W. Trying to figure out the settings and how to make things on my new laser.
Did you have a problem with the chuck? The chuck arms, where's you place the 3 grip arms, are loose on mine. Is that the way they are ? Or can they be tightened? TIA
Thanks, I been looking for as many S1 video's as I can and since it is so new not to many out there. I would like to find some using the 1064 IR for the S1.
When using the rotary chuck (instead of rollers), do you always have to vertically invert your images in XCS? I have seen some folks with the RA2 that have said they did and others that say they didn't.
The ones having to invert have it set up wrong. The placement of the chuck dictates its rotation. Place it like I do and you will not have any issues. Just make sure the writing on it is right side up from the front.
Great video! I'm sitting here waiting for my S1 to arrive today so I can get it all set up and get started. I would be gentle with the magic eraser though, they're basically high grit sandpaper! Ask my wife who use one on some clear acrylic sheet once haha
Hello! When I try to start tumbler engrave, it tells me the crumb tray is not properly attached. Help showed me screws needed to be placed. There a not any screw holes in lowest slot for it with riser. Is there a crumb tray detection setting I can put as ignore?
Look for the screw holes that have small pieces of copper in them. There are three screws on the sides that must be tightened until thew touch this copper. I had the same issue when I was trying to install the screen printer tool.
Found something yesterday, I forgot to hit start after selecting process and getting to the start screen. I went straight to machine button and laser moved off of work area and just burned a spot. hit start before machine button.
Great video like usual. But for $2000+ they can't figure out a better bottom tray...LOL! Typical rushed product from xTool...they'll probably come out with a solution and charge a lot for it.
Try timing the different speeds with a stop watch, I got the S1 and recently discovered that engraving at 600mm/s is actually slower than engraving at 300mm/s since the time it takes for the laser to accelerate and decelerate for a higher speed takes more time than going at a "slower" pace. Now my processing time is much faster and the machine barely moves around.
I was going to bring this up too. I have a design that I had set to go at 500 speed and it would have taken 15 minutes flat. Changed it down to 350, decreased the power from 100% to 75% (better for laser longevity anyhow) and it knocked off 39 seconds. Doesn't sound like much until you count the fact that it was a bulk order. ⌛= 💰
hey Clack, your Childersburg fan here. I have the Xtool D1 Pro 20w with the rotary tool. Is it the same rotary used in this video or would I need to buy another specific to the S1?
I really like how you do your videos! Your step by step is so easy to follow. Other sites either skip steps or assume the user knows all the nuances of the S1.
I've been having a heck of a time with getting tumblers to take full wraps. Is there a way to extend the xcs canvas to that I can have it wrap a stanley. When I try with the s1, the canvas is too skinny for the wrap. It seems goofy that i can't use xcs to fully wrap a tumbler. Am I missing something?
The software should turn off the Y axis limits when using the rotary but I haven't tried. You could set the machine up in lightburn and create a profile just for tumblers with a larger Y work space. This way, you could set the axis as big as you wanted.
@@TheClackShack good call. I went to Lightburn to get the full wrap setup making the y work area bigger. Appreciate the help. Just grabbed a few more of your jig setups on etsy today. Apprciate all the good stuff you put out.
Just tested my machine in XCS with your issue. Try spilling over the bottom of the work area and not in the top. Apparently if you put the extra out the bottom, it works. Who knew?
I wish i would have watched this video before trying a tumbler....I watched the xTool video, set it up exactly like they recommended....WELLLLLLL the RA2 jumped on me in the middle of engraving and I'm assuming broke my distance sensor....Now my laser is down until I can get a new one. UGGGGG I'm now gonna watch all your videos before I try anything, at least once I get a new sensor. I hope that's all thats wrong with it.
Thank you for responding, I did align and it fits in the spot easily but when it starts to lower it alarms and gives me an M363 S4 error. It happens every single time I try to set distance. *sigh*@@TheClackShack
"If you had a camera it would help"...thank you for saying that! xTool failed by not having a camera in the S1, no matter how much they try to sell the 2-point system. Hopefully they didn't hear you say that.
Thank you very much for this video! I used the setting you recommended and engraved some solid color tumblers. They turned out beautifully. However, when I engraved a rose gold coated tumbler with power100 and speed 500, some of the engraved area look brownish. I wonder if the power is too high. The rose gold coat seems to be thinner than the solid color. Do you have any suggestions? I am using S1 with 40W as well. Thank you in advance.
Higher speeds need to be a large size or it becomes slower with small engraving sizes due to the over run the module needs to travel to engrave @ the set speed. I have done months and months of testing. I have had the S1 since the beginning of June
This is applicable to all lasers using a similar gantry system. The engineers design in this over-run to reduce stresses on the gantry, but remember it only reduces them. High speeds still force the motors to work harder when switching directions, so it affects the unit's lifespan as well. Most people (YT creators I've watched and myself) have found they get similar or slower times when going over 200mm/sec on anything under 3-4 inches (or large jobs that have lots of directional changes), so using this slower speed doesn't really effect run time at all, and gives you better control with laser power and longer motor life.
If you are in XCS, I believe they have limits set. These are only 75mm. The RA2 cannot support anything bigger than that without it hitting the bottom.
@@TheClackShack the wierd thing is i did a larger cup before and then switched to a small tumblr which in inches was about 7 around the base but it wouldn’t let me enter anything over like 4.4 or it would just auto set back to 4.45 or so
@@TheClackShack I may try to reach out to x tool but last time I tried that it took 2 days for a call back just to speak to someone who can’t hardly speak English 🤦🏼♂️😂 and I can’t find anything online about it
Just got our S1 this week. Hoping to setup the RA2 in the next few days. Your test burn file of different powers and speeds. Is that something you can share?
Nice jig setup for the RA2, with that being stationary, and using the chuck, you could put a mark on the right side enclosure that aligns with the guide rail once you find the center, then you can go back to that spot without measuring for the center, as long as you're using the chuck.
Many thanks for that tutorial, it has cleared up a few grey areas. Do you think you might do something similar using lightburn? The crumb tray on my s1 has to be fasted to the bottom of the riser. But good advice to make sure everything is fastened down. Now what about mugs or items that have handles?😊
thanks! I bought myself the 20W version for Christmas and after watching your video I was confident enough to start my first tumbler project. We'll see how it turns out as I have to run the speed a little more than half the speed you have listed on your video- thanks for the content, also love how organized your shop looks!
@@TheClackShack just got my S1 setup last week and want to thank you for the videos. I have experience with cnc plasma but laser engraving is new to me.
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