EP. 27 Onefinity CNC - PEW PEW! Laser Shootout | Ultimate Laser Guide for CNC's. ft. Jtech Photonics 

- 7 watt: www.onefinitycnc.com/product-page/onefinity-7w-laser - 14 watt: www.onefinitycnc.com/product-page/onefinity-j-tech-dual-pro-14w-laser - 24 watt: www.onefinitycnc.com/product-page/onefinity-j-tech-24w-quad-pro-laser - 44 watt: www.onefinitycnc.com/product-page/onefinity-j-tech-44w-octo-pro-laser Lightburn Library for each here! forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/jtech-7w-14-24w-and-44w-lightburn-cutting-library/1314 Laser Holders here! creatoriq.cc/3Jl1xgh

J Tech make great equipment and are always there with support!

I have all 4 lasers and this video is right on point. Good job

Thank you. Nice review and fun video. I'm happy with my 14W Jtech :)

Lasers are an incredible addition to the workshop and they come in all shapes and sizes - so which one is right for you? If you’re interested in upgrading your CNC with a laser, this is the video for you!

Thanks for the informative review. Lots of good topics covered. One that you missed was how different power and speed settings can produce a variety of colors on stainless steel when etching.

Nice demo. I'm saving my paycheques to eventually purchase one or your machines (Elite). Was preciously considering getting a CO2 laser mainly for engraving lamacoids and cutting thin gauge materials. Was hoping the Elite with a JTech diode could replace the CO2 machine but I'm not sure about the acylic lamcoids now. Perhaps the 7 or 14w modules can do the engraving. I don't see why you can't (in the future) mount a fibre laser head on this machine. The fibre part is a semi-fexible cable after all. Great work Onefinity!

thanks for the informative and hilariously entertaining video!

Oh my, your phone call is super funny

Morgan Great video. My wife has the same reaction to any of my shop talk as you did to the laser tech talk. More importantly, will there be a limited edition gift set that includes Moran "Have a blessed day" coasters and "shop apron Morgan"?

Thanks for breaking these down. To me, it seems the 14W might be best for a beginner who wants to do wood and glass engraving?

Great video Morgan, thanks. I have the 44 and ordered the 7 for fine engraving. Can you share the test files you used for the video please? I am not new to laser but new to adding one to my Masso Foreman. Which by the way is also an awesome machine. I haven't even turned my other 2 on since the Forman arrived.

I wish you had tested the lasers cutting balsa and 1/8” plywood for RC airplanes. The cut has to be done with minimal sanding on the burnt edges. Go online and download plans for a RC plane and cut out the parts. Tnx.

Wait, that diode actually engraved INTO the metal? Not needing a coating to melt or annealing, but actually into it? For something that traditionally is not supposed to be used for that, that is amazing to me.

Can you do a test cutting other materials like cardboard and balsa wood. I want you to cut custom boxes, maybe 14 watt would be best.

Any experience or thoughts on the laser jtech offers that you place in the chuck for direct alignment with a work peice?

Will the 44watt cut thru aluminum?

Actually my XTool P2 is not limited to its bed size. I can either do indexing (with passthru or I also have their feeder which can handle letting my cut/engrave/score upto ~10feet (118"). I also have an Elite Journeyman and did have the best JTech laser, but ended up selling it. I also have their F1 laser and use it to engrave all kinds of sizes and shapes as it has a removable bottom and ability to ficus the laser below base (and at upto 4,000 mm/s) Reasoning for separate laser is i need to go back and forth between my CNC and laser and didnt like the set up time. If you add a laser to your CNC, this will also limit the type of duct you can do (z dependent vs z independt). I wont even get into the fact that a C02 laser can do a much more broad range of materials. So if you JUST want to engrave your wood projects, JTech added to your CNC makes sense. But if like me, you want to engrave and cut transparent acrylic and other materials, an LED laser is not gonna cut it (pun intended ;-). But again depending on your duct preference and if wood or black acrylic is all your laser needs, then adding a JTech to your CNC can make sense (also if you need to engrave your entire project that is 4x4 foreman, JTech would be the way to go)

How long did the engraving take?

You didn't try the 24 on steel?

Anybody else have a file they like for testing the 44 and 7 watt lasers?