Laser Cutting Learning - DIY CNC Cheap Fiber Laser - 1KW Prima Laser 

What do you think "diy" stands for?

Thank you very much for taking us along on your journey! I admire and appreciate your candor and 'tell it like it is' honesty. You definitely have my respect and the amount of blood, sweat and tears as a self employed business man is NOT lost on me!

I've had a similar laser for about two years, a smaller 500 watt machine. We recently switched to highly filtered higher pressure shop air (160 psi) and have found it improved our cut quality significantly over oxygen.. In our case the cost of the setup had a roughly 36 month return on investment as we cut very large volumes of small parts. I'm still putting a video together about using air with the laser since it's not really talked about. One big advantage of compressed air is that you can use the air to cool the parts to prevent oil canning that often results in tip touch errors.. It could also be a good idea to calibrate the capacitance sensor since it will change the descent speed in "global parameters" which can help the laser not have a tip touch error.. I can say you REALLY NEED to get the fume extractor hooked up, the laser dust is nasty and even small amounts over time will give you breathing issues. I have a set of fusion 360 drawings for a laser cut air filter unit that takes fairly reasonable filter packs.

Been following the journey. Love that you always talk costs....keep the videos coming, I am learning all along the way!

Wow that thing is unreal. The speed at which it cuts is insane and IIRC you can make it cut even faster! Very nice design I hope you get a bunch of orders.

Nice looking parts, Gary. That is one SWEET machine!

Nice Gary, the Rapids on that thing are insane 👍👍

ah yes a "DIY CNC Cheap Fiber Laser". . . pans over to a $50,000 laser cutter.

Hey! While cutting mild steel for such decorative purposes, you can use nitrogen instead of oxygen for smother, sharper finish. The edges of the part are burnt due to oxygen. Just a suggestion

Hats off to you Gary, long time follower love to see your laser is treating you well, That thing looks great someday ill have my own, that belt sand is a great machine to have in the shop must keep my eye out for 1

That new Laser is really fluid and smooth wow”

Getting it down to a slick operation.

So awesome !! Looking forward to see you cut some half inch and see how it does we run a water jet but it’s a bit slow it’s great to see some one trying these off brand lasers.

Why do you have "DIY Fiber Laser" both in the thumbnail and video title? That's clickbait BS.

if you can take off grid , you can cut 3d all material. just first make marking and than calculate you need how many mm left right or forward back etc.. than change manuel on main control panel. thats all.. ohhh most important dont forget set zero !!! first of all set zero according to set zero you can change your cut left right forward or back.. good job

congrats, slowing getting the hang of the new toy. Great work

That belt sander looks wicked never seen one like that

Those came out great.

What is the cost difference between Lazer and plasma cutters ? Your products have very fine details. I've been a traditional manual and CNC machinist for 40 years and am just starting to learn about CNC plasma cutters, and just ran across your channel cutting with Lazer. How tight of a tolerance can you hold with Lazer cutting? How tight of a tolerance can you hold with plasma. I see what looks like a plasma cutter in the back of your shop. Have you completely changed to Lazer cutting, or do you still do both? I'll look thru your other videos for info. Thank you in advanced for answering newbie questions. Take care

For real, that thing looks badass!!!! Your a lucky fella!!!!!! Great Video my friend!

Daniele is gonna feel short changed.....lol. Nice Machine! Cool parts!

Very good 👍

Nice machine, congratulations

Gary I am definitely going to look into a laser now. Does running nitrogen help eliminate the dross?

I noticed that you mentioned cutting a logo for an NFL team for a fabricator. Please be aware that all logo material is copy righted and registered. I have a friend that was fined over 200k for making unlicensed products. Hope this helps, just looking out for your shop. Great videos by the way. Keep it up

Congratulations for your video! Great info for newbies like me, I am thinking about getting one. Would you mind telling how much power do you have installed for your laser cutter? I mean the power allocated to your shop for that whole machine... 20kw or something like that? Thanks!

what's the last machine to polish the finished metal? It is seams very good.

wow that is fast! almost as fast as my homemade plasma cnc lol

Boy, you’ll need to do a lot of those to pay for this.

Random question do you think this could be used to cut gun parts?like a pistol slide

BS. The difference between making a tool and using a tool is huge.

Looks awesome Gary.

if you dont mind me asking how much was that laser??

Nice! Are you going to be taking laser jobs? What state are you in?

How thick is the cutting line of the laser? Looks a bit thick. What about the tolerances? Does it compensate the cutline thickness, softwareside somehow?

Whats the watt, maximum thickness cutting dear?

Hello sir can we use plasma table for laser cutting .? Installing precise servos and laser controller and all electronics . Only use MS plasma table structure and Gantry? Is that possible? What will be the result if possible ? Ur suggestions

Dude bought a commercial machine for "diy" and then pointed out some tools he just left on it. Lmao

What kinda advancements need to be made to make lead screws less expensive? Prices Iv found are just outrageous.

how much

I m planning to buy one 1kw fiber laser i got an offer 17000$ fob shanghai port i guess same configuration raycus 1000w source raytool head hwin rails ncstudio or cypcut system, i m very familiar as i already own an old raycus 300w machine. what is the max thickness in mm you've been able to cut? i ve been told 12mm by the seller

Vedio was awesome... Will u please share the design file?

What was the price?

Gee I hope you got that dust collector hooked up quick

@Ramsey Customs - turbocobra Hi, Thank you for the cool content. I was wondering if you would give me some advice on approaching a fabrication shop in my area into giving a woman like me an internship of some kind so I could learn some of these metal working/fabrication skills. I'm really interested in learning how to etch and paint metals and work with the different types of fabrication tools . Most of my education, however, is in animal and environmental biology. I did work in a auto interior restoration shop many years ago when I was in high school and college so the opportunity to work in these kinds of atmospheres (shop based) haven't completely been lost on me. Due to circumstances, I have not been able to work in quite a while and learning this type of work really peaks my interest. I would really appreciate any advice or information you have to offer. Thanks again for the great content!

$50,000 is not DIY dude.

What’s the material you using16g stainless or 16g mild steel?

$32K definitely NOT DIY.

Glad it is working, keep it all turned on though! lol

Did you build this or buy it? I want to build my own DIY Fiber Laser... Where did you get the fiber laser head? thanks James

Are you running a chiller with it?

What happens if u made this a gun

Some kind of special you are lol. First view and comment haha. Wheres my cookie?

What the fuck is this?? Where is the "DIY CNC Cheap Fiber Laser"

That doesn't have "Automatic Material Sensing" feature?

how thick can it cut? whats the cost?

перегрев райкус и режимы резания надо поменять будет окалина но лазер будет работать. китайский райкус работает 60 %. 40% отдыхает. а если честно сомнительное приобретение .1) на углах дрожит портал, не хватает жесткости станка, 2) рейка на столе и партале тот еще гиморой. а так вообще удачи !!!

Common man :( DIY?

can u give me parameter guide sir.

What da heck diy?

$2000+ for a laser where you can find a $500 CNC mill online does not qualify as either DIY nor cheap.

Slow your Conveyor belt down, I run mine 25% of what yours is and the results are much better and you don't have to make extra passes.

a bunch of haters that wished they had the money or the time to own a laser machine

This is not diy What is meaning of DIY old man ?

This video is public self congratulations and not helpful. Heres one that is - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kfN_Fd9IYuY.html

That does not ook like a "DIY Laser".

clickbait.

Click bait bullshit.

Not DIY at all

Clickbait - no 50 thousand dollar machine is DIY anything

Hey! While cutting mild steel for such decorative purposes, you can use nitrogen instead of oxygen for smother, sharper finish. The edges of the part are burnt due to oxygen. Just a suggestion

Hey! While cutting mild steel for such decorative purposes, you can use nitrogen instead of oxygen for smother, sharper finish. The edges of the part are burnt due to oxygen. Just a suggestion