Love the video thank you so much for sharing. I am curious of the settings you used I only have a 5.5W laser so i assume they wouldn't be the same however I am curious. Thanks again for the great video. Love your channel!
Thanks. Unfortunately with 5.5W you are probably using a diode laser, so the settings will be very different. You're just going to have to play with it to find the settings that work for your situation. I'd recommend buying the cheapest watchbands you can find on Amazon and start experimenting.
Many of us getting started have a specific laser. When you mention "with any laser", are you saying ANY Laser.... Eeek that's very generic? I had to do some digging in the comments along with Google to figure out what exact laser you are using (a Muse 3D is a CO2, not a diode). I was about to try this on my xTool D1 Pro but now... not so sure what to expect. hmmmm* I hate to ask you to be specific for us newbies. I love your delivery and often look through your videos for support.
😁Any laser literally means what you think. This should work on a diode laser as well, though you are going to have to play around with the power a speed a bit to find the settings that work for your laser. Xtool has a great material database that you can look for your material in.
Do you recommend an fsl fume extractor or do you recommend a different set up with a compressor? Im new to this and Ive seen so much info out there. Im a bit confused.
If you are asking about the standalone fume filter, I honestly wouldn't recommend one at all. They are very expensive to buy and have on-going costs to buy filters. It's easier and far cheaper to vent your laser directly outside. Most/all lasers will have some form of fan built into the laser to vent fumes out of the cabinet, but those are generally fairly limited so you will want to add a larger secondary fan outside the laser which forces more ventilation outside. These are available online (here's the one I used amzn.to/3oZcWr9) or even at local stores and all you need to do is hook the output pipe of your laser into the input of the auxiliary fan and the output of that fan to your outside venting.
Is this easy to do with an orthur laser. I want to start doing this as well as be able to do things roughly the size of a notebook computer or larger. I am familure with designing in silhouette studio and am very fast learner when it comes to computer programs. I dont have 4k for something like glowforge. please share your advise!
This is a good question. A diode laser should be able to engrave this but you’d have to experiment with the settings to get it right. I do have an Ortur laser now so I can give this a try sometime if you get stuck
also Steve when setting up the jig how do you set up the laser to find the jig, im confused because the first cut when you made the jig you move it because the jig is smaller , do you use exact coordinates or orgin
You can use exact coordinates. In RE3 you can position the laser (Hold the shift key while clicking the mouse where you want the laser to be positioned. Put it on a target in RE3 and then physically move the material to that position. I move it in the video because the first step is to actually make the jig. Then the second step is to position it.
I don’t. Sorry. It shouldn’t be too hard to create one though. Take a photo of your current band then bring it into Inkscape and create a vector image from the photo. Then scale it to the right dimensions. I can do a video if you think it would be worthwhile
@@SteveMakesEverything I would appreciate the video if it's not too much to ask. I know you busy.. I'm pretty visual I would love to learn to make my own things. Even saw someone make pins to hold things in place. I'm new to spectrum I really got convinced because of you. Almost bought a glowforge haha great decision
@@itszcriisty4785 Do me a favor and shoot a couple of top-down photos (90 degrees to the band) for each piece of your watchband. For each photo, zoom in as much as you can without clipping any of the band outside the frame. Also send me the width of the band between the pins (i.e. where it fits onto the watch) and the total length of each half of the strap. Best to measure these in millimeters if you can since accuracy is generally better. If this information is good enough, I'll use this information in the video and you will get a decent image of your watchband to download as a result. My email address is in the description of every video on my channel.
