xTool D1 Pro 20W - Unboxing and Cutting 

Haha! You were right Chris! I DID IT!

I loved your excitement over what it could do. It’s a great machine. I want to se your reaction to the rotary.

Yes I just got one and it is very addictive

Also alignment would be way easier! It seems Peter has been reliably placing the crosshairs a bit to the right of where he needs to be.

Please please do this, there was a small pebble that must have landed onto our work surface (probably from having it near the floor and picking it up and placing it on the machine) and when thr laser hit it it reflected and my pop has a permanent spot in his vision now because of this. What we use now is not an enclosure but actually 4 lightweight broom heads that brush the surface as it works and also acts as a shield incase of any bounced light

He stated at the end he already bought one for it.

I'm shocked you are allowed to sell these without an enclosure and a bunch of enclosure must be closed safety switches.

But... you could just use laser goggles, no? Isn't that actually safer than relying on an enclosure? Edit:I should say, a good pair. I know some are absolute garbage

She's not in near enough videos

how expensive per replacement?

This advice only applies to co2 lasers, it makes no difference with diode lasers

You should turn a wood ring or bracelet and engrave a pattern into it with the laser and the spinning mount!

Make sure you have high quality protective glasses rated for the wavelength the laser uses

So one cool thing I've been doing with my laser is going to the craft store and getting 16x12 painting canvas' (any size that will fit in the laser area works for this). Using spray paint I put down my main color (say red) going both directions (top to bottom, left to right). Next is a layer of black spray paint done the exact same way. With that prepped, I went and found an image of Vader facing to the side, put it into Imag-R, cropped & resized it to the specs I want (typically a half inch less than the material), and then tell it that the material I'm using is Norton White tile painted Black. It will invert the image so that the darker spots are what comes out as the color under the black. Save the file, put it into Lightburn then make sure to enable pass through, set the power between 21-30% (depending on the strength of your laser) and a speed of around 1000/mms. This is a link to my ibb.co/6Hd1VjM - This is the Vader I just finished, I went lighter on the red to match an Obi-Wan I'd also done.

Engraving resin sounds like a terrible idea... So exactly something you would try😉

The enclosure will help with the fumes and smoke but you'd probably be better served with an actual exhaust out of the building, a dryer vent and inline fan would do the trick and not break the bank. If you are wanting to get into acrylic you'll need to get a C02 laser, a K40 or something like that, the diode lasers just don't work on the correct wavelength to cut Acrylic properly.

I would love to see living hinges set into place via resin, that sounds amazing. Would be interesting to see how it reacted to different methods as well. Cut, stabilizing resin, and then resin resin maybe? Or could you do the stabilizing before the cut without issue?

You can also replicate this by laying a wet piece of tissue paper over the glass and then engraving your pattern, leaves behind white frosted glass where the laser engraves.

And don't forget pets that may wander in.

But maybe you'll blind an assassin who is closing in for the kill. So if you think about it it could save your life!

I really feel like having at least 3 pairs of goggles for guests and signs that say "if the laser is on you must have goggles on" is necessary either way. You can't be too safe I suppose but relying on an enclosure feels like relying on one of those safety stops for buzz saws rather than general shop safety, you know? That being said, he absolutely needs a fume extractor so it may as well be laser safe

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 Enclosures are usually wired to kill the machine when opened. Fume extraction is very important as well as you've noted.

@@viru52000 Ooooh, well crap I'm just now finding out the laser I worked with was rigged af 😂. Literally just had a door made of the same laser proofed plastic as the enclosure.

It's not the viewers that dictate the popularity of content on a channel. It's the RU-vid algorithm.

@@tylergarza8695 perhaps I didn’t make myself clear….I subscribe to channels that are wood turners, they only turn wood …. they’ve demonstrated this tool on their channel, never to be seen again. Why, because some of their channel members make it very clear they are not there to see a laser tool. I’ve seen comments, people like to control content. I love versatility, flexibility. I watch a channel for the person’s ability to catch my attention then it’s content is next. I don’t care how a big channel gets if the creator can grab my attention. I’m a big No.

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That would take an unbelievable amount of tweaking and testing but should be totally doable. The colors would need to be made of something that wouldn't really burn, maybe a car paint?

Yeah, otherwise it won't matter what color as all becomes black

Like Old School Scratch Paper, what a solid idea. I like it, hope Peter see this.

I went oohhh a new woodworking video from Mr. Brown...he'd make an awesome shop teacher.

Having never lived in a place that had snow, I can imagine it is both magical and super obnoxious. I'm both jealous and prideful.

Honestly, I've been saying the same thing for years. I'm really excited to try out some ideas!

All of these things are possible!

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@@peterbrownwastaken quite the dapper look.

Those are cool! I could totally make one!