EASY Upgrades Make the K40 a BUDGET Laser Cutter BEAST! 🔥

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EASY Upgrades Make the K40 a BUDGET Laser Cutter BEAST! 🔥

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Part 2 of my 40 watt laser cutter modifications- A few mods turn the K40 in to a BEAST that any maker or hobbyist can enjoy.
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@xrpnoel9282 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@BradleyWellingtonIII 3 ай бұрын

Perfect , thank you!

@ashfox2012 7 ай бұрын

Previous vid takes wires out with no pic “well live and learn” I guess he learned 😂

@ChrissRollex 9 ай бұрын

What's your right settings for 4mm plywood or acrylic 3mm?

@kayostyle80 11 ай бұрын

can this cutter cut very small details on mylar film?

@jrbarker7362 Жыл бұрын

I just received my Vevor K40 from Amazon. Looking forward to following along and making a functional laser out of this!

@morta46 Жыл бұрын

Good video!! I want to buy one of these at a good price but to cut carbon fiber plate in 5mm could I?

@jimbauer6822 Жыл бұрын

Why are you heating the water you don't want higher Temps should keep. Below 20 centigrade not higher. Heat destroys tubes

@richstrapple 4 ай бұрын

He is in Canada... cold winters...

@DavidR8 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this. I have a 10W diode and looking to upgrade to CO2 but don't need a huge work area. Also in Canada so cool to see another Canadian!

@TekkitPenguinBlue Жыл бұрын

what is the crimping tool you used called?

@MkmeOrg Жыл бұрын

Here u are amzn.to/3BQ8cMA

@sevensaian3543 2 жыл бұрын

Great look!How cost totaly your k40? I search anyone who sell a finish k40 with all the same upgrade.

@maverickstclare3756 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for this, saved me $100 over choosing one with a pre-fitted analogue ammeter

@MkmeOrg 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome

@vk2let 2 жыл бұрын

After watching your videos I have decided that I am going to get one of these K40 CO2 lasers, they seem to be doing a great job. Cheers

@MkmeOrg 2 жыл бұрын

As long as you are willing to do a bit of work they are fantastic. I love mine.

@sgtclarkster 2 жыл бұрын

great set of videos, I picked one of these up about 9 months ago and now I'm off to make these mods! What speeds and powers have you found best for 3 mm ply and acrylic? I have found myself having to make multiple passes on the ply which is not ideal

@MkmeOrg 2 жыл бұрын

github.com/MKme/Laser-Cutter

@0hbe 2 жыл бұрын

my mods are: added a camera, added 2 red line lasers to form crosshairs, but also make alignments easier moded k40 whisperer to accept command line arguments so I could run it via shell commands installed a raspberry pi which runs an integrated web-server to stream camera, make videos of the device when it operates. made a motorized z-axis bed from one of those scissor lifts got a 30 gallon barrel filled with 50/50 antifreeze (inhibits mold) the thermal mass of which is sufficient to only budge 2-3 degrees C even after long cut processes added a carbon filter made out of a 5 gallon bucket. Anyway, if you have any tips on how to adjust the focal point down, below the gantry frame, I'd love to know more. if I could get the foal point below the gantry, I could increase the size of projects I can place in the laser.

@DarrenMalin 2 жыл бұрын

thank you , mine is an identical base machine. I will have to do these upgrades :)

@gabrielpinto5564 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice video, thanks for sharing!!! May I ask you which speed you use for cutting?

@DrexProjects 2 жыл бұрын

Laser cutter huh? That is one thing I don't have ...yet.Perhaps I have room in our greenhouse for one. Maybe not. I think I have to build a 3rd ManCave out in the back yard. The only place left is where the broken hottub is. At least I will have power there.. Thanks for the video dude.

@squirralien1863 3 жыл бұрын

I just want to ask about the water heater, all I have seen so far cool their water, many put frozen 2 litre bottles in to their water containment to cool the water, but you heat the water?

@MkmeOrg 3 жыл бұрын

Winter is cold in Canada

@squirralien1863 3 жыл бұрын

@@MkmeOrg Oh yes I guess ice doesn't flow so well,

@TheUnofficialMaker 2 жыл бұрын

@@squirralien1863 no, tends to expand an break things!

@troycarlson745 3 жыл бұрын

Just wondering if the Vivor K40 runs on 110V or 240V? Can't seem to find that. Thanks

@MkmeOrg 3 жыл бұрын

Both

@bryanmoses7222 3 жыл бұрын

👍🏾🤙🏾

@culhand 3 жыл бұрын

Can you provide the link to your air assist?

@wranglerfrye2772 3 жыл бұрын

what software do you use to make your desings and would you be willing to share them? I just perchased a K40 waiting for it to arrive!

@johnyang7452 3 жыл бұрын

@Wrangler Frye He uses Inkscape.

@jjpython 3 жыл бұрын

Just got mine, sweet video bud

@goofballbiscuits3647 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, now I can't wait to build it! Thanks for doing this. :D Really great work.

@cas2003 3 жыл бұрын

what happens when you press the emergency stop, for example, it cools down faster

@BenCos2018 3 жыл бұрын

kills all power iirc

@JohnWeland 3 жыл бұрын

You mentioned a rotary setup. You mean replacing the Y motor for rotating an object like... a water bottle? That would be great. Is this powerful enough to cut out thin stainless-steel (my thought it imaging animal tags for collars as we manage an animal shelter)

@cacaokingdom3122 2 жыл бұрын

It cannot cut metal. Period. It couldn't cut aluminum foil. CO2 lasers are simply reflected by metals.

@jitendramohta6587 3 жыл бұрын

But wont provide cutting templet readymade like other machin

@patrickmaartense7772 3 жыл бұрын

I would add a safety switch that cuts power when opening the lid I designed a stepper powered bed that is fully 3d printable with aluminum bars very sturdy and powered by esp32 via a 12V buck converter I can set the bed height with a very small margin,

@KevinMcMillan 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have eye protection on when cutting like in the video? If you do can you tell me what ones I should get please?

@MkmeOrg 3 жыл бұрын

I wear standard safety glasses. This is not advice but the physics are pretty simple- any standard safety glasses will be adequate for the 40W CO2 lasers. Definitely best you read up on the topic though