How Does Creality's 40W Laser Perform? A Saveitforparts Tool Review

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6 ай бұрын

Recently I tested the Creality Falcon 2 40W laser engraver and cutter. It offers twice the power of any other laser I've used so far!
I did have a few issues along the way, but after some consultation with tech support, I was able to get it running more reliably. I had to adjust a few things and update the firmware to avoid some air flow and tilt sensor errors.
The cutting speed and power is good, and the initial setup is very fast. I also liked the multiple foot mounting options and the smoke tent enclosure (I believe that's an optional extra, but is a good idea!).
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@float_sam 6 ай бұрын

now he's got a tiny grow tent

@DirtyPlumbus 6 ай бұрын

I'd think this would be a fantastic review. I'd imagine these complaints would be very common amongst average user. While it's not a glowing review, it should be highly valuable information for Creality.

@fluke196c 6 ай бұрын

This is amazing feedback to Creality, genius market research strategy.

@maciejkobus 6 ай бұрын

Reviewers are not beta testers. It's crazy to think they've shipped out half working machine to a content creator. I highly appreciate Saveitforparts' integrity for posting this review even though it's highly critical to the product.

@DirtyPlumbus 6 ай бұрын

@@maciejkobus while I'd say the KZfaqrs who buy products themselves to review aren't beta testers, it's fairly common practice these days for companies to ship out and even charge full price for beta products. Just look at the gaming industry, tech industry, medical industry and automotive industry and it's pretty apparent.

@glitter_fart 6 ай бұрын

typical info for these low power lasers! deff NOT worth the price, you can get equal performance from a $200 laser before upgrading anything

@parksto 6 ай бұрын

thank you for your honest reviews. i really prefer buy a product knowing its limitations than discovering myself

@krum04 6 ай бұрын

A trick I use to avoid the soot cleanup on the finished piece is covering it with a layer of painters tape. I am able to peel it off afterwards leaving the workpiece clean.

@stofffpv3128 6 ай бұрын

patience of a saint.

@DanielGliebe 6 ай бұрын

I recommend using LightBurn instead of the manufacturer software if it works with it. It's very good software and not that expensive really. I use it on my homemade 80W Co2 Laser which runs on a Smoothieboard controller.

@archloy 6 ай бұрын

For anyone that wants to create something : test your product BEFORE sending it for review :) The only thing that can eventually make us interested by their product is now to send you a real fix on this product

@frydemwingz 6 ай бұрын

phased plasma rifle in the 40W range.

@mikeselectricstuff 6 ай бұрын

"Foucs beam".... says it all really. Surprised that companies are still getting away with selling non-enclosed lasers like this which don't meet laser safety regs

@beefchicken 6 ай бұрын

When the Waltons finally realize they can use the CPSC to take down Amazon, we’ll start to see some action.

@glitter_fart 6 ай бұрын

Oh boy ......... Mike, theres a whole new rabbit hole for you to go down with the fiber lasers that are being sold anymore. Hope you're having a great new year.

@BeardyOfIron 6 ай бұрын

Anything above 1 watt requires safety glasses especially if its in the near infer red spectrum

@mastasolo 6 ай бұрын

Good thing you can 3D print another connector for your cover, even improve the connector design to be stronger! I'd also like to see you try and chemically etch those coins.

@troyjohnson2689 3 ай бұрын

THANK YOU for this very real review. I wish there were more folks like you out there!

@RobsNeighbor 6 ай бұрын

Awesome job! Love the constant content!

@DarshanDoesStuff 5 ай бұрын

it's crazy that styropyro made one more than twice the power handheld! Awesome video!

@TheDistur 6 ай бұрын

Looking cool in those shades if nothing else. 😎

@TooManyHobbies786 5 ай бұрын

When I used GRBL before, the sudden shut offs were often from electrical noise--the little boards they use have absolutely no shielding on them and are very susceptible to noise in the signals to the steppers. Try some ferrite rings on all the power wires close to the board and then can dampen some of them down.

@gannas42 6 ай бұрын

Awesome review. I was hoping for more from a Creality laser in the $1,300 price range (yikes!). Good to know what it is good and not so good at. Thanks for keeping it straight and honest. If this were a $400 laser with the same pros and cons then I'd be a customer for sure.

@glitter_fart 6 ай бұрын

extra grand for "name brand" same parts as others still selling old stuff for under $200

@Hawk7886 5 ай бұрын

@@glitter_fartlmao, good luck getting a 40W laser module for $200 from a reputable source.

@kaelhooten8468 6 ай бұрын

I wish I had cool people near me like this. I need a sandland gang

@weirdweaver149 6 ай бұрын

Ive been shopping for one lately, sounds like i can scratch this one off the list.

@glitter_fart 6 ай бұрын

i'm not suggesting it but just a starting point if your looking, a twotrees s55, under $200, been using one for a little over a year, works great aslong as you arent trying to cut metal

@nikdonic 5 ай бұрын

nice review, I didn't want to risk anything so my first laser was K40, used cost me around $400, fully enclosed, then I bought big 100W also enclosed CO2 machine directly from china for 3K, and also 50W fiber laser for marking the metal for the same price

@arnoldgrubbs2005 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting.. and kind of a let down too. I had hoped that it might be something that would work for making a PCB with out having nasty acids and toner transfer resist to deal with. Would like to find something that would work with SMT devices, for 2 sides. Maybe burn a "via" where needed ect.

@Digital_Architect 6 ай бұрын

Calls I.T. Department. “Have you tried turning it off and on“? Lol😂

@courtneesdad 6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 in broken English

@galeng73 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. I plan on grabbing one of these as a gift for my brother. I'll be avoiding this brand.

@michaellichter4091 6 ай бұрын

A very nice laser cutter with a few problems that, I think, can be solved. Chinese developers think differently, and sometimes interesting constructions come out of it. It's important to tighten all screws on new devices; I don't understand why the Chinese don't tighten the screws. The laser glasses have a bit of a 'Back to the Future' vibe.

@themagiccoasterlover 6 ай бұрын

Works pretty good for something with a "Foucs Beam". 😂

@GNARGNARHEAD 5 ай бұрын

thanks for the earnest review

@charlesurrea1451 6 ай бұрын

This seems like one of those Haphazard Microsoft business model releases. Where they just get it up and running well enough that they can sell it at some poor fool who will wait for the software updates to fix it. I have a Bibo 2, it has dual extruders and a swappable laser head. It's not very strong, won't actually engrave metal, but it will remove masking. I coat brass plates in a thin black lacquer. The Bibo does its thing and then I use a chemical etchant to finish the job. That laser head needs to have some flexible duct work so that it can breathe clean air from the outside. This is similar to the Trotec, their ventilation really lacked, so they're mirror head always got fouled and it would impede the strength over time. Running air directly into the mirror box was of some help.

@eiotclub-sim-card 6 ай бұрын

always amazing！！

@mrleeal 6 ай бұрын

ive had problems like that running off usb and software swapped to sd card all good

@jimsvideos7201 6 ай бұрын

Hey speaking of plastics, I gather the decomposition products of lasered PVC in particular are meaningfully toxic.

@absenteeatom 5 ай бұрын

I'm in the market for a laser engraver, and this is a pile of cr@p. Thanks for the honest review

@kevinleee3408 6 ай бұрын

Every time he says laser take a sip of your beverage

@TheLastWolfBane 6 ай бұрын

If those coins were for sale and buy them😂

@AlbertFilice 3 ай бұрын

Woah I've never seen a laser engrave make sawdust before

@bishopdredd5349 6 ай бұрын

All: Be very weary with supplied safety glasses of cheap/chinese laser equipment. There are reports of some not to be to spec, so personally I wouldn’t trust them and buy a proper pair separately.

@Hawk7886 5 ай бұрын

Wary, but I'm also weary after all of this time.

@petevenuti7355 6 ай бұрын

A red light to indicate your work is on fire...😅 How did you not laugh!

@mikespray9914 5 ай бұрын

I use old hard drive Magnets to hold things down to the metal honeycomb.

@saveitforparts 5 ай бұрын

Good idea! I have some strong magnets around somewhere

@SteveM45 5 ай бұрын

Hi, why do you not turn the engraver 90grad? Then it fits on your workbench.

@spunkmire2664 5 ай бұрын

I have a atomstack A20 with lightburn. worth it, reliable, and like 1/3 the price.

@pileofstuff 6 ай бұрын

I'm wondering if you just randomly got a lemon? My 22 watt version of the same laser (so far) hasn't given me any issues. Or maybe I just got lucky...

@1AEGIS 6 ай бұрын

nice, u look like those awesome guys from xmen movie

@april7_ 6 ай бұрын

That broken plastic could be easy fix if you have tube that fits over about 5 inch long, slide it to other side and back to joint and some tape to keep it in the place. Your experience sounded just like my 5 years ago Ender-3 Pro a huge learnig curve but when you put hundreds of hours to play with it you may win! 😂

@AlbertFilice 3 ай бұрын

Oh also, Lightburn is WELL worth it, if you know it works with your machine and you plan to do any engraving. These machines are so hobbled by the poor software

@MikeStavola 6 ай бұрын

Not a huge fan of creality. My Ender 3 had the USB-serial bridge out, because they designed the board so the USB power from the PC will overload the chip. Told them that I had the problem, they kept telling me to send photos of the fault. Now, how do I send a photo of a bridge chip that got burnt out, when it doesn't have a hole burnt in it? No idea, but I spent about 3 weeks trying to get the board replaced, but they never got past the initial "take photos" thing

@glitter_fart 6 ай бұрын

creality is a name brand, exact same product as others but with a 5x price

@Hawk7886 5 ай бұрын

It's a common tactic but I got through it by plainly stating, "I can't take photos of an internal fault" and including a shot of the board in its bare state. They were shitty about it but eventually went through with it. Never again.

@suomi35 6 ай бұрын

What a damn pain to set up

@FaithyJo 5 ай бұрын

Time for the handyman's secret weapon, duct tape.

@FaithyJo 5 ай бұрын

And remember, if the women don't find you handsome, at least they'll find you handy!

@truthreigns7 6 ай бұрын

I see you have hearing protection ear phones on your peg board. May i ask what the db rating is?

@saveitforparts 6 ай бұрын

Not sure, they're just generic ones. I have some with built-in FRS radios around here somewhere that are kind of useful for loud environments.

@truthreigns7 6 ай бұрын

@@saveitforparts thank you

@asn413 6 ай бұрын

might be bad hardware. jiggle the cables, updates, not many problems left

@MAGGOT_VOMIT 2 ай бұрын

Hey Creality, how about testing your friggin' product!!

@SteveM45 5 ай бұрын

this reminds me of my creality scanner….

@kevinleee3408 6 ай бұрын

Fancy

@Ultra-Violet 5 ай бұрын

use a pencil to span the broken tube and then tape it up, also it's lefty Lucy 👍🏻 I'd be more disappointed if I payed this much and got these results.

@saveitforparts 5 ай бұрын

I duct taped a pen across there and it still sagged :-P

@Ultra-Violet 5 ай бұрын

@@saveitforparts omg really 🤷🏻 I thought that would of solved it

@Pootie_Tang 6 ай бұрын

Oh. You are not Simon Roper. My bad 😅

@zoenagy9458 6 ай бұрын

k40

@blpblp-tj7ux 6 ай бұрын

hmmm, not hearing the typical pew pew laser sounds...im suspicious

@sarkybugger5009 6 ай бұрын

Distinct lack of sharks, too.

@RushCampAndPrep 6 ай бұрын

So they recommend updating the firmware, meaning when they released the firmware, they knew the firmware was garbage. The engraving looks incredibly inconsistent, too strong in some areas, very light in others The fan they supplied with the unit doesn't evacuate all of the smoke (having the front overhang shouldn't hurt its ability to do so There are constant problems. I wouldn't ever buy this.

@Hawk7886 5 ай бұрын

Spot on. It's a bummer, Creality has become a brand that pushes the envelope for press releases and tries to rely on 85% finished products to carry it the rest of the way. They might be first place in the race to the bottom, but I'd always go with the one that doesn't mind being second place if it means taking more time in R&D.

@deemo4ever 6 ай бұрын

sounds like creality's laser cutter is just as good as their 3d printers. /s

@saveitforparts 6 ай бұрын

I actually like their 3D printers so far. The laser cutter is OK-ish once you get it all adjusted and updated

@deemo4ever 6 ай бұрын

@@saveitforparts we’ve got two ender 3 that have had no end of issues

@user-gm5tp7kt5e 5 ай бұрын

Got the Max K1 but waited for the beta (first 9 months after release) to end before purchasing 😅😅

@stormchaser300 6 ай бұрын

Its shutting down because the fans on the laser are overheating from the sawdust clogging up the fans. I would use a large extractor fan to suck away the sawdust and smoke like the ones you use in woodworking shops while it is in operation . And get rid of the grow tent and get better laser googles.

@courtneesdad 6 ай бұрын

You have way more patience than I do. I would have taken a hammer to it lol

@californiasomething 5 ай бұрын

Did they send this to you for free or did you buy it?

@saveitforparts 5 ай бұрын

This was one they sent me to test out.

@californiasomething 5 ай бұрын

@@saveitforparts Fine business. Looks like it has a lot of potential, while you got it "working" but as you know, this kind stuff has a learning curve involved. Took me years to really get any good at 3d printing, I am imagining laser stuff is similarly complex.

@mercster 5 ай бұрын

The puzzle came apart as a feature, that way you have a fun puzzle to solve when it's done. Just kidding.

@sarkybugger5009 6 ай бұрын

TL, DW: Badly. 🤭

@notsure1274 6 ай бұрын

Gabe, These cheap Laser Engravers are Dangerous and do not meet Laser Safety Regulations. Please stop accepting them.

@saveitforparts 6 ай бұрын

But with 40W I can burn down my garage twice as fast as 20W! 😅

@nintendolunchbox 6 ай бұрын

I just got my fist 3D printer Also from creality. Already a few successful prints on day one.

@steveslater7885 6 ай бұрын

I wonder if contacting the manufacturer more directly would help? Do they have a support phoneline, instead of emailing them your questions? Also the engraving on the honeycomb frame looks reallllly nice, I wonder if using a similar material might help.

@MrApresmoiledeluge 6 ай бұрын

I would have bought this but this is like building open source 3d printer in 2012 vibes, nobody likes stochastic machines... That can't be reigned in to be non stochastic.

@almosthuman4457 6 ай бұрын

it's creality. the whole point is they provide the bare bones, you 3d print the cable chains and run the machine on a raspberry pi or any old computer with Kilpper.

@glitter_fart 6 ай бұрын

for the price, it should have a touch screen and actually work

@JessicaFEREM 6 ай бұрын

never 100% trust the safety goggles that they include and it would probably be better to put a black trash bag over the orange window when you're not looking at it.I can see when it's running the camera can pick up the lazer, which means it's not opaque to the laser. it does need the trash bag over the window.

@EvanBoyar 6 ай бұрын

Not a bad idea to use the caution you suggest, but you'll still see light even if you perfectly filter the laser light because of incandescence

@daveys 6 ай бұрын

10:18 - “where we’re going you don’t need roads” From my perspective, these devices should come with a manual that gives enough info to get going from scratch, based on zero knowledge of laser engravers. If the manual doesn’t have enough info, that’s a fail for the whole item.

@Hawk7886 5 ай бұрын

They expect people buying a device that uses a laser to cut through items to have done their research before _buying a laser that can cut through solid items_

@daveys 5 ай бұрын

@@Hawk7886 - Well I get your point, but everyone has to start somewhere. Everything seems to have so much assumed knowledge these days.

@Hawk7886 5 ай бұрын

@@daveys nothing is assumed, there's tons of time you should be putting into research before you buy anything like this. Question 1: Why do you need a laser cutter? If your answer is anything along the lines of, "I dunno, it's cool I guess" you absolutely should not be buying one. These things can permanently destroy your eyes if you don't handle them correctly.

@daveys 5 ай бұрын

@@Hawk7886 - I agree, but they really should come with better documentation in any case. If not, where would it come from? KZfaq?

@Hawk7886 5 ай бұрын

@@daveys No, all of your research should come from the open internet. These devices are absolutely _dangerous,_ and before you buy one, you should be completely familiar with the theory and operation of them as a whole. This means reading everything from Wikipedia, to forum posts, to manuals of hundred thousand dollar plus machines. Again, these are not toys, they're miniaturized industrial tools.