Thanks for watching, and excuse my voice..I was going through a cold for most of this o.O! I had a ton of fun with the xTool S1 and Screen Printer Kit, and just wanted to mention some points of feedback I got from xTool: - They believe the uneven prints may have been a result of me lowering the screen by pushing the frame down, rather than pushing down from that knob that locks the frame. I'll have to see what difference that makes the next time around! - A concern I initially had but took out was that the special screens could go out of stock or somehow become unavailable, but xTool let me know that the screens actually use standard screen printing emulsion. That means that their screens can be reused with a standard emulsion remover, and with the appropriate metal mesh, you can make your own laserable screens. Sounds cool! As always let me know if any questions come up while watching! :) Devin

Kudos Devin for not giving up on the silk screening. I love this machine, and the price is really great for such a nice piece of equipment.

Damn, I remember running across a video of yours years ago. Glad to see you're still around and that you're doing amazing and starting a new life in Sweden. You made me get into 3d printing and for that I thank you.

Love that flower design, great video thanks

KiwiCo ukulele song > ukulele apology song

I've been wanting to incorporate laser cutters into screen printing for a decade. My original thought though was to use a sheet of kapton and laser out the image as a perforated mesh. That said, I love this design, and I imagine the community has already figured out how to resurface the screens. It's not photo emulsion, so maybe some kind of latex or something.

Nice! I have made a screen print once before with a lasercutter but without the special screens. I more or less cut sticker foil on an aluminium foil backing (which won't be cut) to make a stencil that I stuck on the screen. Then I spray-painted the screen with undercoat for cars and removed the stencil. Quite a hassle but it did work and was quite cheap compared to other methods!

Not interested in the screen printing but the machine itself... really really cool

Im always interested in seeing engraving on jewellery

Wow. Make a Make Anything wallet out of the leather foam.

It's impressive how capable xTool machines have become.

Like you said, an artform takes practice. Nice T-Shirt. Like the tote, I think some "failure" shirts would be worth some investment in raw materials. Keep up the great work.

Loved the singing and ukulele!!! And the rest of the video too... ;)

I’ve been using xtool’s 10w laser for… maybe a month? Took me a while to get it set up because I needed a space for it and a laptop. I love it. The lines come out suuuper crisp and so far have only had 1 fail out of… I think 15-20 sessions so far? I still keep an ABC fire extinguisher nearby at all times just in case. I find it to be a great entry into laser cutting right now and now they actually sell it with the enclosure. For the screen printing, a trick I use is I have a super light line trace around the edge. This works best for text on wood so you don’t see the width of the laser. Not sure if it will work for screen printing due to the screen. Worth a shot though

A note on the dragpoint to map out the part instead of a tipdown camera. It's not the sexy option, but it absolutely works. I used to program a couple of 5ftx10ft 6kwatt fiberlasers, and this is exactly how it would find the sheetmetal height and edges. They use the nozzle to run off the edge of the short side and 2 points on the long side to center and adjust for skew.

I’ve been screen printing for several years now, and I actually initially saw this product advertised to me on social media. Great video overview! I think this concept is very interesting, and actually mimics technology thats already being used in the commercial screen-printing industry. I could see where this could be a great option for hobbyists or for small projects, since it eliminates the steps of coating, burning, and washing out your screens. That being said, I think the usefulness really ends there. The press itself doesn’t seem to work with you to get the best print possible. The garment really should be dressed onto a stationary platform that has an adhesive applied to prevent movement of the fabric. The press head should be able to hold the screen stationary in a position a couple millimeters above the substrate, so that the printer can have both hands on the squeegee in order to apply proper pressure. I don’t like that you cannot reuse the mesh, as you cannot reclaim and coat it with new stencil fluid, as well as it seems fairly easy to damage it with the laser itself. Overall, it’s an interesting proof of concept but I think the system has a long way to go before it could really be considered a game changer.

Welcome to aztec world. Nice setup all in one kit you scored. Custom guitar inlays and fretboards on demand. You can even engrave onto the stainless steel frets. My cutlery drawer now has iron maiden logos and such. I too just got a industrial laser rig as you can see over there about 5ft away from where this chair is,... Oh, my eyes!

Very interesting technique. Screen printing is so cheap to outsource nowadays. It is also super cheap to buy screen printed transfers to press on yourself. I don't think it's a game changer, but maybe 10 - 15 years ago it would have been.

QR codes are somewhat resistant to partial occlusion. Are you sure that your blur effect over the Bitcoin QR-code is big enough? The blur also shifts and moves around a bit. With some work, a bad actor could maybe reconstruct the code from the video. But I'm not totally sure about that. Great video anyway :)

Very cool machine and nice video, as always. It looks like an awesome machine for cutting and engraving, but I was very interested (and pretty skeptic) about the screen printing option when I saw it on Instagram. For starters it looks way more sturdy and well made than I initially thought it would be, but I still think it's really more of a cool gimmick, that I am not sure of who it is for. The meshes are non-reusable consumables and a screen takes ages to make compared to the normal way. I like the fact that they thought about adjustment. I'm curious about the pricing, because I can't really judge who this would for. I do like the totally new approach and effort that went into the design of it all. If you're interested, some tips for your next prints: Flooding is fine. After that one pass with enough pressure should be enough. Especially with such thin ink and on a light coloured fabric. Just use both hands though (easier to apply good and even pressure) and only print in one direction, to prevent the screen from stretching in multiple directions which can make your print come out blurry. Also, it looks like you can slide your shirt onto the platen so, if you use the sticky mat (or apply some spray glue on the platen (after you put some tape or something on it that you can replace, so the platen itself stays nice and clean), you can put your shirt on it with the collar facing to you and print the design upside down. You can then leave your shirt to dry on the platen for the next colour(s). Also watch out with drying the shirt next to your screen. Waterbased ink dries super quickly and becomes a pain to wash out if you wait too long. Good luck! (even though that last print already came out quite nicely)

try the infrared module it seems fun

that software looks really good. personally i already own a OnefinityCNC but have been thinking of getting the 44 watt laser Jtech. I love my Vcarve but for my laser its not really everything it needs.

You should do a sheikah slate logo on the leather

saweeeeet I want a tshirt! I'm gonna give you one to print :D

I really hope that "private, do not scan" qr code is a joke. That blur seems pretty reversible, and qr codes usually have a bunch of error correction built in.

Really love how the Uke turned out! I wonder if that screen printing technique could work on other surfaces too? Maybe the paint won't stick? Could be used to decorate 3D prints further, but might need a clear coat.

Now that you're in Sweden, ever thought about doing a colab with RCLifeOn??? Don't know how feasible this is but the idea seems interesting.

Did you mean to make the “A” in the bottom left swirls? Kinda cool could stand for anything 😅

Try the CMYK halftone art 😉

Do you think it’d be possible to engrave on bisque fired ceramics before glaze? A colab with someone like Earth Nation Ceramics would be super cool to find that out 🤘🏻

flood the screen then press with squeegee once, not once each direction

Keys are usually brass, nickel plated.

ITS COOL GUY!

The board that you placed the shirt on, has room under it, correct? Typically with screen printing, that board would go inside the shirt, so that the printing side can stick to the top of the board and not move at all. It also prevents the bleed-through that you were concerned about.

is the screen metal mesh?

For that faux letter piece you got, you can turn it into a moleskine cover 😁

Do a patch for a hat with the foleather

cool guy !!!! ;) ;) you know it when you see it ;)

if that qr code actually give access to your wallet, then you're broke dude.

Having the ability to mark your object looks so simple compare to measuring fully on a computer

I think I would just use old school photo sensitive screen printing method instead like you learn in middle school. Much faster. Just seems like an excuse to use a laser where it really isn't needed.

why is cutting clear acrylic harder?

In traditional screen printing, the exposed screens can be washed and reused for new prints. I didn't quite understand how this system worked and whether this feature of traditional screen printing would be available in this laser-based workflow. I'm not sure if I'm using the correct terminology for screen printing as I don't have that much expertise in the field. Although I have attended an introductory course at our school's workshop.

It looks nice but did you said those colors are water solutable? That does not sounds like good property for something that is supposed to go to washing mashine :D

As interesting as this is, I think this would be a hassle for repeat jobs on multi-color prints, as aligning the silk on the frames precisely could be challenging if they are ever removed from them and reused. It's not that much of a switch to use more traditional methods, though this may be faster to quickly knock out limited run prints.

The ad spot reminded me of a terrible apology video.

the outline of the print is not clear and jagged why?

You might wanna wash the screen anyway after the laser, instead of lasering twice.

Really interesting projects! Just a heads up, the flower symbol of blue petals with yellow center is the symbol of Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) which you may or may not want to be affiliated with!

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Which European country did you move to? :)

Don't think I'd blow that residue off into the air to breathe, better to use a HEPA vacuum, or at a minimum, blow it off outdoors.

I sure do hope that QR Code didn't actually include any sensitive data of your wallet or something related because just blurred qr-codes are actually quite easily decoded / unblurred. If it was, you shoudl do whatever you need to do now. Please just put a solid black bar on stuff like that or don't show it at all.

$699USD for a box with filters and a fan? damn...

the problem is it didn't work because you used the Technique wrong that why it gives bad results there are some good KZfaqrs who show good techniques that give very good results and they start to do business with xtool screen pint. that xtool screen is awesome also with laser specially xtool p2 but the problem is that they are super expensive wish I could have one but soon maybe I will have one. and I love your videos they are amazing, especially the 3d print and the laser.

I mean, it’s all cool - but thinking someone can make “a living” off laser engraving is unrealistic at this point - as the market is saturated. I’ve been 3d printing/CNC’n as a hobby for years and the wife always says, you should make a business and sell that!! But, the reality is, there are 59,712 of you making the same crap…😅 Maybe one day I ‘ll get a laser engraver…to add to my hobbying. But MAN, we are so lucky to have such cool stuff to play with.

This needs a camera

You probably meant "Lilla A" instead of "Små A".

Nice WiFi password

More “affordable”? Dude $2.3k is NOT affordable 😅

Why does anyone support that company who overprice their lasers so badly????? It might work fine but it is ONLY A DIODE LASER. You can get a laser that works just as well for under a thousand dollars.