HI guys I hope you found this review helpful, if you have any questions please feel free to ask and I look forward to hearing what you think. As my valued subscribers please enjoy these discounts: Coupon code($20 off): WELCOME LONGER B1 30w laser engraver (was $1,399.99 Sale price now with coupon $979): s.zbanx.com/r/VsKnemdacNuW Raffle has now ended and the winners will be announced shortly in an up coming update video. All the very best, cheers J

Thanks! This is long. But I had to say thanks. You probably do not realize the effect one of these videos can have on a person. And way beyond the intended project. With me the actual project turned out to be me. I was (am) a very on the go DIY guy, and more of a DIYFEBY (or Do it yourself for everyone but yourself)). I would work in the office for 8 then in the shop or barn for 8. And loved every second. Three years ago I crushed my leg with a backhoe when avoiding wasp (I am allergic to ) I jumped on the back of the backhoe toe where it rotates and stepped on the and the outer stabilizer with my other foot and leaned in to turn it off. My belt was barely touching the electronic boom control lever. The boom slowly came around without me noticing when I leaned further in to look at guages and crushed my leg right above the ankle. Then I tried to make it uncrush and accidentally pivoted it cycled closed again. There was only a 12 mm of room. Once I opened it I swung the boom clear and jumped down on both legs, one which collapsed 5 inches. Then I laid there for hours before I was found. But with that, the ambulance ride, the 14 hours of surgery, etc I did not get a lot done that day. It was followed by a couple months in hospital and then several weeks in rehab. The leg lost all three arteries, shattered into 100 pieces, and stayed that way for a year and a half until some cocky idiot doctor was willing to operate on his idiot patient and throw a steel rod, some solder, titanium, JB weld, a hammer, chisel, popsicle sticks, a lever of a John Deere 2030 and some bronze plate and he brazed, glued, screwed and best it all together. And I had only gone him to have it cut off after other docs had said they could do nothing. But he said he had about a 5 percent chance of success with surgery and I had about the same for keeping it. Then he said I know I got my side covered because I know I am better than 95 out of 100. Doctors. And you seem to be a little cocky yourself so you want to give it a go. And I told him that sounded like great odds to me. And we were right. I put everything I had into getting better and stayed positive throughout. I can walk even run if I have to. But I used up everything I had mentally to get well. And then I hit a wall. I have been stuck mentally ever since. Just not able to get going. My wife said it was the traumatic event. But I can't think of anything that happened😉. Anyway, about a month ago I am moping around. My wife turns on the TV and grabs my phone. She goes on KZfaq and searched something and randomly pulled up a video of yours on KZfaq and started it on the TV and she said do something like this. Just go out to the shop and get going. It kooks like something you would do. I watched it and a couple more of yours and Boom. It was like the energy poured back into me. I went out to the shop and started cleaning up. Making room for a laser. It was a long story but I had to say thanks. So use this 100 bucks to save another person. Like I said, you never know.. I owe you bud! My name is Jim by the way. Nice to meet. I might bother you later with a question. By then we might be good friends. You never know!!!!

I love watching decorative blacksmithing. It's a truly great art form.

That table turned out awesoome. Loved watching the process of making it and learned some more about homemade tools used for forming. Thank You

Great skills, great video. Thanks ☺

Excellent review and table!!!! Thanks!😀

Great idea and well executed! Nice to see you back in the forge! Cheers!

Very keen on a video about the design process. Thanks again Josh. Cheers, Bruce.

What a result with the stone well done great review diode lasers have come along way

Thanks Very informative. Love your blacksmith skills, even though that project was rushed it still looks good.

Thanks for the look around and examples off this machine. Really useful to be able to see it in action before consider getting a laser etcher/cutter. Really enjoyed the vid. Cheers

Came across this post and found it very interesting, thank you. The review was very good and honest, a rare thing sometimes, so I subbed and liked and now off to see your back catalogue 👍

its been interesting seeing how many laser cutters are out there, but yes dont forget the build videos as well 😊😊

Wow. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep forge lit. Keep Making. God bless.

Fascinating video! Thank You!

I love your continuing Celtic design theme.😊 Keep up the great work

Nice one Josh👍 Love the forge work

Great review, thanks. You are making me think about investing in a laser cutter 😀

Thanks Josh, I'm considering a laser and found your reviews to be the most informative. I will follow you from here.

you can use a combination of incremental movements (G91) and absolute movements (G90) to position the machine for the next cut

Great video!

Thank You, very cool

i really enjoyed your workmanship on this little table. i was very impressed. keep up the good work sir

very awesome video! very talented mate!

Hey Joshua, New subscriber here in the states. Marvelous reviews on the lasers. Realy helpful and you manage to hit all the questions I would have asked.

Awesome craftsmanship. I m subscribing

Just a wonderful video. Thank you!

I don’t know if you caught this in the news but researchers in Japan have just created a new solid state laser that is 10x the power of existing lasers (5W>50W) and they think it can go much higher. This is going to allow home metal sheet cutting.

I like you’re building videos as well, but the nice thing about ones like these is knowing the difference between these products.

Just found your channel, love the topic. Very entertaining and informative.😊

that is pretty impressive. I had no idea they could cut 50 mm materials.

Im sooo sleepy but sooo interested

Great video.

Wow, impressed with your talent, and the capability of these machines, great stuff. Subbed...

That machine is so crazy. Could really work out a complete grave stone engraving in once.

Outstanding video, thank you

You, Sir, are a true Renaissance man! I'm impressed with the range and quality of your skills as well as with your artistic abilities. That's a tough combination and yet you make it look easy. After a life-time in business, I thoroughly enjoy both your presentation style and your no-nonsense, get-to-the-point delivery. I also value the content as you hone in on the facts and then, when the time for opinions has arrived, you make your thoughts known clearly and concisely. I have subscribed and look forward to seeing many more videos from you going forward. Thank-you!

Enjoyed the lasering... the smithing was very good to watch

Thank you for the verse.

I am pleased to let you know I enjoyed this video (and especially your heater videos). My wife's chickens were LOVING the heater when we got down to -24f (-31c)

Great presentation. I remember nearly 20 yrs ago collecting a bucket of stones off the beach in North Wales and laser engraving 'Property of Conway Borough Council' just as an April Fool joke on my school kids.

Thanks really intresting! I am inching ever closer to biting the bullet and getting a laser cutter.

This is my first time watching any of your videos. I can see why that viewer said they missed the days when you made stuff. The blacksmithing of the table legs was super cool.

great video i am a new watcher i am glad i found you on youtube

Great review as always Joshua. Really nice to see you back at the anvil on this one. The stone engraving was really unexpected and might just have given me a reason to get one. On one of your other raffles you said it was to raise money for the samaritans. As a long standing samaritan volunteer I just wanted to say thank you. The charity always needs donations and in doing so you will have helped to save lives. Keep up the great work and give us some more blacksmithing. Your a very talented guy.

Got recommended your video on the Acmer by the algorithm, check in a bit later and this is in my feed. Couldn't have come at a better time since I'm wanting to get a new laser CNC, currently got a vevor 3040 15W. It's alright but need something a bit more solid so things like this and Acmer are great to see. Also digging the format and presentation as well. So liked and subscribed. 🤙

My friend just ordered this unit. I'm excited for him. I had the latest one from IKIER and I sent mine back because it came improperly assembled. This was a great review, and your craft is superb.

Danke für das gute Video.

Interresting for me since I´m thinking of buying a laser cutter. Thumbs up!

Love watching you do your thing, Josh. Keep up the content man. Love that table… especially the legs. The punched and twisted vine legs are amazing! Thanks brother.

That looks like it might be a Laser Tree brand module. The 30W unit on aliexpress looks very similar except it has a display near the top (for temperature?) and I think the air assist might enter on the right instead of the left. I didn't realize these things were under a grand for something with that much power now. I'm interested to install one onto an existing CNC machine...

The pebbles would make nice memory stones in your garden, or around pond to remember pets or places you've been . Really good review. Regards Mick

Great inscription it's amazing what can be achieved with a little prayer and fasting 😉

Nice Stag! ......... The rest of the video was quite good too! Cool points (for me at least) Watching you make something cool. Pointing out the less than perfect parts of the beast. Marrying different crafts together! ..... oh and Etching Rock!

Great video. True art if you ask me

play room is loose belt play, it needs to be much tighter or there will be more shift when working, when the laser moves back and forth leaving that gap it's likely the belt taking up slight slack causing it

Another good looking one 👏👏👏

Very nice

Nice machine and good review as per normal. Thanks.

That's amazing you can cut stone so well with it. I think your product review videos are very good, concise and cover all the important specs and usage. I hope I can win it. :)

Regarding homing: set the software to home 5mm from the stops after triggering. I would also get rid of mechanical stops and use light stops. They are far more accurate due to lack of moving parts.

this was great

Really great 👍🏾

Great vid All Mechanical switches have a pressure point. Depending on speed, the trigger point can be different from time to time. But easy fix, is change them for some optical end switched.. they cost next tp nothing...that will fix the homming.

You do give me a good positive chuckle! Keep it up. 🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼😎🍀😂

Amazing metalwork.

Man, great easy going video. Not exact my stuff but really near enough. Cheers! 😉

Liked, subscribed and entered! Lovely machine and a great video.

Now these machines are getting more powerful and more useful. I was impressed by the stone engraving. I might be tempted to make some grave markers for poor Irish great, great grandparents who couldn't afford markers, so many years ago. Maybe some type of long lasting epoxy with UV protection to make the markers last many years, even after the epoxy wears off. Keep up the reviews and forging. Love that table. Too bad shop classes have been eliminated in US middle and high schools.

very good

Just awesome honest content , great to see your skillset in action .. very nice work indeed , these hobby Laser engravers are stepping up big time , we have 30 Grand piece of laser tech at work that's not a patch on this albeit for indusrtial use but these new ones your reviewing are great for the small wanna makers :-)

Moody Great that’s all I can say. I have been after a laser cutter for a while but the other half has the purse strings!!!! £5 would be easy to get approved😊. Great videos.

What a great video. Thanks Josh :-) I'm looking as adding laser engraving to the skillset, and am looking for a good, budget starter machine. These reviews help narrow the selecton (and add to the knowledge!) Cheers!

I clicked on this to learn about the laser cutter, but I stayed because of your incredible blacksmithing skills. I am in awe and I enjoy watching you working that iron more than the stupoid laser cutter. Subscribed.

Those engraved stones are pretty amazing, worth playing with speeds and power to see if you get colours like slate. For production of 2-3mm plywood model kits this should be fast enough and much cheaper than CO2? 6 combined lasers means the spot/kerf size will be a little bit bigger but diode lasers have smaller kerf than CO2 anyway.

Nice video as usual. I would really like to see what happens if you combine a laser and powdercoating powders. Both on wood and metal, maybe get some "colour" engravings.

I just got this laser. Haven't got a clue what I'm doing but slowly learning. Hopefully it won't be to difficult

VERY informative! 8 )

Yet another cracking video. A man of your talents making things and the amount of laser machines you have reviewed now, have you ever thought about making your own laser machine. Might be a nice wee project for your KZfaq channel. Thanks again. Away to try and win my first laser.

Loved the video Joshua. Does this machine engrave clear Acrylic?

Kamikaze flys are a real thing 😂 they love abit of white gloss. Love the half review half build best way to see the machines full potential 👍

I love watching decorative blacksmithing. It's a truly great art form.. I love watching decorative blacksmithing. It's a truly great art form..

Man, awesome job on your videos, just ordered my Falcón because of them. I have a sugestión, with all the lazers you have and tested can you make a video on how to maintain and keep them working for a long time. I don't want to get mine and brake it on my Firs try. That's it and thank you.

Great content as always - do I need to buy any of these; no, but if I did, I know where I would check for recommendations before purchasing 👍

Please do indeed do a full tutorial on making that design!

Wow! Just stumbled on your channel. You sir! Make me look positively useless. 😂 nice one! You’ve gained a subscriber. 😎👍🏼

the edge of that cut looks just like our waterjets cutting granites edge

Josh finally just caught up on all your vlogs very good mate ! When will you make the big CNC or laser ? Little john from chichester

So happy I found your channel. Thank you so much for the info. I just subscribed . I am considering buying a laser to increase my scope of work. I am an artist and sign maker. Its a bit over whelming with all of the choices out there. Especially for someone that knows absolutely nothing about lasers. My main goal is to be able to cut about 1/2" or less wood letters and names to use on the signs I make and sell. my shop is in the basement of my home. Do you have a recommendation for me? Cheers!

Brilliant

That is one freaking nice, capable laser! Love your artistic leg curlicues on the table, too. Hmm, sell my 40WOO CO2 laser and 5WOO diode laser and spring for the 40WOO Longer @ $1,399? I'm sure tempted. // The homing miscue is a potential killer, though. Maybe that's why it homes slower. Remounting the power module and protecting the terminals would be a 15 minute fix...

Thorough review - nice table - have you given thought to doing a raffle on things you build?

Wonderful job, as usual.🤘🏻 I couldn’t help but notice that the tabletop has a square edge; what happened, Joshua …Lady De Lisle hide your beveler?🤭😏😉

Love to see these lasers demonstrated by someone so knowledgeable and skilled. Gives a tru perspective of its capabilities. Curious though, why Matthew 17:21?

For under a grand, that's incredibly impressive. There's apparently a 40W model that's $400 more and includes a honeycomb table, but then you're in the range of other machines that might be of higher build quality. I love that they've figured out how to do a self contained head with the newer machines. No more glass tube and mirrors. I think I'd get a lot more enjoyment and use from one of these than a 3d printer. I just don't have the patience for those. Give me a machine that will do it's job in reasonable time frames. There's also the cool factor of cutting things with a laser. I would definitely get proper safety goggles if I were running one of these open. I would think a reasonable fume extractor wouldn't be that hard to set up. There's also the option of just wearing a respirator mask.

You are a true Renaissance man, talented and skilled in so many creative disciplines. Amazing.

These are cool. But do remember all it takes is for the beam to reflect off something for a split second to permamently mess up your vision in the eyeball the laser glint hits. There is no safety hood here, it's all in the open. All fun and games until it very suddenly is not. Respect lasers! I would either build some kind of enclosure with safety switches or have it in some closed off room where I nobody is there whilst it runs. I would not want to be anywhere in line of sight of this when it runs. You are essentially buying a half built laser here.

Hi , I'v just discovered your channel and this is the first video I've seen and I'm pretty excited about it. That's a pretty cool workshop. I admire the use of the old and the new technologies and I look forward to seeing more of them blended together, although I agree, they didn't quite marry together in your table which was still a nice display of those different technologies. The laser cuts are just too perfect sitting alongside the rustic arts of the forge. One question, in this price range, is this the laser engraver that you would recommend ?

Nice Table, Joshua!!!🤗 I'm just surprised you didn't make some kind of hammered edge banding for the top or a steamed and bent wood strip edge?!🤔

I have a commercial leather business and use lasers extensively for both cutting and engraving and have found 10W more than adequate for both. BE CAREFUL! KNOW WHAT LEATHER YOU ARE CUTTING! I will only cut and engrave veg tanned leathers. I would guess those leathers are CHROME tanned and chrome fumes are not something I want to have floating in the air in my work space. Even with good ventilation, I would not cut chrome. You need 100% extraction. Really enjoy your channel and no BS reviews. BTW I used to live in Surrey and Berks and played guitar with for Morris Dancers in Unbridge in a former life! Cheers! Bob in Tucson, AZ