Thanks for the video, the way you showed people how to centre a laser is way better than many others. Being a noob myself (2 days) I was getting confused with the way many others were showing how to do it. Yours was simple, straight to the point and easy to follow. Thanks a lot.

Nice. I wonder if you might have a moisture problem with your filament. I don't have that specific printer but I know when I had a moisture problem I had all sorts of issues. Filament snapping in the tube and snags and bind-ups like you had there were pretty common. I recommend that you lightly lubricate those rods with some white lithium grease as well and keep them free of dust build-up so that you don't have issues. I let dust build up on my Ultimaker rods and moisture caused rust to form in a ring around one of the rods. I saved it before it started pitting but it was getting close to causing permanent damage. But if you keep those rods clean and lightly greased so that everything runs smoothly you shouldn't have any problems. Depends what sort of environment your printer lives in, of course, but if it's anything like mine was, dust build-up on those rods will, if left for a while, suck up moisture from the air and you could end up with surface rust in a ring around the rod where the dust gathers. It certainly surprised me when it happened to mine. I just lightly grease my rails every time I see any build-up now and I don't have to worry about it.

this might be a comment on a old post but, I am having a hard time getting the same kind of quality on the engraving on glass using a 50w fiber

If you're so concerned about using these washes with photos, why didn't you test with photos? I think the test was inconclusive.

I subbed just by reading the shirt

How do you know when you need to replace the lense?

Have someone tried to add tio2 in the black paint?

How do you set the font height knowing your still in the coasters edges?

Don’t have light burn, how about just xtool software? “Please”

Lots of possibilities! 👍If you tweak the settings for the filament you should get some decent resolution prints. I have the Ultimaker 2 Plus Extended, as well as the Elegoo Mars 2 Pro and the Elegoo Mars 4 Ultra and now that I also have the D1 Pro laser, I have lots of ideas. I imagine you'll find lots of uses for yours in your workshop. Great for custom brackets, etc.

Not sure if you cover this in your follow-up video, but I think you focused on the top of the acrylic instead on the surface that you are actually engraving (the bottom). You should actually focus on the card underneath. This assumes that the painted/coated surface was the bottom, not the top. Also, isopropyl alcohol will damage the acrylic, causing crazing.

What was your LPI?

I noticed in the kits you are selling that they do not have a "key" to remove the ring, what should we use? Also is that lens 14mm? I have the D1 no-pro 20watt. Thanks.

A material test burn would have saved you so much time.

Amazing work.

I got an acrylic led pack for laser engraving off amazon and i did a power/speed table test and it's cracked in every box on every speed and every setting any advice is it the acrylic? It is extruded not cast

Great Video, I was just asked to do a job to engrave/Mark bottle openers made of brass. And I just purchased the OMTECH spray, which was half the price and bigger in size. So I will try this as well. Thanks for doing this, it was very helpful and gave me hope!!! Thanks Sir

I appreciate the help, but you should be aware that some xTool lens covers are different that what you featured in this video. I have a D1 Pro 20W machine I purchased in 2022, and the lens covers I received from the factory use 10mm glass, not 14mm, and have no brass retaining ring.

Need to try this with ti02 on the surface

Would it not do the test correctly if you would have united the full array?

Have you figured out what the "adjustment" % settings are for yet? On the touch screen control panel under adjustments it says 50 % & 3%. I'm having trouble finding out what these settings are for. I have the same Ray5 10 watt as well but I'm unsure if I'm getting the most out of it due to not knowing what that setting is for. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just bought the laser noob burn test file off Etsy for lightburn and I want to make sure I have all the settings right first.

For those wandering, the omtech spray is now $40

Very good test, thank you for sharing! That helps a lot for deciding how to get Pictures on wood right! I like the way you are thinking.

Donyou have a video showing how you made the grid that is on your laser bed? Great video. Very helpful. I also have issues with laser printing text backwords. Thank you

Great tutorial! One question only: What parameters should I choose for a 20w diode laser?

Nice video. Just one question. Does the burn create a lot of residue that ends up on the laser lens cover?

great tutorials are you using air assist with acrylics? or glass in your other tutorial for glass engraving?

Basswood

Thanks for sharing your videos with us. My first laser was a Longer Ray 10 watt. I never planned to be a laser guy but just to have something to engrave things I turned on my lathe. The Longer, nearly a year later is still doing what I need it to do but I have begun to do more with the laser than any other wood working tools in mt shop. I do however wish the air assist nozzle had a smaller hole but it works. I buy 3mm plywood from Amazon and several don't like to be cut and the brand that cuts like butter is no available now. It cuts with 300mm/min @100% power. Who knew laser cutting/engraving would be so much fun.

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That shirt clearly shows the lack of your intellectual depth and character. I’d recommend everyone scroll on by!

Hi! I have a few questions... I saw you spraying the tiles with the white, but didn't you finish with the black paint? I've always heard that in order to get the contrast you need to finish the tile with black paint. Also did you invent the picture?

Great video, I'm new beginner to use Laser engraving . 2:34 What liquid in the clip is used to mix with Tempera paint? Thank you in advance

Do you let the acrylic sit in the stand loose or do you add something to stabilize? Just like the ones i have the stand seems to have to big of an opening for the acrylic.

Just Picked one up!..(laser).. I would type “Basswood”…But its Its April!…Wait!😂 🤙🏻

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I usually use the cold galvanising. But I'm not sure why you need the chem to clean up the cold galv. I use water and it easily cleans off glass. I'd say it comes off as easy as the tempura maybe even easier. I'll need to look at my test grids again. Some how I didn't notice that the cold galvanising was so much slower.

What settings

Oh dude, at last someone i can steal some settings from! Great channel! Longer Ray5 10W here.

For the Horizonal boxes, select the horizonal boxes- then go to shape properties clear out the multi and put in your percentage- saves time on clicking on each box...

Lose the stupid shirt. Showing off your intelligence level.

When I went to select the material, imag-R did not have the selction for diode? Did they move it?

Nah on the politics

,well i have a question. I am thinking that you get the more white effect cause of the whitness of the tio2 . Its a whitening agent after all. How about using raw tio2 or spaying it before you die it black? I am guessing that the black absorbs light more and thats why it's faster.

What about all the scratches and the haze that’s left behind . That’s my problem is the scratch and haze

God so far this has gave me a good laugh and yes I can so relate to days like this.

Not sure how this applies to mine... I have the 20W diode module and the lens has a nice cataract right dead center, so I assume this is what's wiping out my beam. My lens cover has no ring inside. It appears the glass is glued in without the inner ring. Xtool go cheap on me? I bought the system last August. I see no option to even buy lens from them any where on their site, but after hearing there's other sources for the part, but not ever going to join FB for any reason, was wondering where to find the lenses.

Love it me exactly feels good once you get it especially if you remember the settings

I just bought a K40 laser on AliExpress. When USPS delivered it yesterday, it was a small envelope with a makeup brush in it. I got ripped off! I'm hoping AliExpress will make good on it. I paid with PayPal, so i should be covered, but I don't want to have to go through them. I won a 10W diode laser on KZfaq a couple weeks ago, so I have something to keep me busy until I get another K40. Hey - everybody can't afford $1,000+ for a better laser.

interesting video. I have an Ortur Maester 2 and still learning. So far I have engraved slate & wood. Couple of questions. Would it not be quicker to just trace the image? Also, what about just putting the acrylic on top of the black paper? Cheers