Improve your Airflow with Magnets

Hardware settings, adjustments and fixes and other hardware discussion. This includes the "doHICky" Laser Power measurement system by Russ.
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Tim Mellor
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Joined: Wed May 29, 2019
Location: Shipwreck Coast, Victoria
Country: Australia
Nickname: beanflying
Laser Machine Make or Type: Vollerun WR3020
Laser Power: 40W
Laser Bed Size: 300x200
Home Position: TR
RDWorks Version: n/a
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Modded and still Modding some more.

Clickbait title and made done with 'Special' Free Graphene derived Energy for good measure :P

Like most lasers mine has various ports and holes some needed and some 'what the heck were they thinking'. Some of them could be fixed with screws and a plate but most are inaccessible for a drill and in some cases even hard to get a screwdriver into.

So somewhere in my mind this idea came up. Use Magnets and Acrylic. Some of them could have been done with a second layer for hole alignment and magnets fixed into the outside layer but in my case there is secondary layers and other bits of sheet metal in the way.

The pictures are fairly self explanatory magnets and fasteners are from evilbay. I ran the outside dimensions 10mm oversize which allows a little wiggle room if needed. The magnets snap to as much of the metal they can so they self latch, retract as couple of them and pull the hatch out if needed. They are not intended to stop airflow just minimize what was flowing from a less desirable path.

With these in place I will be opening up some vent holes in the front removable panel so the air draw is primarily front to back over the bed.
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Gene Uselman
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Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2016
Location: Suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Country: USA
Nickname: Gene
Laser Machine Make or Type: QC
Laser Power: 130W
Laser Bed Size: 900x1300
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: RDw .19 & Lightburn
LightBurn Version: Latest
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: Win 10 Pro
Accessories: I have a combining lenses, pin tables [homebuilt], honeycomb tables , wireless remote, Modifed Ultimate Air Assist, home built non-powered rotary device, PrusaMK4 and Mini Prusa printers.

I was wondering what those shapes were for- we are a signshop and have sheet magnetic material for people who need to take off their signs [ for when they are robbing a bank?:twisted:] that also works a treat.
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Tim Mellor
Posts: 560
Joined: Wed May 29, 2019
Location: Shipwreck Coast, Victoria
Country: Australia
Nickname: beanflying
Laser Machine Make or Type: Vollerun WR3020
Laser Power: 40W
Laser Bed Size: 300x200
Home Position: TR
RDWorks Version: n/a
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Modded and still Modding some more.

How does the magnetic material Laser cut and any fume risks? Any evidence of the heat causing magnetic (Curie Point) issues? I think I have some old ones I used in my last Burglary :twisted:
Mark Pipi
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Location: Toronto
Country: Canada
Nickname: pmark
Laser Machine Make or Type: HL-1060
Laser Power: "100W"
Laser Bed Size: 100x60
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: 8
Windows Version: 7

I just used duct tape, but that looks waaaay better.
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Tim Mellor
Posts: 560
Joined: Wed May 29, 2019
Location: Shipwreck Coast, Victoria
Country: Australia
Nickname: beanflying
Laser Machine Make or Type: Vollerun WR3020
Laser Power: 40W
Laser Bed Size: 300x200
Home Position: TR
RDWorks Version: n/a
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Modded and still Modding some more.

Nothing wrong with 100 MPH Race Tape ;)

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