K40 before making a 30k investment.

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Patrick Owens
Posts: 1
Joined: Sun Nov 03, 2019
Location: Denton, Texas
Country: United states of America
Nickname: Travis
Laser Machine Make or Type: K40
Laser Power: 40
Laser Bed Size: 300x200mm
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: NA
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: I use solid works and adobe. I remove the bed of my laser and I just use shims for now. I increase the flow of my pump and added some antifreeze. I also built a rotary. I am awaiting your conclusion on the lenses before I add a new laser holder with air assist. I am looking forward to that result. Currently I have an air compressor that Blows air away from the cutting surface. Also interested in Purchasing your lens kit.

Just wanted to make sure this wasn’t a toy and that it had real world applications. Now looking for 250w + to cut thin aluminum sheets. Weary of multiple tube set up and fiber lasers hav too small of a work space. My go to CNC router, the hunt continues.
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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.

The K40 as a gateway drug is fine if you don't mind tinkering with it and adding some more to it. I deliberately went up the tree a little on a higher spec K40 of sorts. It came with a few niceties of air assist and adjustable bed and honeycomb table.

Even then I have done a bunch of tweaks to it - Some here and some shots of it https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/4 ... -vollerun/

In case you haven't found it yet get a copy of Scorchworks K40 Whisperer and download Inkscape and dump Laserdraw ASAP. https://www.scorchworks.com/K40whispere ... perer.html

If you want to play with Aluminium take a look at Plasma and Water Jet Cutting too as an option over Laser.
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Gene Uselman
Posts: 2181
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.

If you want to play with Aluminium take a look at Plasma and Water Jet Cutting too as an option over Laser.
Tim- I at first thought this was a reference to the K40 Whisperer software, but I see nothing on the site?
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