Ultimate Air Assist with Shop Air

If you have made Upgrades and/or Modifications to your machine, let us know about them here.
Post Reply
Willy Ivy
Posts: 174
Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2016
Location: Pattison, Texas
Country: USA
Nickname: Willy
Laser Machine Make or Type: KH 7050
Laser Power: 60W
Laser Bed Size: 12" x 20"
Home Position: TL
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: v8.01.18
LightBurn Version: 1.6.03
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: W7 Pro, W10
Accessories: Hot dog rotary
Gantry powered rotary (plans supplied by Gene Uselman)
Lightburn camera
Homemade chiller (mini fridge)
Ultimate air assist
Dad Burn It Laser (.com)
Contact:
Contact Willy Ivy

Just a quick look at the wiring diagram while eatin sum lunch looks like I will only be using the switch and the pneumatic relay valve because both of my compressors are already on manual electrical switches. I only need to cut off the air supply to the nozzle (except for the low flow for the lens) while engraving. Depending on how much air I need as to which compressor I will open to the system. Hopefully I am looking at this correctly. Will find out this weekend.
PLEASE! ;) CONSIDER A DONATION TO THIS FORUM AS THERE ARE COST[s] INVOLVED TO KEEP IT MAINTAINED AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL TO USE. [en]VISION CHINESE LASER HELP WITHOUT IT.https: :o
Thank You
Willy
Top
Brian Book
Posts: 59
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2016
Location: Burlington, Ontario Canada
Country: Canada
Laser Machine Make or Type: Rayfine
Laser Power: 80W
Laser Bed Size: 24" x 16"
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: v18.01.18
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Chuck Rotary

Hi Willy .... my shop air is hooked up directly to the laser .... only an on and off Air Solenoid .... so I was going to use the supplied switch to turn the Shop Air Solenoid on for testing purposes.

Hope all goes well with your install

Brian
Ray Fine 80w 6040 110v TL
Chuck Style Rotary
RDWorks 8.01.18
Corel Draw 6

Brian
Top
Willy Ivy
Posts: 174
Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2016
Location: Pattison, Texas
Country: USA
Nickname: Willy
Laser Machine Make or Type: KH 7050
Laser Power: 60W
Laser Bed Size: 12" x 20"
Home Position: TL
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: v8.01.18
LightBurn Version: 1.6.03
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: W7 Pro, W10
Accessories: Hot dog rotary
Gantry powered rotary (plans supplied by Gene Uselman)
Lightburn camera
Homemade chiller (mini fridge)
Ultimate air assist
Dad Burn It Laser (.com)
Contact:
Contact Willy Ivy

Ok, got it installed.
Manual valve will not cut air off. Allows full air with valve open but only closes about 2/3 off. Too much air passing thru the valve when turned all the way in.
By pass switch works.
Air assist does not come on automatically with program ticked to blowing.
Will have to go further. Frustrating to wait 5 weeks for delivery of parts and the valve is junk.
PLEASE! ;) CONSIDER A DONATION TO THIS FORUM AS THERE ARE COST[s] INVOLVED TO KEEP IT MAINTAINED AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL TO USE. [en]VISION CHINESE LASER HELP WITHOUT IT.https: :o
Thank You
Willy
Top
Brian Book
Posts: 59
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2016
Location: Burlington, Ontario Canada
Country: Canada
Laser Machine Make or Type: Rayfine
Laser Power: 80W
Laser Bed Size: 24" x 16"
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: v18.01.18
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Chuck Rotary

Sorry to hear it didn't go as planned :( ... I watched this video on how to wire the Cloudray Kit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNEYCQQ8PZU
Ray Fine 80w 6040 110v TL
Chuck Style Rotary
RDWorks 8.01.18
Corel Draw 6

Brian
Top
Willy Ivy
Posts: 174
Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2016
Location: Pattison, Texas
Country: USA
Nickname: Willy
Laser Machine Make or Type: KH 7050
Laser Power: 60W
Laser Bed Size: 12" x 20"
Home Position: TL
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: v8.01.18
LightBurn Version: 1.6.03
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: W7 Pro, W10
Accessories: Hot dog rotary
Gantry powered rotary (plans supplied by Gene Uselman)
Lightburn camera
Homemade chiller (mini fridge)
Ultimate air assist
Dad Burn It Laser (.com)
Contact:
Contact Willy Ivy

That was the same video I looked at cause Russ's was too long and contradicting.
Got it all working except for needing another air regulator valve. Can't just order any old valve because it is metric threads and not NPT.
Had to go into vendor settings and enable air assist.
PLEASE! ;) CONSIDER A DONATION TO THIS FORUM AS THERE ARE COST[s] INVOLVED TO KEEP IT MAINTAINED AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL TO USE. [en]VISION CHINESE LASER HELP WITHOUT IT.https: :o
Thank You
Willy
Top
Brian Book
Posts: 59
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2016
Location: Burlington, Ontario Canada
Country: Canada
Laser Machine Make or Type: Rayfine
Laser Power: 80W
Laser Bed Size: 24" x 16"
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: v18.01.18
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Chuck Rotary

Have you got a picture of the Valve your looking for ?
Ray Fine 80w 6040 110v TL
Chuck Style Rotary
RDWorks 8.01.18
Corel Draw 6

Brian
Top
Willy Ivy
Posts: 174
Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2016
Location: Pattison, Texas
Country: USA
Nickname: Willy
Laser Machine Make or Type: KH 7050
Laser Power: 60W
Laser Bed Size: 12" x 20"
Home Position: TL
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: v8.01.18
LightBurn Version: 1.6.03
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: W7 Pro, W10
Accessories: Hot dog rotary
Gantry powered rotary (plans supplied by Gene Uselman)
Lightburn camera
Homemade chiller (mini fridge)
Ultimate air assist
Dad Burn It Laser (.com)
Contact:
Contact Willy Ivy

This is my set up and the valve I need to source. The manual valve with the air line connection and screws into the manifold block. The system works great other than this valve will not adjust low enough with the valve turned all the way down as tight as it will go. I tried installing another ball valve in this line but cannot fine tune it.
IMG_0700.jpg
IMG_0701.jpg
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
PLEASE! ;) CONSIDER A DONATION TO THIS FORUM AS THERE ARE COST[s] INVOLVED TO KEEP IT MAINTAINED AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL TO USE. [en]VISION CHINESE LASER HELP WITHOUT IT.https: :o
Thank You
Willy
Top
User avatar
Gene Uselman
Posts: 2180
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.

The needle valve on the solenoid you show is what you need- what is that valve doing?
If the Help and advice you received here was of VALUE...
Please consider making a donation to maintain the RDWORKSLAB Forum.


The days that I keep my gratitude higher than
my expectations, Well, I have really good days.
Ray Wylie Hubbard- unfortunately deceased
Top
Brian Book
Posts: 59
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2016
Location: Burlington, Ontario Canada
Country: Canada
Laser Machine Make or Type: Rayfine
Laser Power: 80W
Laser Bed Size: 24" x 16"
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: v18.01.18
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Chuck Rotary

Hi Willy ... is it M6 or M8 threads ?
Ray Fine 80w 6040 110v TL
Chuck Style Rotary
RDWorks 8.01.18
Corel Draw 6

Brian
Top
Brian Book
Posts: 59
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2016
Location: Burlington, Ontario Canada
Country: Canada
Laser Machine Make or Type: Rayfine
Laser Power: 80W
Laser Bed Size: 24" x 16"
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: v18.01.18
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Chuck Rotary

could you just use one of these and just add a small piece of tubing onto the existing fitting ?
needle valve.jpg
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Ray Fine 80w 6040 110v TL
Chuck Style Rotary
RDWorks 8.01.18
Corel Draw 6

Brian
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Upgrades and Modifications”