Is she buying that art or are you hiding an artist from me??
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So am I missing something, or is my google foo off.
I thought both IR and RF lasers are CO2?
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You could make YZ plates in a fraction of the time
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I have a YouTube video where I explain how to calculate the distance needed between a lid-mounted camera and the cutting surface below — based on the particular “field of view” range of the lens of a camera. By choosing a camera with a wider field of view, it reduces how many inches above the cutting surface that the camera has to be mounted, and still see it all. I think the value of that video is underrated. It’s one of the most unpopular videos I’ve made. Given how popular lasers are, and how many people are buying cameras to mount inside laser enclosures, I would’ve expected that video to get more traction. I will try to find it and post the link here. EDIT: here is the link:
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These are Etsy files. But I fully believe she could make her own art even better. She does hand paint them all and makes them look even better
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I was waiting for that to come up. As long as I don’t have to use the little 3D printed things like we did on the LR2 then it won’t be near as bad lol. But I was also thinking in my head of how to do it differently. Sad thing is I can see it in my head but have no clue how to make it come out as a usable part in fusion lol.
I really want to try and draw up a model in fusion. I’ve watched enough different ones that I want to try and pull things I like from all the different ones and put them all on a model. So much stuff I don’t know that I want to try and learn. How much room is needed for this that and the other. Hoping since I have a little time that I’ll be able to keep my adhd in check and stay focused and come up with a really good plan before I start buying parts lol
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I think you get his full model for like $5, so should be a pretty good starting point.
I never watched the full video series of his, so I’m going through it now.
My wife really wants to be able to cut some acrylics, so we’ll see how onboard she is when I’m done 
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I have yet to check into getting his model so thanks for that. That will be a VERY good starting point as long as it’s something I can work with in fusion with my limited skillz lol.
Acrylics is a big hope for us as well. And I’m hoping with the size I’ll be able to cut some new panels for the V4 since I have one all cracked up lol.
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I bought the files from further fabrication. No cad that I can see from my phone anyways but it does have a pretty in-depth guide so I think that will help a lot. I know he built his trying to not use many 3D printed parts where I’m perfectly fine using them as I have the ability to print them myself. So as of right now the plan is to take his guide and see where I can get making my own car drawing with them. That’s when I have time of course. Lol
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I like the idea of the very sturdy build he had, but I also feel like I could build a Primo and slap some mirrors on it and do the same thing lol.
So I do think I’ll probably end up somewhere in between also.
@nellson also converted a MPCNC to a CO2 laser already.
So I need to look more at that one too before I make a final plan
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Maybe this is enough to convince use then… lol
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I had thought about changing out the primo for it but I really wanted to gain build size as well. And I wasn’t sure how fast I could run the primo at a 2’ x 4’. It does good at the 2’x2’ it’s at now. More than fast enough for the diode laser. But I’m not sure it would be a good fit for the co2. That’s what lead me to finding a diy solution. Still holding out hope that @vicious1 is secretly whipping up plans for one and I just wasted $15 on all the other plans lol
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and Nick is an admin of that group too…
There’s quite a few people with mods and STLs for stuff for the Y-1200 there if you are looking for a place to find more stuff for the Further Fabrication builds
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CO2 emits an infrared laser. RF lasers are also infrared, but are created differently.
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nah…Even if you don’t use them specifically, there’s probably more than $15 worth of knowledge that can be gained from them
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Oh yeah I don’t think they will be a waste at all. But I do know that if Ryan put out a design I would for sure jump on that before trying to build/modify this one lol. I’ve had enough of his machines to know that his designs are always far superior
While I did get mirrors mounted on the MPCNC, and cut jigsaw puzzles for 6 months with a 40W tube, it was quite sketchy. The bearing to tube interface had a lot of vibration, and the mirrors amplified it.
And no way was the mass of the gantry going to allow rastering for a tube of 75W or more.
Ya need something built for speed.
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