r/lasercutting

Recently put a good amount of effort to securing a jig on top of a honeycomb bed only for the bed to shift and ruining everything. Feels like an issue I should have solved for long ago 😂

Any tried and true methods of fixing a honeycomb bed in place, short of bolting holding brackets to the inner platform? I mean I'll do it if I need, but less destructive options are always preferred.

Has anyone tried making a custom record die with a fiber laser? I am interested to see if it could work

I’m getting ready to
To downsize and I am wondering if my 5 year old 1420 with a new tube has any value. Is there much of a used market for older lasers? Also thinking of possibly donating to a Maker Space.

I want to make sure I have the best option without getting more expensive than what I need. I'm looking at XTool, and don't know if the F2 Ultra is too much for my uses, or if the S1 is too little.

Hey! Need to make some router templates out of 1/4” acrylic sheet. Designs have a mix of etched parts (alignment lines, scale measurements, etc) and cut parts. I have access to an Epilog Helix 60W at work and its computer is limited to Inkscape.

I made my files in illustrator and am running into issues with it “printing” correctly. All paths are shapes from AI, text expanded to outlines.

Imported at scale to Inkscape, confirmed hairline R255 red for cut lines and .25pt black for etched lines.

Laser settings in photo in comments. Laser partially cuts 2 sides and stops. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hey guys,

I've managed to build a small business over the past 18 months using my Acmer P3 24/48w. I make multiple variations of the one product, which is cut from 1.5mm basswood ply and has fine line mode engraving and a 0.5 line spacing fill for a nice hatch effect.

The 24W mode on the Acmer module is completely adequate for cutting and has a small enough dot size to achieve the desired engraving quality. It's around 0.08-0.1 I'd say.

However, I've had my share of problems with the gantry and build quality of the Acmer P3. I've upgraded various components and fixed various faults but I'm still not completely happy with the machine and I don't have complete faith in it. Like I said, I've only had it for a year and a half.

What machines would you guys recommend I look take a look at? I'm based in the UK and I have a budget up to around 3k.

Thanks!