Mambohead

I think I got the laser focused properly. Here’s the way I got the laser alignment to go through the small hole in the forced air nozzle. I lowered the…

I had the exhaust blower, air compressor and chiller running for a couple of hours today while I worked on the laser mirrors and focus. I heard a grinding, then…

I spent a couple of hours aligning and focusing my laser system today (manual). As you can see in the video I’m burning things. I’m still working out the software…

Well I fried the lens carriage belt on the laser yesterday evening (X-Axis). I guess I get the goofball of the year award. Anyways, the part is less than 20…

I’ve been making things using layers. You just stack the parts together and either bolt or glue them. This has been working great and covers a variety of shapes. I’m…

I’ve started to use CNC laser engraving. I mix it into the same job as cutting out the parts. Works great. You just set the engrave to 50 speed, 15-20%…

I tried engraving (instead of my usual raster cutting) today on the Epilogue Zing Laser model 30. Worked great. I tried 50% speed and 50% power. That left gas stains…

I’m having this weird problem with the Zing Laser (Epilogue model 30). When I cut out the following PDF, it occasionally skips some of the lines. I set the lines…

This is a little tedious but I got pretty far this evening. I started at 5% power. That’s way too much. Even for micro pulses with paper. I cut it…

The wire they gave for the chiller alarm isn’t long enough.  In need to extend it if I can figure out how to rewire those jacks. I had one apart…

I got some of the chemical stuff will a bit of fill capacity. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace…