El Beast - Initial design phase, comments and critique welcomed!

[JOGARA]

Just loaded YouTube and the newest video was LinusTechTips showing off the Glowforge xD

Looks alright. And yes it is not cheap.
Interested in the filter. New workshop does not have extraction and I am not allowed to bore a 4" hole in the wall. Not even for the tumble dryer -_-

[rcriss]

ZeeFlyBoy would you be willing to share the fusion 360 files ?
This thing is truly amazing in every aspect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rcriss]

If Not It's understandable.
Thanks

[Zeeflyboy]

Haven't made any decisions on that yet, although I've been asked a few times.

I need to wait until I've got it all together to check for any design flaws or things that could just blatantly be done better before deciding about that... I've already had a few little re-designs and tweaks along the way which would have wasted people's time and materials had I already made the files available.

I do hope to be able to get back to this machine in about a month once this stuff at work is sorted out, so hopefully it'll only be a few months or so until it's all done.

[Desertboy]

It’s a Glowforge Pro... finally arrived after buying one during the Kickstarter over 2 years ago. Thankfully that was at 50% the price that they are currently asking!

I have to say I thought that despite the marketing blurb of custom tubes etc it would be a mediocre laser but with an easy user interface for the non-technical missus to get to grips with, but first impressions are that it is actually a high quality bit of kit capable of some stunningly detailed results AND pretty easy to use.

Extraction wise, they have some fancy activated charcoal and hepa filter unit thingy but that is even more delayed than the laser itself and won’t be ready until the summer. It has pretty effective (and noisy) extraction fans and a hose connector on the back for drier hose. Currently that just gets shoved out the window to kill the squirrels.

Word of advice don't cut PVC, the wife will die and more importantly the fumes will also damage the machine ;)

When you drill, cut or melt it with a laser lol the chlorine is released into the air. Chlorine gas was used as a nerve agent before mustard gas in WW1 it didn't work very well because charcoal filters it effectively but without the gas mask it's pretty affective.

How do I know this I drilled out 100 or so PVC pipes in an enclosed space and learnt a valuable lesson that day as well as taking 10 years off my life lol. But laser cutting releases a lot lot more gas then drilling.

[Zeeflyboy]

yeah, not just PVC but any chlorinated plastic can produce chlorine gas when lasered... Apparently plenty of things to be careful about cutting due to what's released.

[Desertboy]

Hows the anodizing coming along?

[rcriss]

Thanks Zeeflyboy for the response on the files. I will be watching till the end!!! I love the design. I would just scale it up to a (work area of 610mm x 915mm). And Specifically for aluminum/Brass cutting. I cannot believe the results you are getting with your current CNC.

[driftspin]

Art!! , that is what it is.

So ... do you dare use it? First scratch is gonna hurt bad on something as beautiful as this.


Grtz Bert.

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[Wal]

So ... do you dare use it? First scratch is gonna hurt bad on something as beautiful as this.

That's why you ALWAYS use a hammer to put it together. Pre-empt the pain..!

Wal.