We have a new addition to our workshop – a 60W Fiber Laser!
We bought it mainly to cut parts more accurately and faster than with our CNC milling machine, but as a side effect, we can now also engrave.
We are using LightBurn instead of EZCad as our software of choice, as it offers more settings and allows for the correction of the thickness of the laser beam when cutting parts.
It took a bit to get the first parts cut successfully, as there are a fair amount of setting to get right. The speed of the laser, the frequency, the power, … so we started off with quite a few deep fried parts before getting anything useful out of the machine.
After 3 days of tinkering around, we finally managed to get decent parts cut out …
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