Now do AWS bend tests on typical materials with approved fillers. Looks dandy for sheet metal which alone would justify it for many jobs, but what is not scientifically tested is not fully known. Bonus, more useful videos mean more views. Typical welding school test coupons are easy to cut and bevel in a home shop. You might also ask Sky Fire for WPS examples from them and their other customers to use for testing. Serious welders require precise information to inform equipment purchases.

Hi. Great build. It inspired me to build a large machine 100"x50" cut area. I am planning things out now and am a little confused. Was 2Dcutahead software included in the purchase of the XC3000S controller system? If not, what was the additional cost? Thanks again for a great series of videos!

The servo drives looks very advanced. What kind of technical support do you have, must have taken some time to learn how they work..? In the process of buyong servos myself but i am all new to this.

Amazon link for your gas?

Hi! Nice! What is the purpose of having a circuit breaker inside the cabinet, i assume you already have a CB in your house? And what is the purpose of the contactor, seems similar to the CB..? Thanks!

Can you do a demonstration on rusted cast iron frying pans?

15:00 I still don't have a clue what you are making 😂

TOY CLAMPS LOLOLOL

Welds look like shit......

Hi how are you Travis? I bought the Max fiber laser source from from sky fire, The 5% discount really works. Thank you. Please I need to connect my Max 1000 watts fiber laser source to the main board controller, Could you please send me the connection diagram you made so I can compare it with mine? I would really appreciate your help. Best regards. Thank you.

For welding flat, you could do with an adjustable stop attached to the head

What made you choose the Feeltek head? Did you look at any other 3D heads? I have an application where I need 3D to work complex surfaces and am unsure of the right path forward.

If You use Your two hands for welding, the result will better. One hand stand the table and hold the another with a gun .. no hanshaking, stable, and more controll.. and so on..

I want to get one running with linuxcnc. I already have a plasma table i converted to linuxcnc with the QTplasmac controller GUI.

How much ? Wher can I buy

@22:28 That looks and sounds like it's straight out of a sci-fi movie. That is way cool!

See if the spool mount has a bushing that can slide off for the small spools, most welders have provisions for both sizes. Also if we got one of these units, could we somehow use the same laser source for a cnc build?

Amazing... Look forward to the prices getting cheaper. Still a bit too expensive for how much I'd use it.

My Beach house is being sold I'm thinking about getting one of those ! Great video thanks

I watched a KZbin video of a guy who uses these in his day job and for doing long, straight lines he used a straight edge like a power tools guide rule with a raised edge to run the laser welder nozzle along and used half the width of the nozzle as a guide where to clamp the straight edge so it was the perfect distance ensuring the laser hits the gap for the weld. He'd lean the laser into the straight edge and run a perfect weld every single time. The most super straight welds you'll ever see. These are game changing bits of kit. Subbed.

Travis, Great video, I have an idea you may be able to help, try using your laser to heat bend and weld plastic try it on a 10mm plastic cutting board as example, could you try for me please, it may work, that would fantastic, all the best to you. Allan

could you please please please try to convert this fiber laser welder to a cnc grbl table machine. I need to know if its possible to build fiber laser cutting machine using this handheld welder. I guess many like can't afford buying a big machine or don't need a huge working table. thank you !!

Do you think we'd be able to use flux wire and not have to use inert gas?

What do you think about mounting this to something like an avid cnc gantry for a large format laser cutter? Do you think there is any major drawbacks vs the dedicated laser source you used on the last laser cutter?

great video trav. I am wondering what the practicality is in car restoration...like welding car panels. does the metal get insanely how and warp at all? Great video as usual. Have a great new year.

For laser cutting, I have to use nitrogen at 5 bar (72psi) to get a good result. Also make sure you are using a "pressure regulator" and not the more common "flow regulator" that are used on most welder setups. For welding you can reduce the pressure to 3 bar (43.5psi).

Small tip: Watch the angle you setup your camera at. Laser reflections off your weld piece will burn the sensor or individual pixels. Any time you can see the laser light in your footage, you are getting stray reflections. You should also be welding behind a tarp to prevent passersby from getting eye damage. It only takes a split second flash to blind someone. I Germany you are required to work in a locked room for safety when using these because of the danger.

Is it possible to use the laser from the laser welding machine on a CNC laser cutter? So that you only need one laser source for multiple machines.

Theres a kickstarter project for mini laser cutter / welder / cleaner units called XPhotonics Xlaserlab , like these but way smaller and capable of sheet metal welding. These are really going to start to go mainstream. What do you think of the feasibility of the cutting attachment being strapped on a CNC gantry for a lower tech cutting maching?

I think you're supposed to use argon on aluminum and nitrogen on stainless. For steel, we just use compressed air. If I'm wrong, please let me know. Congrats on the new tool, we love our Skyfire laser welder.

Next up, cnc welding arm.

Cool thing, I hope in the future many people will have such vimasters.

Does anyone know how to register the software through WeChat? Seem to be hitting my head.

*envy* that is amazing. Low fumes, no UV. Love it 🤩

It looks like an oversized Mac Pro.

What is the earth clamp used for given it's not using an arc to melt the metal?

Very coolI'll have to do some research on one of these

I saw that for laser cleaning you must always use compressed air to blow the smoke away from the gun because it all sticks to the lens and when you fire it again it burns straight on the lens. So with a blast of air you can keep it fresh and clean for a long time.

Makes you want to weld all the things in the house, doesn't it?

CNC laser welding robot next?

Travis. You are clever. (This sounds as an exception🤔) Can you invent a way to make laser hand cleaner to cut on table with CNC?

maybe you can hook it on to your plasma table to do laser cutting?

If you can set this machine up you don't need an electrician to add a new circuit

Not all grades of aluminum can be fuse welded so you have to be careful with no filler.

Finally🎉 , great unboxing video

Suggestion. You should use some teflon tape on those threads just in case you have a small leak. The fittings are brand new so you shouldn’t have any leaks but it’s always good practice.

Your overall assessment is exactly what I was afraid it would be...

Try a straight edge to run the side of the laser against for flat areas to keep a straight weld.

Super stoked about this Electric Go Kart ! Would love to help in any way I can 😊

Congrats man. It’s really an amazing machine. Just a tip, rest the gun really lightly onto the tip of the filler wire. Pull the trigger and let the filler wire push you back. Don’t push against it. Let it push you while you just guide it. It basically just lays the filler wire down and then the laser comes along and fuses it to the base material. One thing with laser welding is you cannot add more filler wire to the weld pool to build up a larger fillet, for example. If you need to add more filler then have to go thicker on the filler wire. Or have dual filler wires. That’s why you see some laser welding machines with dual wire feeds.