Monport 30W Fiber Laser Engraver Review | Galvo Laser | Metal Engraving | Rotary

This is a review of the 30W fiber laser from Monport. It's a fast and accurate machine that's great for metals and will elevate both your business or personal projects. Check it out!
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[@Laura-lc7sw]

Great video! I recently invested in the 30W fiber laser from Monport, I must say it's been a game-changer for both my business and personal projects.

[@K-BRN24]

Recently, I purchased a Monport K40 Pro, but despite my efforts to set it up properly, it wasn't functioning correctly. After several attempts, I decided to contact the company to arrange a return. They instructed me to send a photo, assuring me they would then provide a UPS label. I sent the photo as requested, but after that, despite numerous follow-up emails, they suddenly ceased communication. It's been weeks now, which feels like a joke. When investing in mechanical products like this, one always expects the company to provide support, yet Monport failed to do so. I am dissatisfied with the experience. The device remains in my possession. It's important to be cautious, folks.

[@ScaleDreamsStudio]

Will it cut thin metal and drill 1mm or less holes?

[@Arek_R.]

Also thought of making details into metal mold using fiber laser engraver

[@BusterBeagle3D]

I have some blanks molds coming so I hope to be able to try it out soon.

[@bonney716]

How do you change the scale to fit longer words?

[@BoredThatsWhy]

Can you recommend a filter setup please?

[@KTECGroupUKTV]

Hi Buster could this machine be used to cut out the face paper of a self-adhesive printed decal without cutting the backing paper, may be the 3d feature can help control the cut depth?

[@BusterBeagle3D]

I suppose it's possible. It wouldn't really be the 3D function but a lot of testing on finding the correct power and speed to achieve what you want to do. Again not something I have tried but I don't see why not.

[@mattbloom1004]

I'm looking for something that's maybe not as high tech as this, but I'm looking for something that's going to laser engrave aluminum or steel not deep at all just enough to see it basically. What would you suggest

[@BusterBeagle3D]

You can get fiber lasers that are 20W that would be cheaper then something like this. You can also get regular diode lasers with IR laser add on module if you wanted to do other types of objects. However those are not even close to the power and if working with metal and speed are important to you I would go with a 20W fiber. You could also go with something like the xTool F1, I did a video on it on my channel but again if metal is what you want I would go fiber.

[@mattbloom1004]

@@BusterBeagle3D awesome thank you.

[@Nemesis2642000]

Do i need to take some type of class to learn to use Lightburn? Or is it as simple as uploading a photo or typing the words in that i want to engrave?

[@BusterBeagle3D]

While I have a video on Lightburn it is more for Diode Lasers. This is a fiber laser and I would highly recommend checking out the Laser Everything Channel for lots of videos going over using fiber lasers with Lightburn.

[@pressuredmetal]

Would you recommend this over the ComMarker 30w fiber laser?

[@BusterBeagle3D]

I have never used the 30W ComMarker so I can't exactly compare the 2 exactly but just personally I do like the single unit form factor over the split tower just from a space saving perspective.

[@kapechkong4343]

how much for the machine sir?

[@johncrawford9097]

Do you vent to outdoors or into a filter?

[@BusterBeagle3D]

I vent it outdoors. I probably should go through a filter before it goes outdoors though.

[@Ricks2Cents]

*What are you using for your Audio Edits?*

[@BusterBeagle3D]

Rough recording edit in Descript, First Pass of Audio noise reduction in Audacity, Final audio AI cleanup in Adobe Podcast Speech Enhance.

[@Ricks2Cents]

@@BusterBeagle3D *Thanks for the Tip Your Audio Sounds Super Clear!!!*

[@shazam6274]

Will this carve copper Printed Circuit Boards?

[@BusterBeagle3D]

I believe so. It's something I know a lot of people do with fiber lasers.

[@shazam6274]

@@BusterBeagle3D Thanks, I'll look into it further.

[@witnessriders]

Will it "engrave" on a gun slide?

[@BusterBeagle3D]

I don’t see why not.

[@joergsonnenberger6836]

Work area and laser power are not directly related at all. There is some affect on the distance the laser can cover with a certain focus, but that's it. The laser doesn't heat the whole area at the same time after all.

[@BusterBeagle3D]

It's true that the laser power doesn't change but the intensity does at the smaller lens sizes. For the sheer fact that the laser would now be 100mm closer to the workpiece and the pulses now much closer together. The difference would be on aluminum for instance engraving at 550mm/sec at 100% power on the 200mm lens vs 1000mm/sec at 80% power on the 110mm lens.

[@joergsonnenberger6836]

@@BusterBeagle3D The difference between the lenses is the size of the focal area, isn't it? The distance doesn't matter that much as long as the laser is properly focused, the absorption rate of air is very low.

[@ChrisPVille]

@@joergsonnenberger6836 There's a weird relationship between power and work area. No laser is perfectly collimated and infinitely narrow, so wider lenses increase the spot size and spread the energy out more on the periphery leading to reduced temperatures but over a larger area

[@HeirloomGameCalls]

The angle the laser hits the work causes variarions of temperature at the work piece. Much like the angle of the sunlight hitting your area causes the seaaons to change from warm to cold

[@cskovach]

Laser intensity is correlated to work area, which is roughly the same as localized laser power.

[@richardtepas4832]

not gonna take long before you add a stepper to the tower 🙂

[@BusterBeagle3D]

I suppose you could but it only takes a second or two to adjust the height so it's pretty easy. Keep it simple :)

[@richardtepas4832]

@@BusterBeagle3D thats what i thought at start :-)

[@ExplodingWaffle101]

so, these lasers are totally eye safe? interesting… wonder if i could convince the maker space to get one :)

[@e__l_______8124]

Lol

[@BusterBeagle3D]

No. Not eye safe however there are enclosures that other companies sell for this type of machine that would make it safe for a maker space. I may look at reviewing one of those in the future.

[@Naushad322]

Hi good morning sir. I have 50W Fiber Laser Marking machine with 220mm lens. Will you share me different metal engraving parameters? Like speed power frequency.

[@Townie001]

How are you creating the files for deep engraving?

[@BusterBeagle3D]

Hi. It's a process where I have an 3D model STL file that I then convert into a height map online. I then use that heightmap in Ligthburn as a 3D sliced image in the image mode under Tools>Adjust Image. That will essentially "slice" the image similar to the way as 3D print is sliced, layer by layer. There are a few videos online about using the 3D slicer function in Lightburn on KZbin if you just search for it.

[@Townie001]

@@BusterBeagle3D thank you for the explanation

[@mtz3843]

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