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[@KnarbMakes]

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[@Tykeandy]

Love the set and lighting! Also great explainer video

[@veronica5896]

Thanks for sharing! Very interesting video - now I want a laser cutter myself!

[@Voirreydirector]

Nicely done! The build, and the presentation were as usual intricacy simplified. And did you know you sound very like the Walt Disney Presents nature narrator from the seventies?

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks so much Susan!

[@DarkMatterWorkshop]

Awesome laser and awesome mullet 🤌

[@KnarbMakes]

Laser Mullets represent!

[@grimmtales503]

I love how your captions explore the statements your voice / talking-head runs. This is in contrast with Steve Jobs, he would use font-typeface as focal-tag points (typically one or two words). You are allowing the viewer to explore your thread-topics in a slightly different direction (jokes, factoids, etc). I will steal this idea from you Knarb - and thanks. You are the calm-voiced entertainer of our choice!

[@KnarbMakes]

Trying to keep it entertaining at least! Cheers!

[@ricks5756]

If I had the $ for a laser cutter, my current project would have been completed over 2 months ago. It's a pain in the tail accurately cutting out small parts from 22 point chipboard packaging material .

[@katiewaterrose]

Sir Knarb, I could listen to you read the Sunday ads in the newspaper and I would be entertained. You just have that magical quality to your voice. I personally will never have a need for a laser cutter but thank you for teaching me about them!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks for the support Katie!

[@sliceoflifefilm]

Yo Knarb! I also started laser cutting by using MDF, but I was annoyed because the greasy residue on the bed as well as messy charred edges. Try finding some 3mm birch plywood, its sooooo much better. No charring AT ALL! Much much cleaner workflow! Cheers man!!!

[@KnarbMakes]

Hey dude! Funny you should mention it, I just picked up a giant sheet of 3mm plywood to cut down and use for this purpose. Its a lot easier to work with for sure.

[@CCMinis]

Super interesting stuff, thanks for the info Knarb!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks for watching Nick!

[@joeg875]

Very cool and informative. I've always wanted to look into lasers but have so little time. Thanks K man!

[@KnarbMakes]

Hobbies within hobbies, haha.

[@nordicson2835]

This was interesting... l had to laugh , remembering my sculpture instructor... " Here we start by taking away what does not fit our mental design " ... lf you want to build from your mind... oil painting is down the hall "

[@KnarbMakes]

Haha, exactly!

[@nikital.6523]

"Liquid, plasma, gas and solids, Bloody lasers! How do they work?!" -Wonders, a Maddened Fools' Troupe song

[@HacksawsHobbyBunker]

Another fantastic bit of tech. Much like the wait for affordable/usable 3D printers, I look forward to the day when something like this is common and affordable. Also the chariot is ace and any racer would be proud to run it around the Hippodrome. Cheers!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks buddy! I've been making a ton of random designs. Having me jump around a ton of different projects now haha.

[@cosmoceratops]

I think it's great that you've let your interests guide your channel. It must be tempting to go the well trod path for hobby content when you're getting started. You're a unique voice in this sphere and it's great seeing what projects you come up with.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks Conor!

[@_oidaki_]

Stop trying to make me buy a laser cutter Knarb. I live in a two-room flat :D

[@KnarbMakes]

One room for sleep, one room for the laser

[@juriaan13]

Buy the laser cutter and build a house!

[@Kyleology]

5:40

[@boku5192]

IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! If you plan to jump on aliexpres and get yourself some cheap chinesse lasercutter PLEASE follow laser safety procedures, most of them are around 5W which is extreemply dangerous to human eye. Also DO NOT look at the laser while it's working cover it up. Don't trust the crappy provided ones or those small "acrilic shield around laser module". You have only ONE pair of eyes it's not worth it to cheap out on them. Educate yourself about laser handling for your own good. And do it in well wentilated area, don't forget that you are burning stuff when cutting. If you really have to look at your laser for whatever reason get some expensive glasses graded precisely for your laser wavelength. Avoid lasers where you can't properly check technical information. @Knarb Makes please pin this comment

[@boku5192]

Thanks mate!

[@CajunCraftastrophe]

This is a very informative and useful video, Knarb. I like the new workshop background area, I don't think I've seen it before. Did you cut the EVA sheets with the laser? Your little chariot looks killer!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks T-Nu, yeah the full chariot was made with laser cut bits, including the eva foam. Minus the wheel axel, thats just a bbq skewer. Eva cuts way faster on the 50w, i barely have time to walk over to it from the computer and its already done.

[@CajunCraftastrophe]

@@KnarbMakes I'll give it a shot on mine, I've been kinda scared to, but I think that could really come in handy on my next build. Thanks, Knarb!

[@AbandonedMiniatures]

Very cool Knarb! That is a sweet laser for that price for sure. I hope all this technology inspires people to make even more awesome projects than ever before, just like you are!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks Nic, look forward to your next projects too! Always an inspiration.

[@NishimotoBricks]

Very cool! I don't think that a lazer cutter will ever really be in my price range, but it's pretty neat to have a basic understanding of how to use one. Thanks Knarb

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@johnrevill1087]

It's all nice to have every thing perfect all the time but pushing buttons isn't really the realm of craft it's good but it's not craft

[@KnarbMakes]

Might not be your cup of tea, I respect that. Plenty of other videos out there for you friend!

[@johnrevill1087]

I enjoy your blogs its nice to see fellow creatives at work your right it's not my cup of tea I prefer scratch building from rubbish I'd love the latest printer and laser cutter but my budget just doesn't go that far I'm afraid, I have noticed a trend on you tube though a lot of good crafters are now becoming tech users and printers and seem to be using pre designed items in their builds

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks John. Ive always been a bit more on the tech side of things. For what its worth, most designs I use are my own creations, so it takes a few more button presses than what you are simplifying it down to. My design process takes place on the computer as much as it does in physical space.

[@cheddilatouche4228]

The new Omtech is cheaper and it comes with more stuff!

[@KnarbMakes]

Isn't it basically the same machine? The Omtech Polar? Looks like they must have partnered or worked together on it, because It's surprisingly similar in build.

[@cheddilatouche4228]

@@KnarbMakes I agree but if it’s the same machine the Omtech is a better deal

[@KnarbMakes]

@@cheddilatouche4228 maybe im looking at the wrong thing, but the gweike one has a deeper discount (by about $200) right now.

[@cheddilatouche4228]

@@KnarbMakes Omtech starts at 2899

[@KnarbMakes]

@@cheddilatouche4228 ya, the gweike basic starts at 2500 right now, with the black friday deal.

[@DelphiaStrickland]

"G-weike" not "Gw-eike"?