The Creality Falcon2 Pro 60W is a Beast!

Creality is inducing a Falcon 2 Pro with even more power, and in this video, I will put it through its paces to see if this 60W beast is the answer to your diode laser cutting jobs AND a great laser for your engraving projects, too.
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[@mrgrinch61]

GREAT VIDEO Thank you

[@SteveMakesEverything]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jimblonduk]

Nice video Steve but yet another one that doesn't show the connection of a rotary. Not one video has been released of a Falcon Pro 2 of any size with a rotary attached. The silence on this matter is somewhat deafening. Is it because those safety features that they boast about have to be disabled to remove the bottom drawer to get it to work, rendering the enclosure just a cover with an open bottom? As well as other design flaws which have been pointed out to Creality from day one of the Pro 2's release and have been totally ignored.

[@SteveMakesEverything]

I don't have a rotary to try. There isn't a dedicated rotary connector that I can find, so they will be disconnecting the Y axis and using that for rotation. I checked, and the laser won't run with the bottom open, so they've prevented that, but there should be enough room inside the laser to run a rotary anyway. I agree that Creality isn't responsive to feedback, and many companies are like this, but not all. For example, I made a passive comment in my xTool F1 Ultra video about some challenges I ran into, and that triggered several conversations about what was wrong and what they needed to fix.

[@pileofstuff]

@@SteveMakesEverything I just set up the rotary on my Pro2, and I had to do a few things that Creality probably wouldn't approve of. Pulled the drawer out, used a couple of strategically placed magnets to trick the safety sensor, then added riser legs (borrowed from a n older non-pro falcon) to lift the frame up enough so the rotary would fit under the laser head without crashing. From what I can tell, the rotary and the Pro2 were not really intended to work together. Oh, and yes, the rotary plugs into the cable for the Y stepper (at the front of the machine)

[@SteveMakesEverything]

@@pileofstuff Awesome! Thanks for this. Since Creality didn't seem interested in sending a rotary with the laser (twice) I was assuming what you have now discovered about the compatibility with the 2Pro. I've also been meaning to try the magnet trick so that the laser can be raised for taller work. I'm really looking forward to it!

[@djs7515]

Can you do a firmware and light burn set up, I just ordered the 60 watt it's supposed to be here by the end of the month, thanks

[@SteveMakesEverything]

The user manual documents the firmware update pretty clearly, so no worry there. Lightburn was equally easy since the "Find My Laser option worked without a hitch.

[@djs7515]

Thanks, I hope I made the right decision, I was looking at the Ikier 70 watt but decided on this one

[@SteveMakesEverything]

@@djs7515 Both are decent lasers. It would be a toss-up if one is better than the other.

[@djs7515]

Have you had any problems with the speed, seems like mine doesn't go over 8000mm checked the machine settings and everything ok there, i can tell the module isnt moving any faster at 24000mm than 8000mm and the burn i do proves it, both the same, hopefully you can help

[@SteveMakesEverything]

This would depend on what you are engraving. If it is small then the laser will spend a lot of time speeding up and slowing down for direction changes. I’m not sure how laser companies measure with speeds but this is a dubious marketing number at best

[@djs7515]

It was a big engraving around 12 inches done at 24000mm it didn't move any faster or engrave any deeper or darker at 8000mm, also I didn't update the firmware, it cuts really well at 1500mm on 3mm plywood

[@SteveMakesEverything]

@@djs7515 I've tried a similar experiment with several different lasers and saw similar results - hence my skepticism of posted speeds. However when I've looked at the Falcon 2 in the past, my engraving benchmark test was pretty clearly capped at 24000mm/m, so I'm confused. I'm really starting to wonder if laser companies aren't somehow cooking the results for material tests, but in the real-world their lasers are much slower. (Maybe this is like Volkswagon's DieselGate a few years ago 😏

[@djs7515]

Sent creality a email about this, they got back to me today with this answer, 24000mm is slower than 8000mm, I don't know what kind of math they use over there, anyway the machine cuts like a champ and that's what I use it for I got other lasers that I use for engraving

[@SteveMakesEverything]

@@djs7515 I'd question their math too. But regardless, as you've discovered, this is a pretty solid laser, especially if you do a lot of cutting.

[@mikeledee8786]

I'm looking for a laser that I can engrave items that are not restricted to the size of the laser bed, longer, but also will not break the bank? What do you suggest? Thanks

[@SteveMakesEverything]

I'm working with the Wecreat Vision and conveyor now, maybe you want to wait for that one.

[@mikeledee8786]

@@SteveMakesEverything thanks

[@mikeledee8786]

@@SteveMakesEverything Thinking, the only thing I can't do is cut clear acrylic.

[@SteveMakesEverything]

@@mikeledee8786 This pretty much the case. Engraving glass can be a bit of a challenge as well, but there are easy solutions to that problem.

[@mikeledee8786]

@@SteveMakesEverything I guess that is co2, correct? In that case what do you recommend using the specs from earlier and not too expensive?

[@arangy1]

i know one is diode and one is CO2, Falcon2 pro 60W or X2?

[@SteveMakesEverything]

I assume when you say X2 you are referring to the xTool P2, correct? If so, between those two lasers, I would buy the P2

[@IronMan-yg4qw]

atomstack has a 70 watt! XD and it costs lot less!!

[@jimblonduk]

... and has auto-focus ;o)

[@SteveMakesEverything]

Yep, there is no question that there is competition.

[@IronMan-yg4qw]

@@SteveMakesEverything its no competition if its better!