Review of the Sculpfun S9 5.5W Diode Laser, with tips and tricks!

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[@JZee49]

Rich as always your honesty is what sets you apart. Thanks for everything you do and giving us great information.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

I appreciate that John! Thank you!

[@dantco]

Coming from one who has had the Sculpfun for over 6 months, this review is 110% on. This is my first laser. I learned early to call the module to the home position for EVERY focus change. I still use a sort Kentucky windage routine to precisely set up a job, but I can get a new job to within a mm or two every time. Those thumb screws on the back side of the Sculpfun laser are a demonstration on how NOT to engineer a hobby laser. I am quite sure that even I wouldn't have "engineered" that "solution" for an adjustment on a laser. Thanks to your channel and your generous sharing of files, I use your coaster template--and a dozen or so variants of the same--for job set up. Those templates, along with a background in operating a fleet of laser guided vehicles in a manufacturing setting, do make setting up a job much more fun. In all cases, thank you for sharing your knowledge along with these videos! Dave

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Thanks for the comments Dave! I try and find all the stumbling blocks for new users, and quite often stumble myself! 🤪

[@Townie001]

I've had the S9 since last September and never had a problem that was not of my own making.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Agreed! It was problem free except for the work bed measurements.

[@imrahilfsa2]

what a coincidence: my sculpfun arrived at the same day this video was uploaded

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

I knew that Fernando 🤪 Have fun with it!

[@markferrick10]

Great review. I have had my s9 for 2 months this and this review is spot on. It is a nice budget 5w diode laser. Nice to dip you toes in to laser engraving. Do I wish I have the new 20w diodes, yeah, but that money ( to me ) is better spent on a co2 laser. I too noticed the smaller laser area. I wonder if most of the manufactures take this liberty on size. Also agree with advertising. False and misleading advertising just hurts everyone.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

I check the work bed area on all of the lasers I review Mark. This is the first one that wasn't what it claimed to be.

[@lissy6213]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I‘ve got a Sculpfun S9 since 4 days and finally found you on youtube. Your videos to settings on lightburn are very helpful to get started. I also jumped into your forum and downloaded some libraries, which seem to fit for me. Give me some time to translate some of the libraries into german (my language) and to fill them up with my own creations and I‘ll upload them in your forum. I really appreciate what you are doing. All thumbs up!

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Thanks Lissy! If you translate them, email them to me so I can post them in the download section or they'll get lost in a post.

[@lissy6213]

@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I‘ll do so!Thank you

[@mp6814]

Thanks Rich for another great video. What I did or my first cantilever diode laser was that I positioned it over a sheet o paper, zeroed it in the starting position, fired a dot, then moved it by hand to its upper left and lower right positions where I felt those could were comfortably reachable positions for the laser head and fired dots as well. Then I measured respective X and Y distances...

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

More than one way to skin a cat! (Does anyone really do that??) 🤪

[@randalhaferkamp]

thank you Rich for the review of my new lazer the s9 your review is so informative and it h as helped me more than i can say. thank you for your videos i truely enjoy them

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

My pleasure Randal!

[@MnACreations]

Hey Rich.. I have one of these. It works well and it does what I need it to do. As you found with the eccentric nut it does need a bit of adjusting. Once you have it dialed in, it works great. I'm not in any sort of hurry and I use 2000mm/m at 60% on 3MM wood and I get really nice results. I am sure I can speed it up a bit if need be and still get nice results.. Thanks for the video.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Cool, thanks for watching Mike!

[@gayle3860]

Thanks for the Great review! I have a Sculpfun S9 but have not used it because I recently moved. This review as your other reviews will help me a lot!!

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Glad it was helpful Gayle!

[@rosamedina7162]

Thank you so much for this video. I got an s9 for Christmas and have yet to put it together as life got in the way, and it was a bit intimidating as I didn’t seem to find actual settings videos for it. Looking forward to seeing more videos from you using this laser.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Glad you liked it Rosa, but I will most likely be donating it to a local charity.

[@eskelex]

Hi! Thanks to you I fixed the laser movement adjusting the excentric nut/screw!! I would never guess about it!!!

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Glad I could help!

[@pfiltz]

Appreciate the video and opinions. I've gotten spoiled on watching a ThunderLaser last week in person. We've got one coming for the company I work for. I do some wood working at home for fun, and have been thinking of getting a laster cutter/engraver. BOY, those DIOD lasers seem to just creep along -vs- that CO2 that I watched ;)

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Yes they do Phillip! You get what you pay for!

[@pfiltz]

@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I don't "need" a laser engraver, but "want" one... ;) Of course, I'm going to go with a DIOD version. I've seen almost every vid there is on them it seems. I kind of like that 20 wat xTool that they have rolled out, but do I need to spend the 1K on it? Of course not. What I have a little bit of an issue is figuring out, does it cut a whole lot faster than a 5 watt? I saw your video on the Bamboo pens. I make pens in my wood shop, so this would be a nice addition. I'd be able to personalize these pens.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

I see you have an Ortur Master 3 behind you. I’ve been sent one to make a video on as I assume you have. This is my first laser engraver. Am I out of line in my frustration with the lack of finished firmware or is it just my lack of experience? I subscribed to your channel because of your great LightBurn tutorials and an effort to understand how these things work. Keep up the great information.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

No Sir! Ortur is famous for pushing out new products before they're ready! If you email me, I can put you in touch with Gil, their support rep, who will get you the latest firmware. Don't follow the instructions for the webUI or app, they're wrong. I can tell you how to connect to the webUI but it isn't fully supported yet. 🤪 Other than that, it works well with Lightburn!

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

Funny trivia... I had to change those speed values for my Z1; it was capped at about 5000 with a 10W head🤔🤦🏼 Your new test card is nice for etching a record for reference. I still find myself starting w/ the power scale file. Uses less material and helps me get in the ballpark for the universal card. I think you were generous w/ 95%, but I'm a tough room.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Maybe a 90... I forgot about the screws to focus being in the back! 🤨

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy design cycle must be long or isolated with all the things that shouldn't be an issue.

[@joeduncan7678]

Great Review. Sure gave me a heads up. Thanks kind Sir

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Glad to help Joe!

[@joeduncan7678]

@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy how do you know how tight the belts should be?, watch the video 3 times. Just a great video

[@bobrose6429]

Ian looking at the s30 pro with air , Is it better for the cost , love the you tub ,

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Look at the LaserMATIC by Roly Automation instead Bob.

[@cineminexdelta9518]

Great review. Getting mine soon. But 410-19=399? Maybe I heard sometning wrong. Just want to be sure to set up mine. Have fun.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

I probably said it wrong! The old brain doesn't do math anymore 🤪

[@lonniedupont]

Good honest review

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Glad you liked it Lonnie, thanks again!

[@VitiatedsHOWTO]

What is the best out of the diode lasers you have I Wanting a 10 & I’m a newbie I’m leaning towards Ortur 2

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

The LaserMATIC 10. It's the King of the Diode lasers.

[@spylife8650]

I have a question I have this laser and I added the longer sides so it is 36" long with limit switches, when I go to home my machine it runs out of time to reach limit switches do you know how to add time to my travel to limit switches? Thank you for your great videos your the reason I got my laser

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Email Sculpfun and ask for the machine settings for the expanded version.

[@emanuelpelleg281]

Hallo. I have followed your videos with great interest and have learned much from them. Thank you very much. May I please ask for your advice on plywood cutting? I own a S9 and have struggled with cutting different sheets of plywood, plain and high-grade birch, 4 - 6 mm thick. I get them cut, my settings being: max power 75% (not to shorten the life expectancy of the diode too much) , speeds between 300 and 230 and 3 - 5 passes. My problem is that the cut face in too scorched / charred to be of any use. It also smells very bad. Is it the glue in the plywood that causes this problem? All my trials to run the settings up and down do not yield a usable cut. I guess some drastic change of settings is necessary. In your experience, what should I do: set power down, speed up and number of passes up to 6 ,7 or 8? Will a higher number of passes with less cutting force be the cure? Or what other direction should be taken? Thanks. Emanuel

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

You have to use a test card to get the settings you like Emanuel. Just keep adjusting the speed and power until you get what you want.

[@LudwigSpiegel]

Great review!

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Thanks Ludwig! A little stumbling here and there, but we all do!

[@aurecasi5677]

Hi, rich. would you share the UTC library? I'll really appreciate it. Thanks.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

It's on my free forum with tons of other downloads in the Members only section: lahobbyguy.com/bb/

[@dennisbarney869]

I could use some help. I use inkscape lazer grbl and a sculpfun s9. Sometimes when I go to cut a circle the circle comes out perfectly round BUT leaves a portion UNCUT about 1/8 inch on the left hand side, this uncut portion shows up on the graphics in lazer grbl , am I making a mistake when exporting out of inkscape, Thanks for any ideas.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

I don't know how I would help you since I don't use any of those programs Dennis.

[@andyfpvsolution4826]

I have sculpufun s9 i gat yesterday but i have problem to my s9 its not finished the work my s9 stop fire, do you have solution to fix this

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

I can't diagnose your problem in a comment Andy. Try posting on my free forums. lahobbyguy.com/bb or emailing Sculpfun directly.

[@VitiatedsHOWTO]

What is the best one out of the 11 laser

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

My favorite laser is the LaserMATIC 10.

[@carpenterguitarandampworks2403]

Where can I get the test files? Like the universe test card ect? Thx.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

On my free forums. lahobbyguy.com/bb

[@markhendrix745]

My sculpfun is slightly off when i go from 0,0 to 0,400 it is going at an angle ever so slightly. is there a way to adjust this? and could you do a video on how to adjust the x and y axis on our lasers

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

It's more than likely a belt or eccentric nut (hardware) issue Mark.

[@knutevensen2564]

Hello... How to reset GRBL configurations (My setup for my Sculpfun S9 is wrong, because the laser does not go to right start-position of engraving after I have set correct 0-point in left/down corner)

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Edit --> Device Settings

[@knutevensen2564]

@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy hello...in that Windows...what and where to resette configurations?

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

You have to look in the owner's manual that came with the laser for the settings, or contact Sculpfun support. I don't have the settings offhand.

[@johngibson540]

Are the S9 test cards available to us?

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

There is no specific manufacturer library. It goes by wattage John.

[@beverlymcnabb9332]

Have you laser engraved cattle ear tags

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

No I haven't.

[@johnfirth3752]

Looks good

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

It was, it did well John.

[@rosemarywilliams5136]

Can you use on glass please

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

You can Rosemary, if you coat the glass with black Tempera paint first.

[@ulrichfrei3893]

Where can I get the testcards. Unfortunately I can't find it yet. Please help.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

In my forum in the members only section. Lightburn now has built in testing, so you can use that as well.

[@ulrichfrei3893]

​@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Thank you

[@suhail1539]

Thanks for your great knowledge. I also have my first laser sculpfun S9 from 3 months. In starting i was cutting 2.5 mm mdf in one pass at speed 1.7mm/sec. But i was thinking with slow speed lens will be affected with smokes for longer time. So i increased the number of passes to 4 wth speed 7mm/sec But now i think laser physical work increased x4 times. I am not sure what will be right for me please guide. One more question with the diode laser can i compete co2 ? [I am new with the laser & i wanna do business]

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

If you clean the lens regularly, you won't have to worry about it. And no, no diode laser can compete with a Co2.

[@umarbux8665]

Has Anyone got any advice for this laser best setting for photo engraving on plywood

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

I'm guessing you didn't watch the entire video. I talk all about grayscale and photos on wood with examples.

[@mp6814]

at 15:51, the top frame, horizontal lines - is this laser head wobble??

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Yeah, I wound up adjusting the eccentric nuts.

[@mp6814]

@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy Relief, not a design problem there then. This is good. Thanks.

[@merrillalbury8214]

Have you tested the laser tree 80watt (10 watt output) laser with a .08 x .08 compressed beam?

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

No, sure haven't Merrill.

[@merrillalbury8214]

Amazon lists their compressed beam as .08*.08 but their web site lists it at .09*.04. Have asked for more information and will update when I get it. They also say their 12vdc model for the lm2 has a laser mount that fits. I am surprised Ortur doesn't use the compressed beam technology as it appears that it is used by multiple 10watt lasers now coming to market.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

@@merrillalbury8214 Ortur does use CS on their LM2 pro, Aufero Laser 2 & LM3. It's a fairly new technology for laser lenses.

[@mc-is4xs]

Tried hack worked well until I ran a project. Then it reset my x and y to zero in the middle of were i started my project. So now it thinks home is ctr of machine . Not frt left

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

The hack didn't reset anything. You changed a setting somewhere. Are you in absolute coordinates?

[@mc-is4xs]

@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy on laser page I was in current position. I switched it to absolute. That was probably it. Going for a test run. Thks

[@mc-is4xs]

@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy ok that was it!!! Thanks a lot and thank you for sharing your knowledge….you DA Man!!!

[@naturligfrihet]

Im a little bit confused I have looked at setting up your sculpfun s9 laser from lightburn software and he confirms that the work area is 410x400 is he wrong? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIq3pomcjJiafM0

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

If you listen to the explanation, he made it smaller so the laser doesn't hit the rails.