Tips and Tricks: Making Lasercut Products with Basic Materials

[@matdowall]

Great to see you back! I just finished my laser build. Greet to see a fellow Kiwi killing it in the diy laser world!

[@etcetera1129]

Thanks for your generosity and great to see that you found the time to make another video!

[@jeremypeake8169]

Welcome back Rob, we missed you!

[@HawkWorley]

Your editing is super clean, I find your videos informative and entertaining.

[@terminalwaltz]

Good to see you back! Enjoying your work, thanks for sharing!

[@grootjnr]

Glad to see you back!!! Great stuff as always.

[@Zaizaizo]

From Canada. Hope you doing well Rob, You ARE a PRO!

[@squidskunk]

i just found this channel... thanks for all your help...looking forward to more laser videos.

[@bytesizedengineering]

KZbin did not put this video in my watch next queue ☹️ luckily I saw on instagram that you posted a new video

[@rouncewell7038]

Great to see you back!

[@key2010]

duuuuude, you have been missed :D

[@BigBadLLL]

Came and watched some of your vids last night, nice coincidence hahaha

[@josecgoliveira]

Hi... Thanks for coming back. Miss your videos. Keep this dream alive...

[@Silv3rDragon]

The bamboo is really cool. Also working on building my own co2 laser like many others here.

[@jacobbobo4670]

Good to see you back!

[@jacobbobo4670]

I just got a k40, and I've had inconsistent power across the bed maybe you should do a video about common problems with lasers

[@thewatsonian8111]

Thanks for the free files, I’m a teacher - these might come in handy.

[@lazyla1971]

thankyou for the video and also for the free files. cant wait to give them ago, all the best

[@PiefacePete46]

Always worth the wait. Thank you.

[@leonsearle9440]

I loved your build series. One day I will build one. Having fun with my router and Lathe at the moment.

[@zakovich]

Man it's been a while, I watched your videos and I'm building my own Laser cutter inspired by a lot of other builds I found but your DIY Laser Cutter serie is the best, thank you! please keep making more videos :D

[@ConsultingjoeOnline]

I can't wait to get my own laser cutter. Great video. Very Inspiring!!!

[@Sbregher]

Cool projects Rob! Thanks for your willingness to share the files!

[@Ritual_Gaze]

Oh yeah i'm going to make some leather and wood zines with that stitching method. Thanks!

[@keithressler5400]

Glad to see you back, I have all my parts except a 9mm belt I’ve been waiting on for 2 months and looking forward to getting into my Y-400 build! Thanks for the video. I’d love to see a “designing for laser cutting/engraving” series in the future.

[@FurtherFabrication]

oh that's frustrating! Shipping times are still all over the show, hopefully you can get started on the other parts first. I'm hoping to cover some more design stuff soon.

[@matchstickdesignco]

Welcome back, Rob! Glad to see you're doing okay. If you're leasing out shop space, I'll assume that means that you've got more paying work than your little garage could handle? If you're looking for quick, easy items that sell like crazy. . . laser engraved leather keychains. I've been selling the crap out of them lately, and they cost next to nothing in materials. Looking forward to more videos!

[@airbrushernst]

Great video. Keep up the good work 💪🏻

[@yootoob7048]

Welcome Back! Have you been using your laser cutter much during the past year? How is it holding up and have you made any changes or upgrades? If you started again would you use the same design and build?

[@FurtherFabrication]

Thanks! it's had a pretty good workout over the past year, and while I've been able to get the results that I wanted, I actually do have a few upgrades in mind to see what kind of difference they make. Just waiting for the parts to arrive

[@richarddaggett]

Awesome video - can't wait for more

[@ScottTurnerformeindustrious]

Good stuff Rob! I have been chewing over if I should build your Y-1200 :)

[@melvianaailycia1449]

Thank you so much for the free template! This is really helpful for my design and technology lesson!

[@pete3897]

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back! Pete from Nelson here - you inspired me and I went and bought a laser during lockdown :) Loving your ideas. I was playing with making a leather lighter pouch just last week! Good work on the vids; just hit the bell so I don't miss any!

[@FurtherFabrication]

Cheers Pete!

[@Gechmir]

Good to hear from you! I bought most of the basic hardware for my own laser cutter (based on your plans), but COVID really locked things off when I was waiting on everything to arrive from overseas. The angled bracket connectors (which you filed down) in particular took somewhere around four months to get here! The project is on hold for a bit but I'm definitely glad I held off on buying the pricier parts, like the laser tube.

[@FurtherFabrication]

Yeah covid really threw all those shipping times out the window, but better late than never. good luck with your build when the rest of the pieces arrive!

[@zomgkitteh117]

Thanks! Cool vid and great files

[@Tarbard]

You made some really nice things, good video.

[@jpcme2002]

fantastic, keep up the good job, cheers mate!

[@cylam9188]

Good explanation, man!

[@mikekioul630]

Great job, great videos. I recently started making stuff on etsy and this helps a lot.

[@eMavern_Emporium]

Dude it's really good to hear from you! Projects look awesome will suss them out when I feel creative next and you don't have to apologise. 2020 succccked just good to hear from ga

[@LinasKazlauskas]

Hi, Rob, I have been watching your videos mainly because of co2 laser build series, but after that I also watched remaining ones. Great vids. Few days remembered your channel, because I thought it would be nice to watch again build series, because it's time to build my own laser machine. (Bought plans a year ago :D) Today watched few more videos that I liked, and thought when would you upload new vids, and here you are, quite strange coincidence :D Love your videos, keep it up! Waiting for more! Thanks ;)

[@FurtherFabrication]

Thanks mate, glad to hear you enjoy them!

[@bharris249]

Can i ask where you get your 3mm Bamboo Ply from in NZ? I have been using 3mm Craft ply from Mitre 10 but the middle layer is very inconsistent, often having large gaps.

[@user-zq6pj5jo8j]

That's awesome. Thank you for your time...:)

[@Estheryaaa]

Hi, I have just purchased the box you has assemble in the video, but I got problem with setting up the size, I got the cut file already, but dont know how to customize my own size, it just didnt work, if I have set up as the same height and width, can you share your setup for the box at 2:23, Much Appreciated!

[@zekiisler2341]

When you polish beforehand, there will be no burn Marks or any residue?

[@Honsworth]

Hey there. THank you for this video. It helped a lot. Can you tell me the brand or kind of masking tape you use to prevent burns?

[@amuyucreatives3268]

Hello I have a 150w Co2 laser cutter and I use RD works as well. I'd like to ask if you ever tried tile engraving using RD works if so what settings and power did you use

[@DanielH]

Thanks for sharing

[@killerke11]

Glad to see a new video from you, your channel helped a lot starting out in co2 lasers What do you think of spraying the workpiece with small amounts of water to achieve nearly the same results as using masking tape? I found that on large orders and especially with a lot of small pieces time spent removing the tape and money spent on it increases greatly It has a limit as wood for example bends when drying after this process, but small pieces tend to resist this

[@FurtherFabrication]

I hadn't heard about that trick! definitely gonna give it a go. thanks for sharing!

[@xjayb]

What is the exact purpose of the masking tape / water? As in, why does it need to be protected? I am new to laser cutting so apologies if this is an obvious answer.

[@xjayb]

Looks like it was explained later in the video. Thank you.

[@deonbroodryk4404]

Cool vid Sir. if you could share, where do you get the bamboo from? That finish looks a lot better than the MDF

[@FurtherFabrication]

Thanks. It's just from a local plywood dealer, sorry I don't have a link. It's pretty pricy though so I try to use it sparingly

[@LowVisionUKTerrysView]

Hi Rob really good to see you back. I didnt have a laser when I first saw your channel. I purchased your coasters and Nespresso files and made the a while ago, and love them. I( dont suppose you have an assembly instruction sheet for that beautiful treasure chest do you? kind regards Terry

[@lazyla1971]

hi downloaded the files to cut and the treasure chest is cutting weirdly, does a whole 4 passes on each stroke not on each box section, any help

[@minravex9919]

Please is your machine using belts or rag and pinion?

[@perlafabela3191]

if beginner, remember you shouldn't coat wood in any finish before cutting. If your ventilation is good enough it's not so dangerous, but don't do it every time as it produces CO and formaldehyde. Ideally, cut wood that is untreated and unfinished when working with CO2 lasercutter.

[@manjunathadk6848]

This what I was searching... Bro which software you are using?

[@biodieseler1]

Love the video! I'm going to have to make a laser beard for my laser cutter ;0)

[@FurtherFabrication]

Thanks mate! 'laser beard' would also be a great name for a robot pirate haha

[@exheil]

Hi. Hope all's well. So here's a question: you mentioned you scale things to get them cut. Is there a particular reason you opt for this approach vs. using offset? I'm guessing it's to do with efficiency, but was really unsure about how that'd affect finger joints and pocket holes in the piece.

[@FurtherFabrication]

Great question. So in the case of the treasure chest, I'd designed that with the correct offsets for 3.1mm thick material, however the bamboo ply I ended up using was closer 3.3mm thick. So it's easier just to bump up the scale than redo all the slots. That would of course increase the offsets but it seems to workout fine if you're only scaling it a small amount, as the difference is usually less than the variation in material thickness anyways.

[@Fordham0815]

Very nice :) thank you ! With what have you covered the kiwi? Is it wood glue and water? What kind of wizard stuff is that :)

[@swissfreek]

That little block you use to set the focus height, is it mentioned in one of the build videos? If not, could you tell us about that or share a link to a place that does? Probably super simple but total noob here.

[@FurtherFabrication]

haha no problem, check out ep7 of the build series, I go over it fully in that

[@swissfreek]

@@FurtherFabrication oh thanks must have missed that when I watched the build series. Starting to pull together the parts for a Y1200, hoping to build it in the next couple months.

[@DraveS21]

Hi! What material did you use for chest?

[@minravex9919]

Pls sir can you do paid layered art design of hollow object like speaker box....which may be up to 20 layers

[@cristianderjy7751]

Great video and thank you for share with us. Can you suggest some small size (A3 or A2 size) laser cut machine for beginners? I live in a small appartment and the space is a real challenge. Thank in advance!

[@FurtherFabrication]

Thanks, you're welcome! I don't have any brands that I would recommend but If you're in an apartment you'd probably want to get one with an air filter (or at least purchase one separately).

[@snowgoer540]

One thing I’ve not been able to find is a list of materials this laser can cut and their thicknesses. Any way you could shed some light there?

[@T1g3rch3n]

It depends heavily on the Material I build a Y1200/80W myselfe and I was able to cut 15mm Acrylic with a different lense But in terms of Wood, it gets burned really quick, I made a MDF 'X-Mas Tree' in 9mm and I did 3 Cuts to prevent burning If I get a new Material I use one of the 'Lasercut Sample' Parts of Thingiverse

[@pete3897]

Pine plywood up to maybe 10mm, PMMA up to 15mm, MDF up to 18. Paper. Cardboard. Fabric. Rubber (make stamps). Vinyl stickers (bumper stickers). Glass (etching only). There are some specific things to avoid too (eg PVC). Is there a specific material you're interested in?

[@samlenlap]

How did you designed that low poly kiwi Can you make tutorial about that

[@FurtherFabrication]

I did that in Blender and Pepakura, I'll put it on the to do list!

[@samlenlap]

@@FurtherFabrication looking forward to it 👍

[@dcruicks1]

thank you!!

[@actossinestesicos5934]

Nice! Thanks

[@naturalist71261]

thank you!

[@macym57]

6:30 any projects you make is worth uploading it on you tube and we appreciate it🙂

[@Krieg3D]

Love your vids man I bought the files to build the laser and can't wait to follow your guide, I do have a question do you have a way to attach a rotary to this machine? My goal is to be able to do tumblers for local youth sports, anyway killer content can't wait to see what's next

[@FurtherFabrication]

Cheers man. Shouldn't be too difficult, I know of a number of people who are using rotary attachments on it. but it's not something I've had a play with myself yet.

[@Krieg3D]

@@FurtherFabrication if you do I look forward to the video

[@Tignoso79]

Love (especially) the low-poly kiwi 😍 Just curious: how did you get the connecting flaps for every single polygon? Manually or automatically by software? And, in case, which software? As well as kiwis there in NZ, local fauna here in Rome is mainly cats...I’d love to do something similar with mine 😉🐱

[@FurtherFabrication]

Check out a 'pepakura'. it's a really fun piece of software

[@robertcramer3796]

This kiwi bird, does anyone know what software to use to break down a 3D image into these flat piece ? Not really sure how to ask my question lol it looks like a origami bird. I’ve seen this done with sheet metal with different objects….. can anyone help???

[@t-pa6661]

which app are you using?

[@robertjacobson7995]

I am brrand dew to this lazer engraving and cutting and really could use some help here. I have paly around a bit with it and lasergrlb but do not seem to get the same results aas in the video. could some one help me out on the use of the program and my lazer to that I can do something. Riught now I am only playing with balsa wood to get a feel for it. I would like to chat over the phone or maybe meet up with someone that I can bring it over and sone can show me what I might be doing wrong. thank you

[@anischaroenpol2518]

Thank you

[@Traderhood]

What did you do @1:40?

[@pakistan8080]

Hi bro how are you today I'm from Pakistan.i have lezar cutting machine. Can you send me different designing coraldraw file

[@flavionobrega3211]

Muito bom, parabéns!

[@Julianbonilla19]

buy your plans of the laser cutter y400 with 600 x 400 cutting area, but I want you to help me, I need a 900 x 600 cutting area, you can help me modify the fusion 360 file for me, the software will not be used, please

[@FurtherFabrication]

I'm sorry I can't help you directly but everything you need to modify the design is in the CAD model. Fusion 360 is free to use, and there is a bunch of great tutorials to get you started.

[@Julianbonilla19]

@@FurtherFabrication or do you think I can change my plans for y1200? please.

[@Julianbonilla19]

@@FurtherFabrication You are not understanding me, I bought the plans, I want you to help me modify it for an area of 900mm x 600mm, you were that design, I do not know how to use fusion and right now I do not have the time to learn how to use the program. It would be easier for you, since you are the designer of the plans, I can pay you again

[@Julianbonilla19]

please

[@pete3897]

@@Julianbonilla19 I think he understood you just fine. Perhaps you didn't understand him. He politely said "no".

[@patprop74]

That laser cutter is looking fantastic, I trust it was worth your investment both in time and in money? has it started to generate income for you?

[@RomanovDR]

Если вы сделаете компенсацию резки на чертежах, то вам не понадобится клей, сборка будет быстрой и очень плотной!

[@bevan5937]

Rob! Rob! Rob!

[@FurtherFabrication]

woooo, alright here I go!

[@دوستداروطن-د6خ]

Hi i sended my email about receiving the box & Light DXF files thank you please send them please please

[@alexandreelisiario]

😃👍💯😃👍💯😃👍💯😃👍💯

[@GordonGaz]

That's a good looking treasure chest

[@RomanovDR]

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