TwoTrees TTS-55 Laser Engraver Review

[@normanwyatt8761]

I know nothing about these lasers and all that I can say is WOW.......Absolutely amazing.........

[@JL-hr7xm]

Hey Ben, Nora has her Batman logo for her build. 😀 Enjoyed your presentation and comments, have been looking at an engraver/cutter for some scratch building. Thank you for taking the time to do this.

[@wgatcheesesmeoff1750]

Of course he "took the time" He got it for nothing.

[@johnstratairious7936]

we have a tt 25. and also a 50 watt co2 laser engraver a BIG ONE......that can do anything. our big one is water cooled and air assisted. thank you for doing the video...t was helpful. God bless you.

[@hobbytimewithpapadan8436]

Great stuff. I had an Otur laser and returned it because it didn’t work as advertised. I’m impressed so far. Hope you do some more follow up vids as you get more used to the software. Thanks for sharing this buddy. Papadan

[@paulgertsch7105]

I love it when Nora helps you, or should I say (gives you a hard time)

[@toboldlygosmodelworks1973]

congrats you've got a Laser, your officially a Bond villain😉😉

[@R3LI2UI]

Air Force! (Thanks for service...[Retired E7 here]) Just purchased this model and appreciate your review and am now looking forward to projects! Curious, have you been cutting basswood or cedar pieces for your models (would think cutting wing sections a great use for this)?

[@trashboi-bk]

Would love to see a revisit now that you've had time to dial in the nuances.

[@chrisjhorn6457]

very timely :-). I'm in the market for a laser, and was looking around as to what might be the best for me...

[@faizalc5163]

Please share acrylic cutting and wood cutting. Want to know if cutting of acrylic and wood outcomes the same amount of smoke as engraving?

[@perrylamb6286]

Wow. Not sure of the application, although the logo and Batman were cool but, I'm impressed too. Another skill to master! Hmmmmm, engraved decking on the Titanic???

[@Steve_R]

Nice review Ben. I'm into many hobbies, including HO model railroading. If something like this would cut 1/16 basswood cleanly it would be a game changer for making buildings. Can you adjust the output power from the software? It may make less smoke and not burn as deep into the wood which would make your image clearer. Or can you adjust for a faster movement which would have the same effect. Take care, Steve.

[@TheMidwestModelShop]

Yes I’m pretty sure you can control all of this stuff. And cutting 1/16” basswood is easy for this laser. I just don’t know enough yet on how to do those things.

[@154Colin]

It does a good job. 👍👍

[@SouthernTennessean]

Could you make structures with it from thin wood like a laser wood cutter? Even if it’s maybe just adding siding detail for a wall and trimming the excess

[@TheMidwestModelShop]

Yes you can totally do that with this machine.

[@williamburns-uw2gf]

Hi from N.W Wales GBR. Could you please test the laser on a high carbon steel alloy as I'm a hobby bladesmith and thinking of buying the TTS-5 for putting my etch on the blade.

[@SonPoweredLife]

Hello, I have almost this exact laser. Thanks for the video. Question, the red guide light is offset from the burning laser. Is that how it is suppose to be? Is there a way to align the two? If it is suppose to be offset, what is the offset? Thanks so much. I can not find anything about this anywhere. I have only used this thing a couple of times because I have a hard time centering my work.

[@TheMidwestModelShop]

I couldn’t get mine to go align perfectly. So it’s meant as a rough guid for the layout.

[@SonPoweredLife]

@@TheMidwestModelShop where\how is the adjustment? Please

[@TheMidwestModelShop]

@mikekirker11 right where it’s attached. If you don’t see a way to adjust it, then it’s position is permanent.

[@felipecardoso2204]

Opa. Ela não possui uma forna de ajustar o foco do laser a não ser pela autura? Se tiver outra forna por favor me mostre pois preciso de um corte mais fina mas não estou conseguindo 😭

[@shnugglebunni]

Great video! I got my laser a few days ago but having the hardest time trying to figure out how to replace the solid red two tree peice on the bottom of the laser and replace it with the red clear cap that you have on your laser head. Any tips on how to put that clear red cap on?

[@scottx43]

Have you found out the answer to this cause I’m having same problem

[@nurucheyo1061]

Hello my laser is not working it’s not producing the light what do you think the problem is ?

[@mycontrolledchaos420]

I love my twotrees laser but i just have a problem with lining my material up correctly every time. sometimes it feels like I'm guessing. does anyone have any suggestions?

[@susu1814]

Have you ever tried cutting acrylics with this machine?

[@TheMidwestModelShop]

No. My understanding is you need an air cooler? It’s a little compressor that shoots cool air around the laser so you don’t just melt everything.

[@janei1100]

We want to make round tuits would this make those

[@TheMidwestModelShop]

Yes. It will go in circles.

[@zackjohnson3316]

Can the laser be used without the red protective plastic?

[@TheMidwestModelShop]

Yes.

[@jeanyves5380]

@hobbytimewithpapadan8436 Hi and thank you for your advices. I afforded the same laser and machine recently. I notice you said it is and entry level laser???!!!! What is NOT an entry level laser and what have you got is not and entry level laser and what are you doing with it? I'm curious because with this one i'm able to make paint burning for professional PCBs with very tiny packages. It has been difficult to find the good paint, the good speed, and so on, but now it's perfect! May be we could have a better resolution : i could realise tracks are a bit too thin when they are at 90 degrees of the scanning. This is a problem on tracks

[@classicasian]

I have a question about the engraver. Is it capable of burning in different shades? Like gradients? I want to purchase an engraver but I need it to be able to do different shades of burn, if that even is a thing.

[@TheMidwestModelShop]

I am not an expert. But I know lasers do achieve what you’re talking about. Either through changing the number of passes over and area or by changing the laser burn setting. I would do a little more research on the subject before pulling the trigger on this particular laser, to make sure it will do what you want.

[@jdsstegman]

Any idea how think of wood you can cut with this?

[@TheMidwestModelShop]

I thought I covered it in the specs. But 1/4 inch eventually? Basically you have to make several passes to go all of the way through.

[@limsy2010]

What is the software link?

[@charliemessenger6537]

Should be able to make some really bitchin’ name plates for your ship models now. Jeez, $300. Twenty years ago it would have been several thousand.

[@TheMidwestModelShop]

Yeah the name plates was the first idea I had. Because I didn’t really enjoy the process of finding a maker online.

[@lylebrown6132]

You forgot to tell folks that you hope nothing goes wrong with it because their support is non existent. Also if there are some really important parts missing they don't care.

[@1slicka4nd]

Dude. These machines are so difficult to use of you have never done this before. I bought it. Spent hours and days and weeks. I still cannot understand the software properly, also cannot etch metal, just so many issues. Not worth it. Imagine taking an hour burning.. What's my electricity bill going to be. After an hour u realise the setting was off and quality not good. You gta start all over again..😢 😢

[@The_Engineering_Experience]

This company is a joke. Save yourself the time. I ordered a machine and it was supposed to be here in 3-4 days. After 2 weeks and 3 emails I finally heard back and was told to would be 2 more months. I asked for a refund 4 times and they have not responded. I had to reach out to VISA to get a refund. Seriously go elsewhere.

[@glennmartonic6376]

sorry....but a review by someone who does not work with digital lasers, doesnt know pro's and cons is a waste of time....watch videos by someone more knowledgeable.....

[@philjohnson725]

Please split your video into sections. Good review though. You get what you pay for and this laser is on the very low end and the quality leaves much to be desired. I wouldn't purchase this.

[@robertarmstrong2323]

Way too slow..lol. burned the crap out of it

[@johnathansantoni4533]

alot of monkeeeying around here

[@siestatime4638]

It says "MADE IN CHINA" on the box. No, thank you.

[@wgatcheesesmeoff1750]

Too much siesta, where the hell else are you going to have one built? Try buying one from elsewhere, I doubt it. If you do manage to find one, the parts will come from China. Never mind, china is headed toward bankruptcy so it won't be long until there'll be bugger all coming from anywhere.

[@154Colin]

First thing before its use would be to put in a dedicated space that is WELL ventilated and preferably with a GOOD exhaust (to remove burnt wood smell, or other materials) and... HEAVILY ENCOURAGED... is to wear some sort of protective eyewear to eliminated the stray light waves from the laser. I would build a case to put it in so the foremost can be contained in one unit. "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝟰 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆 (𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀). 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝟰 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀."

[@wgatcheesesmeoff1750]

What do you thnk that red piece on the bottom of the laser is? It's a filter, better than wearing those awful plastic glasses.

[@djlaserchicago]

Hahaha really