This is hands down, without exception and absolutely not open to debate, the single best instructional video on how to use a laser engraver that exists on the entirety of the internet. You even mentioned the need for USB conversion when using a mac. Bravo.

@petejones5920

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree. Best tutorial on the subject. He makes for a great teacher. Very Thorough.

Thank you Irv. You are seriously very good presenting this stuff. Just what I was after. A longtime fan from 3D printing.

First bit as I watch through your video. I really appreciate that you touch on the topic of the different types of laser tech. CO2, Diode, and fiber: because not a ton of other videos really dive into that technical aspect of what they are basically. Really really liked that. Also you did a really good job of touching on what the differences are between each and the price point one could expect when choosing one of these types of laser. I started watching this video to learn more about the laser I just purchased and learned a significant amount about the market well above what I'm willing to pay but loved learning on where this can go.

Awesome video! Thank you! Just got a CR-Falcon to play around with. I have worked with acrylic a lot. Dark materials are denser typically, and I am sure the black makes the laser absorb 100x more light than a clear or light colored.

Thank you for this excellent video. Clear, concise, fact-filled. My new Falcon2 is on the bench and ready to go.

Thank you very much for the video, I just ordered the same Lazer as the one you have and I really think you for your help in setting it up and using it. I will be watching for more of your videos on this Lazer

Thank you for the overview of the different lasers.

@MakeWithTech

Жыл бұрын

No problem!

great video, just set mine up today and had a issue your video saved me. thank you

Thank you for your thoughtful review. I ordered the Ender 3 S1 based on your earlier review and I have been very pleased with the S1. Your tutorials are very helpful. So now I have ordered the Falcon 2. I will take your advice and get Lightburn as well.

Mine has arrived and I have a couple of observations. Multiple screws on the assembly were loose. The adjustment screw for the dovetail mount for the laser had to adjusted -- the laser head wobbled on the mount. They did not include the honeycomb bed and when I reached out to Creality, the honeycomb bed does NOT come with the unit. Other than that it seems to be working well with Lightburn.

Thankyou for a brilliant and easy to follow explanation. Thumbs up

thank you for taking your time making this vid! It was super helpfull

Thank you for sharing this video. It has been the most informative one I have seen covering the Falcon 2. I have been deciding between the 22 or 40 watt units. Other reviews do agree the 22 watt units does a better job on fine detailed engravings. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

Sweet, thank you for all the info on this unit, just pre-order it..

@MakeWithTech

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy it

Hi!! IS it possible to post the materials / speed / power / passes chart? Thank you very much!!

2 simple words... THANK YOU.

@MakeWithTech

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

just baught one on the back end of this video great video I will join the forum too thanks.

My Ortur Wi-Fi is rock solid. I wonder if a Klipper like add-on is in the works.

Thanks for the great video Irv! Something I would really like to look into when they come to market, an awesome compliment to my 40 watt CO2 laser! Congratulations Creality for a fine product thus far! 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍👍👍👍

@MakeWithTech

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. It is a solid machine.

Tanks Irving. Great review

Sir, you are fantastic! Very informative and helpful! I have saved this video cause well it's that useful! Thank you so much for doing a simple and easy step by step. ((thank you for helping me turn this on even, I was lost))

I feel like I should warn you about the BIQU Hurakan 3D printer. I have one, it's been a trouble maker since day one, and I think I know why. It turns out that there are TWO GROUND WIRES connected to the FG post of the power supply. On the lower one isn't fully on the post. In fact, from the factory possibly, or possibly doing the resonance tuning caused this, the lower two-prong connector is barely touching the FG post. I would really appreciate it if you would comment on this idea of connecting two ground wires to a single FG post on a power supply. From what I've read it's considered ILLEGAL because it's DANGEROUS. Thank you for all the great work you're doing.

'25,000 mm per minute' (7:30). Thousands of mm - that would be metres. So 25m/min. Of course, using mm/sec would make more sense. 1) it is the correct SI unit. 2) The values will normally be in the range 1 - 1000, so the mm makes sense. 3) Any vector on the machine will never take minutes. When I loaded Lightburn, it defaulted to mm/sec- so it looks like they agree with me.

A year later I have a falcon 2, but I can't get past the importing the falcon2 file. My MacBookPro running Sonoma 14.5 will not connect with the falcon2. Nothing ever shows up in the little window next to "devices" in LIGHTBURN when I connect the USB cable. Can you maybe share what USB drivers your MacBook Air has in the system file? Love the video!

Irv, happy holidays to you sir. I purchased a Falcon 2 and I have assembled it. Unfortunately the SD card that was included is not readable and I can't find the download file to import the Falcon 2 settings. Would you know where I can download it from. many thanks. Love the video BTW

@markharrison3445

6 ай бұрын

Same thing happened to me and Creality is unresponsive to my multiple attempts to get a new SD card with the chart.

It would be interesting to see how it would cut leather and that if it would show any discoloration

@MakeWithTech

Жыл бұрын

I'll give it a try and report back.

Irv, when you talked about the feet and their adjustability, a question came to my mind: can you remove the feet or somehow fold them away so that you can put the whole machine directly on a surface and engrave that surface? Something like engraving a table top or wooden/linoleum floor by placing the machine directly on the surface, so you could move the machine around and engrave multiple copies of the design on a large surface.

@MakeWithTech

Жыл бұрын

Yes. The feet just unscrew. Very easy to do. But you do not need to do this. The laser has sufficient range to reach all the way down to the surface you are engraving on.

Very compelling. Does this come with safety glasses? Is there a pair you’d recommend? I’ve heard about “fake” ones that don’t offer the protection they advertise.

@MakeWithTech

Жыл бұрын

I run my lasers in a tent with a safety window. I do not have any info on the glasses that come with the laser.

@Patrick-857

Жыл бұрын

Don't rely on safety glasses.

Thank you for all the effort that you put into your videos! Sadly you have now peaked my interest into lasers 😅

Hi Can this cut a 2 to 3 mm carbon fibre sheet?

can it cut clear acrylics?

@MakeWithTech

Ай бұрын

No.

what version of the falcon is this? i have the 40 watt version.

Where is the best place to buy one of these?

Where do I find the cheat sheet?

Hello i'm curious :) do you have a video or tried the laser extension for the creality 3d printers that you mention at the beginning of the video? Around 1:22 . Thank you ❤️

@MakeWithTech

Жыл бұрын

Not yet!

Can you please please Upload this File: creality Falcon2.lbdev? I need this :( i missed my sd card.

3D print a holder for the gauge! lol

none of my Macs will even recognize a laser with light burn. it doesnt work . ive been on forum after forum with others with the exact same problem. nothing you said do here is even availble. it wont recognize the usb port at all.

@MakeWithTech

Жыл бұрын

I’ve had no issues on multiple macs running the current version of the operating system. I would verify that your cables and usb ports are working.

@Dahna_

Жыл бұрын

@@MakeWithTech Uhh its not the cable.they have a problem recognizing them . ive switched to several cords , reloaded firmware, rebooted updated OS, this is over years of use of 3d printers and now laser. I have total of 4 macs , imac, macbookpros , mac mini, etc. they never see them. the usb c ports work bc they see other drives, etc. I ve gone on several forums people all having the same issue. I recently heard about the bridge thing lightburn made for this issue but you have to have one of the big lasers with ethernet connection. I dont know what you are doing to get your mac to recognize the laser but I wish you could share it.

@adayco

7 ай бұрын

I’ve been down this road with a Mac not recognizing a diode laser. The solution I found was using a Samsung brand USB-C cable. The only problem I’ve experience since using the Samsung cable has been the Mac’s USB port goes to sleep. The solution to this is unplugging the cable, turning off the laser, turning the laser back on and then reconnect the cable.

Creality makes some nice products BUT there is always and I mean ALWAYS something wrong with them and it never gets fixed, even firmware bugs and errors, because of this I have vowed to never spend another penny with Creality.

@MakeWithTech

Жыл бұрын

They are a low cost provider. What I have found is you can often fix these on your own with community based solutions.

@AndrewAHayes

Жыл бұрын

@@MakeWithTech Of course, all the Creality errors are fixable but they should not have to be, Creality could fix these errors with little to no cost to them but they dont and are more or less giving you the finger once they have your money.