👉If you are looking for a machine to cut thin plywood and acrylic then check out this video I made recently of machine capable to do so for not much more in price. Also, it fixes some of the safety issues I pointed out in this video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4Gl062Aiqy3ZNo.html

I bought this back about Jan. 2019. I had nothing telling me where to go for video or instructions of any kind but after a little searching on KZread, I found a video that helped get me past a few if'y spots. Over all it was very easy to put together. I did not care much for the software it came with and ordered "T2Laser" program. When that software came I did one little test run and it never failed but sadly it has to be put aside ever since for a few reasons here, nothing to do with it. I am trying to get back to it and would like to upgrade to the 5watt laser for more options on what I can burn. 5 watt is max for the driver from what I read but 2.5 does pretty good for things like you mentioned.

Good , no punches pulled , review. Thank you

Your review was extremely helpful, thank you

Excellent and straight forward information. I'm looking at doing engraving for a hobby and your video gave me valuable insights. Cheers.

Always a pleasure to watch, looking forward to the next one!

Great video, keep up the fantastic work!

BTW, LASERS of this frequency and amplitude can fry holes in your retina and damage your cornea even via an indirect reflection. Building a containment box is an excellent idea.

@ramily01

2 жыл бұрын

Hey please write to me, I have an issue with this laser and I think you could help given this comment, yourr aware of the danger, please write ASAP

@ZeroMass

2 жыл бұрын

This includes viewing the spot on a white wall even at a moderate distance. With 450nm you also have the 'blue light hazard' which folks should familiarize themselves with prior to operating a class 4 in the blue part of the spectrum 🍻

This is the awesome quality content I came here for, thanks!

@MakingStuff

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Bob, nice and honest review and just the right condensation of facts.t hank you. Am a newbie . Looking for my first laser engraver

Great content! Every I don’t know how to do but want to learn. Newest subscriber.

Thanks Bob Great Video and review in all honesty it stilll amazes me that you can get one of theses shipped to join for $200.00 plus or minus a little

This was helpful, thank you.

thank you for the value you provide

Hit the subscribed button before you even asked. great video! Cheers!

Ty for making this video what would b the best laser engravler for concrete?

It's funny to see many of these videos with the exact same text. Word by word. It's still funny to see even after a few years :)

Geeze, they should add an extra switch that lights when the laser could potentially turn on! Great review!

Are you able to load multiple images at the same time? Thanks for the vid!

I found a site that sells a 12" x 12" laser shield. You can drill some holes in it and mount it to the laser module. If you have a heat gun, you can mold it around it.

Cool video exactly what I needed thanks.

@MakingStuff

2 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

Tell us more about the software installation startup and usage in general.

I added a 7watt laser to my cr10s ez pe ze it runs off the cooling fan supply it does open up the possibilites good review thou well done I recommend pic engrave pro +laser software for making the gcode works great on the backside of mirrored glass tiles from lowes the ones with gray backing remember you may have to invert the image

A good video and although a bit rushed it's one I watched to the end. I tried several others but switched off due to the speed they rattled through things. I have just bought a similar engraver but just cannot find any videos that explain the basics of how to set up the actual screen and set what you want to print and how to print it. Help.

Hey Bob, great review. Does this machine's software work with mac?

I think I figured out how to keep the smoke and black dust levels down and also cool the project down to prevent a fire. If I'm right I'll share a video with you so you can help others as much as your video helped me.

So comprehensive intro👍

@MakingStuff

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

You should be granted money for these valuable enlightenment

@MakingStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks, very interesting. Can this laser engrave on metal with thermal grease?

Hello Bob, Once again thanks for cool review of a hot machine. I need to cut 2mm white acrylic (painted black, like tags), could you please let me know if this machine can do this? Thanks

It would have been nice to know the time expended to print out some of your examples.

i don't subscribe or like videos much but did to yours! I'm buying one of these tonight and trying to get into the hobby! i think it will be money well spent! thanks for the review!!!!

@mmorio41

5 жыл бұрын

MAKING STUFF>>>I love my engraver just got it all setup today with some extra safety added to it and am engraving as I type this!!! AWESOME thanks so much!

@mmorio41

5 жыл бұрын

whats the best option to generate a picture? point by point? or the others? thank you!

Good video! I know this video is over a year old. But when seeing you use that software I thought to mention you should get T2 laser software. It’s the best thing to happen to me two years ago for my lasers. The maker Zax is very responsive and will help you quickly. The program is super powerful with so many settings

@MakingStuff

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

Good video thanks.

I am looking for a laser engraver that I can use to engrave on the bottom of wood bowls I turn on a lathe.Bowls are usually 2" to 6" top to bottom, so I guess I would need something to rise and lower the unit . What do you suggest?

I have the same yellow toolbox. Bought it in 1997 at Lowe's.

@MakingStuff

4 жыл бұрын

That's about the same time I bought mine at Lowes.

Thank you!

@MakingStuff

3 жыл бұрын

You bet!

great to see

Hi Bob, It would B nice if you can also make a video that you are making a UV printer, that would B awesome!

Funny how this guy only replies to compliments. Not questions.

Thank you so much for reply. Very kind of you. Beside k40 is there any good laser and engraving machine might you can introduce me? I need to make a beautiful and clean cut for acrylic but of course not too expensive. I guess max 700 to 1000 USD . I need it for business . Not much budget I have.

Been thinking of getting one for a while. Do you think it would make cutouts in corrugated cardboard - it could be great for custom packaging inserts.

@MakingStuff

5 жыл бұрын

It's probably strong enough to cut cardboard but I haven't tried it yet. It did cut some paper that I placed under the laser just as a test.

Hello, does this machine cut mirror acrylic? I'm looking for a machine that will make name cut out.

Would u recommend using this product to cut foam for packaging?

While you were building the engraver I thought "Needs dust enclosures... they haven't seen my studio!"

Thanks Bob how large can this machine cut can you reset material to make a longer peice

Nice concise video. I chuckled to myself thinking you should have started the video with a pirate eye patch over one eye, and then start talking about the missing safety features... :)

@MakingStuff

5 жыл бұрын

That would have been funny. Thanks for watching!

Hey bob, i saw a cool project on the glowforge website they recreate familly pictures on wood, woud this engraver do the job ? Can we scan image or download them into the software ?

Will it be able to cut vinyl like a sign cutter in outline mode and will it engrave black media. Ps Great presentation!!!!!!

Does anyone know if a unit like this could cut through styrofoam 1/4 to 1/2 thick?

I have an early 3d printer. They looked about like it. I'm in

@MakingStuff

5 жыл бұрын

It does kinda remind me of the early Prusa machines. Thanks for watching!

How long did it take for the engraver to make any of the images shown in your vid on the wood? About an hour? Great vid by the way 👍

@MakingStuff

4 жыл бұрын

About an hour sounds right. It's been a while since I made the video and I don't remember exactly how long it took.

Very clear video. I bought a 500 mW laser for an engraving machine, I had in mind I might do some engraving by hand, but it came without any specifications about the voltage it needed. On another, french video, I found out it needs 12V dc supply. But I couldn't make anything of the French language the guy spoke. I'm from the Netherlands, speak and speak dutch. But I can communicate in English quite well. I'm an engineer in electronics and measure and control technics in chemical and oil industries, I had to fix problems when the factory got down. But it seems to me a 500mW laser is far from enough the do some engraving. I'll try to burn something in papier, a cigarette paper must be possible with this power? thanx for your video, I'm always busy making stuff, no matter what, I will watch your videos with most interest. Thanks again.

@MakingStuff

4 жыл бұрын

The laser in the video is 2500mw. I agree that 500mw will not do a very good job engraving.

Do you think this model will make markings on plastic and gun metal? Not trying to go too deep but just enough to make a design on gun parts.

I have bought the same machine some months ago. I was lucky to turn it on after having read many reviews and discussions, and after having seen many videos. If anyone buys this machine thinking it's a normal and safe machine (as it should be), built by clever people (as it should be), PAY ATTENTION!!! Like we can see in this video, too, the first time you connect and turn on the machine, the laser fires at full power, and if you don't know this danger before, you may get blind or burn something unwanted before even starting your first job. It's tragically ridiculous. As for the other features, I stopped using it because it's too slow. Even if the working area is large, it needs at least 4 hours to engrave an only 10x10 cm photo using raster engraving at 150 ppi resolution. So, it's useless that I have an A3 working area but I only can engrave a pencil if I don't wanna grow old while waiting for the process to end. And it's useless to declare that the laser should be used for no more than 30 minutes when a single engraving process needs 30 years.

hi, upto how much thinkness of wood we can keep

Does this aalow you to cut as well as engrave? Is there a need for a water pump etc?

All right quick question I'm looking to get a laser engraver. But I'll be engraving on polymer and like stainless steel and metal. I'd like to be cost-efficient. So is there any recommendations for that? And being able to cut would be a benefit but not necessary

Can I use a 15w laser module on the elekslaser a3 pro?

I have problem with this machine It’s stop working before finishing the job ,,, and the software doesn’t respond How can I solve this problem?

Good review. So if you wanted to be cautious out something down first that you don’t care if it gets ruined prior to staring up of plugging in power. Does that sound reasonable. I’m only asking as I would like maybe start this kind of business myself.

Thanks for the video. What materials can you use this for? How about glass?

@ooowe6675

3 жыл бұрын

No one ever fuciing says on these videos

Hello, I have been having problems with my laser. I only got it working once and then after it kept saying that it cannot find the serial port. Specifically, I cannot connect my laser to my laptop. I have installed the program, and then installed the driver. Everything I click refresh it tells me "Find Serial Ports Faild, Please make sure you are already connect EleksMaker CNC Device. Then Click [Refresh]". If you can help out that would be great

Hi, great video. Will this cut Balsa wood up to 4mm?

@NonSleeper_Occasional_Thinker

4 жыл бұрын

In a few passes yes

I converted the A3 drawing one to laser.... its working perfectly, but the engraving is on a slanting position...

Does anyone know if you can get a standard carving head for this machine ? The smaller units have both laser and cnc carving heads.

Hi How long this machine can use Or what the laser life of this machines

Will it do round surfaces? Like a coconut??

I noticed you have the lazer stepper motor above the crossmember and the instructions show it below. Is there a reason why you did it this way?

Can someone answer this question? I want to paint an aluminum panel and then put an image on that. Is this possible? Can you put an image on a painted surface?

Would this be strong enough to cut foamcore?

What is your favorite laser engraver that you would recommend for high quality and mass production?

Thank you for sharing. Can I use this on metal plates, do you know by any chance?

@MakingStuff

3 жыл бұрын

No I would check out this machine instead. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4Gl062Aiqy3ZNo.html

Hi! Good review. I'm an architecture student and I was interested in this product to perform laser cuts on different materials with the purpose of model making. Would you recommend it for that or just engraving? Thanks in advanced.

@MakingStuff

5 жыл бұрын

This one is more for engraving.

Does this cut acrylic sheets? I'm looking to make acrylic blanks. Thank you. Awesome video

@MakingStuff

4 жыл бұрын

No, it's an engraver, not a cutter.

Can you recommend a good laser engraver for rounded 3/8 inch pencils? Only want to engrave a couple words in a straight line. Would this machine be good for that? A different machine? A $300 price point seems good if that's possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Would this be able to engrave on a Glock or a laptop or wood mainly on guns I do etching and this would be so much easier

Can this thing cut through wood as well?

hi i wonder i have 3040 laser engraver do the software on the eleksmaker would work on it

I have a question for you, do you think 2.5W is powerful enough to ablate (black) spray paint off of a metal substrate? I've been wanting to get one of these to experiment with making etch resist masks for brass and copper, but I can't quite figure out if the laser is powerful enough.

@MakingStuff

5 жыл бұрын

I think it will. I wanted to try and make some PCBs but didn't have time before releasing the video.

@lewiscobb7817

5 жыл бұрын

I've been thinking about exactly the same application and have found a local fellow with a small laser engraver that's going to do a test for me sometime. I'll report back with results when (if) I have some .

Amazing they designed the laser to be on by default hahaha. Isn't that the first thing you think about when designing some laser engraving hardware? I'd be curious if you could cut 2-3mm veneer or thin plywood with it. But even if, it probably would take forever. Thanks for the video!

@MakingStuff

5 жыл бұрын

I think the plywood is to thick to cut. I'd try but don't have any thin stuff to cut.

@dejayrezme8617

5 жыл бұрын

@@MakingStuff Yeah you'd probably need one of those 40W CO2 laser.

Can you engrave a mirrored type logo on this ?

My EleksMaker A3 pro doesn't move,what I'm must supposed to do?

Nice video, but where i can find software to instal it on the computer.

@MakingStuff

5 жыл бұрын

www.eleksmaker.com

Can you engrave numbers on a gun frame....

can i buy this machine and put a plasma henndle and to cut steel with the machine? or to do a small modifcion?

When you say loose X axis, do you mean the belts needs to be tightened up?

@MakingStuff

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

The skipped line issue is caused by the laser running out of ink... 🙈🙊

@MakingStuff

5 жыл бұрын

I thought lasers used toner not ink.

@romuloloya706

4 жыл бұрын

Or distance issues

Can it engrave to PVC plastic?

Hi mate, i like to write on different souvenirs stuff, fridge magnets etc, what would be the best way to do it, pls help if you can. thanks

What are the tools you think beginners should get to start woodworking I like your channel

Can he cut MDF 4mm or plywood 4-5mm?

Can you use it to cut thin plywood?

Will it cut hair?

Is there shipping to Syria?

Can it cut Eva foam on even 20mm thickness?

I want to use an engraver maybe like this one to engrave my logo and perhaps the name of the wood on the bottom of my wood bowls I turn. I'm thinking one of these engravers would work and for deep bowls, I would just put the engraver on pedestals to get it above the bowl at the right height. Your thoughts? Oh...I liked your video and I subscribed.

@MakingStuff

4 жыл бұрын

It should work fine. The laser may go out of focus if the bowl has too much curve to it.

Hello, I don’t know if you ever reply to comments, I’m just looking for a small laser engraver for myself never used anything like this but like to do small wood cutting boards or coasters, personalized keychains etc, from your video this seems to be good, I was deciding between this and the one that looks like a box. If your able to answer I would so appreciate it thanks as to which you fill is best

@MakingStuff

4 жыл бұрын

This will not cut. It is an engraver.

hey does it engrave the glass? and able to cut it ?

@DOUBLEDEFENSE

4 жыл бұрын

it would engrave glass but not cut it maybe 1/8 inch but i doubt it

Hello do you think I can laser glass with it