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What software to use for the work with the laser on 3D printer or CNC machine?

Use Pronterface for best results. Or use the same software as your own printer — just set Z scale to -1 and infill to 0. All printing software has these settings.

Average speed of cutting for 2.1W (2100 mW laser):

How to install the laser?

Mount it on top of your extruder, and connect it to the extruder heater!

Our laser was tested and mounted onto the following models;

• Solidoodle (2-3-4)
• Mendel
• Mondo
• Pruisa Rigidbot
• Shapeoko CNC
• Handibot CNC
• 8200 model from Jameco
• All RAMPS compatible printers
• All Monoprice printers

Additionaly tested:

• 3D Systems – Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
• Autodesk – San Rafael, California, USA
• Airwolf 3D – Costa Mesa, California, USA
• Aleph Objects – Loveland, Colorado, USA — (Lulzbot printers)
• Carbon – Redwood City, California, USA
• CRP Group — Modena, Italy
• envisionTEC – Gladbeck, Germany
• Formlabs – Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
• Fusion3 – Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
• HP Inc. — Palo Alto, California, USA
• Hyrel 3D – Norcross, Georgia, USA
• Kikai Labs — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• M3D – Fulton, Maryland, USA
• MakerBot – New York City, New York, USA
• Materialise NV – Leuven, Belgium
• Printrbot – Lincoln, California, USA
• Robo3D – San Diego, California, USA
• Sciaky, Inc. – Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Solidoodle – New York City, New York, USA (Closed)
• Stanley Black & Decker — New Britain, Connecticut, USA (Manufactured by Sindoh — South Korea)
• Stratasys – Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
• Ultimaker – Geldermalsen, Netherlands
• Velleman – Belgium
• Voxeljet – Friedberg, Germany
• Zortrax – Olsztyn, Poland
• ZYYX — Gothenburg, Sweden

In general, any 3D printer that uses an Arduino or compatible and any 3-axis CNC machine.

Our laser is compatible with all 3D-printers, which we have tested, but Cubify. In January Endurance modified the construction a little.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:643091

The ventilator axis is not parallel but perpendicular to the laser axis.

What is the difference between a СО2 laser and a diode laser?

• CO2 is more powerful. This is the main advantage. However:
• CO2 is harder to set up (laser cannot be moved — mirrors must be used- they can go out of alignment);
• CO2 cannot be carried around (see the problem above);
• CO2 requires buying
• CO2 continually, as there is always some leakage;
• CO2 requires compressed air for cooling;
• CO2 is subject to export restrictions in most countries;
• CO2 is very delicate (lots of glass apparatus) and may be damaged during shipping.

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