Product Review - Creality Falcon 2 Laser Engraver and Cutter
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- This video reviews the Creality Falcon 2 Laser Engraver and Cutter. This is my first time using one and I'll show you all the features. Take a Look !!
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Hi Joe;
Don't have this laser but have used LIGHT BURN software on another laser.......That is a great piece of software, Highly recommend. Made a hole pile of Christmas ornaments, Came out beautiful. Friends and family were amazed...... Thanks Al
I have a buddy with one. He burned out the cylinder head and steam chest gaskets for the Stuart D10 for me.
If you run the machine from a laptop rather than the SD card with Lightburn you can tweak speed and power on the fly
2024 has brought you a new toy to work with. Great stuff Joe.
What about other materials? Gaskets? Acrylic?
P.S. Loved the spider rescue work today.......
Hi Joe and in particular the others praising up the 'awesomeness' at the bottom end of the Laser Gene Pool. ALL Lasers be it Diode or CO2 are a real fire risk and knife/Honeycomb beds are responsible for most issues. In particular cutting Ply the Glues and Creosote and other by products get trapped on the blades so keep them clean! Best option is a pin bed as cleaning is easier and keep the other for cloth or paper.
Very good info,Joe.Thank you.
Nice review Joe but how thick will it do metal blankings and how deep can it engrave logos and serial numbers?
Thanks for sharing Joe!
Thanks for watching!
About 8 years I was the "shop" draftsman for a CNC. welding fabrication, and laser part machine shop. I made the "shop" drawings and programs (using special software) for a 4000 watt laser cutting machine. The accuracy (even your small one) of these machine is to .0001. I would occasionally get to watch the machines operator run a job. The thing would cut 1/8 inch thick (any kind) steel like it was soft butter.
Joe be careful, You may get hooked and want a bigger one, The "Part" drawings can be done on your modeling software, but you need the programing software that is compatible. Sorry, I can't remember the "Transfer" file name any more. It is not a PDF. Have fun. ;-)
DXF is the preferred transfer file.
I have one of these- great machine! I cut more parts in the first week than on my CNC mill in a year... Connected direct to a PC running lightburn gives more control, and you can see what is happening. Really well thought out piece of kit.
Thanks for sharing Mr Joe Pie
I like the clock that looks like a dial test indicator visible in the background near the video beginning.
He made a video showing how he made it: czcams.com/video/aFRG7nI5ZVY/video.htmlsi=LsjIil75ab0cEkB2
Would like to see some metal marking in future videos.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Been thinking about purchasing something along these lines primarily for cutting gaskets. I’m sure I’d find other uses.
Thanks for sharing your experience
Good idea. I'll have to experiment with that sometime.
That was a nice review. I have this unit and enclosure. I'm on the learning curve with it. I was able to make a few things with it. There is an USB-C port on the machine and you can have a laptop running Lightburn and control it with the software directly so you have more direct control instead of putting the G-Code on the memory card... that might help. Also I think the Falcon 2 comes with a full license for Lightburn, the instructions hint at how to do it, but I still haven't figured out the way to activate it.
are you planning to use to mark your products?
Hi Chuck. Initially, I had hoped to do just that. Marking metal takes some surface prep and after burn cleanup, so this diode laser may not be the best choice.
I think he'd need a fiber laser to directly mark metal nicely. This could mark anodize I think.
What sort of safeties does this have for the laser? I'm used to seeing an enclosure that blocks the laser beam in case of a reflection.
Those things also work extremely well with the two-color plastic laminates made for nameplates, etc. All the additional controls on my lathe are marked with plates i ran on the Epilog in the lakeside at work (back when i worked for a living).
spot on
Diode lasers are about 2x more efficient than CO2 and run cooler
all the suggested changes would probably add 20=30% price increase, who knows!!
Good they specify 40W "optical power". Some of the machines claim "40W" lasers but that's input electrical power and the actual optical power is less than 10W. The input electrical power will be >200W to make 40W of light, I think. That costs money for the power supply and for the many (8 x 5W) laser diodes.
40w is a very capable laser. I'm looking forward to getting very creative with this.
I have a small diode laser. It can do certain things. But it needs more power. I mounted mine to a sheet of Baltic ply with rubber feet. That way l can just hang it on the wall.
My Creality 3d printer was easy to put together also.
A new toy is always fun. Do you know what the life expectancy of the Lazer is? Can you get repair components?
I don't have those answers, but time will tell. I'm sure replacement parts are available.
I have an "Atomstack" Pro 7, in my shop, it will engrave some metals (304 SS) and you are correct "Lightburn" is probably some of the better and more reasonable software out there, I would give Atomstack the nod over this machine but it's not to bad for a first Laser.
Love your content Joe. Respect your opinion as well.
How is the machines software?
Did you do any metal?
Are you concerned about the laser bouncing off and being a health hazard?
The manufacturer suggests using LightBurn software. Its initially intimidating, but after you realize how easy it is, you'll be off and running. Its got some great features and has a bunch of CZcams tutorial videos to address any operation.
Lightburn is well worth the money after the trial period. How thick ply will it cut in one pass? Will it cut metal, if so how thick?
No. This machine is not intended to cut metal, though it may cut foil if properly prepared. A co2 laser is better suited to cut metal. I have not experimented with all the cutting scenarios, but another CZcamsr showed this machine cutting 1/2" plywood. I doubt it was a single pass, but impressive none the less. I've done 2mm and 5mm wood with ease.
I own a 60W CO2 and some diodes. Metal does not do anything in the machines. It's awesome for a lot of things, but most metals reflect the beam. You can burn colors and coatings off, for example anodized aluminum will remove the dye. Or paints and similar. You can make some great looking control panels and such this way.
There are some coatings you can burn on to a metal part, but they tend to be expensive or iffy.
One thing that works great on either type is layout. It will remove dychem or sharpie marks leaving very crisp lines.
I tend to use it for wood and plastic work. It's great for that and making things like gaskets.
For cutting metal, you need a LOT of CO2 power (hundreds of watts) or a different wavelength like a fiber laser. I've heard of it being done in specific setups, but they were doing crazy stuff like feeding oxygen into the air assist system. Very dangerous, really don't do that.
Even reflected beams are dangerous for your eyes. Do not look at laser with remaining eye.
The tint on the enclosure is to protect you, but it's still not great to look at the impact point.
Please talk about proper eye protection.
The sticker on the laser housing says “Light Path Foucs Beam” im sure it was supposed to say Focus Beam.
Cool product though.
Hmm, an adjustable jack might be useful for engraving/cutting objects of various heights, e.g. engraving a logo on the bottom of a handturned wooden bowl. Also, I agree that analog controls such as a potentiometer or multi-position rotary switch are often much more convenient than software controls.
More manual control options would be nice.
Nice review. It looks like the Laser is Laser Diodes which I assume would last longer than a gas type which tend to leak / go bad, even sitting on the shelf after a few years?
Not really. The issue is with the bs 40W rating or similar on most of these the Diodes are already being pushed way beyond what is sensible Electronically. My current CO2 tube is now 7 years old and still running great. Different if I was running it for commercial production but you then consider them a consumable like inserts in a machine shop.
You didn't say anything about the USB port that I heard.
I meant to say the USB port below the card slot.
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Hi Denny.
Thought their would be a like/comment/subscribe dodadd by now!!😅
You would be well advised to ventilate the area where LASER cutting. You really don’t want to breathe the fumes in. It reeks of DEATH.
Very cool, but I would have a hard time justifying something like that.
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**unloosen** 😂
This is a running joke on this channel.
I guess NO metal ! Far cry from a plasma, table cutter ! But almost the same technology!