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10 sty 2024 · Here is an easy-to-follow instruction video for adding a J Tech Photonics laser to an already existing Shapeoko Pro CNC. J Tech Photonics instruction video link. If I can do it anyone can.
5 sie 2020 · Jtech laser has an addon kit for the shapeoko. Lightburn is the program you’ll need. I think you need to manually offset the laser from your spindle (so you’ll have two zero points for the machine effectively).
7 lip 2020 · I purchased / installed the laser module on 7/18 for use with Pro 10.5 build 504. I have a Shapeoko XL and J Tech 4.2W laser that I have been running with the J Tech PP in vCarve and USGS as the sender.
26 lip 2022 · I did some testing with my laser at 100% and slowed it down to 50 mm/m and made multiple passes. It lightly scorched the surface next to the cut and still, with something like 6 passes, did not cut too deeply into the scrap indoor quality 3/4" plywood.
Depends on what you want to do. If you're only interested in laser burning images then the jtech is ideal because it doesn't take more space. If you're looking to cut anything go with a dedicated co2.
18 lut 2021 · I thought I'd take a few minutes to write up a some of my Postprocessor tips regarding using a J-Tech laser with Vcarve (or Aspire). I use a Shapeoko which is a GCODE machine. Tip #1 No Z. I have two post processors I use with my laser. One has Z motion and the other removes the Z.
Namely upgrading a Shapeoko 3 XL I saw one post here about 10 months ago talking about the JTech Photonics kit for mounting a laser to their CNC and wondered if anyone else has gotten into that brand?
