My boy has arrived

[Ibemars]

welcome home

[gamn1958]

congratulations!!!

[PrintToLaser]

Oh, man, I remember! I hadn’t felt that since I was a child at Christmas. Enjoy your adventure!

[rvogt]

Congrats! Let the fun begin!!

[ElsieH]

Can’t wait to see what you create!

[MakerMatthew]

And just like a baby it will keep you up at night with all those big ideas! Feed it lots!

[cynd11]

Welcome to Fred!

[mrinken]

I remember my first day with Skippy the Laser. He’s been so much fun - ENJOY!

Cut some hold down pins ASAP.

[chadowensgcpd]

Hello,

I’m a new owner. Just curious what hold down pins are?

[mrinken]

Honeycomb bed holdown pins

the best laser results are achieved with flat (non warping materials) in order to maintain consistent focus. Also, when cutting light materials like paper, the exhaust turbulence can kick up the material and ruin your job or at worst… catch fire. (speaking of which, I hope you all keep a small fire extinguisher in easy reach, near your machine - safety FIRST) I hope you find these useful. I used to 3d print them for my other laser cutter but occasionally , they would see the wrath of the laser …

Best thing ever. You don’t have to do the engrave - it will speed up the cut, but these hold down material flat to the honeycomb bed. Typically you’d need them when not using proofgrade materials, but sometimes they’re good for PF as well.

Eventually you’ll be buying baltic birch plywood from Amazon (a great resource for this!) and it won’t lay flat. These keep it flat.

[chadowensgcpd]

Thanks! I appreciate the tip!