Chakotay Report post Posted March 7, 2023 Just adding to the leather & laser knowledge-base by dropping a link here to a video showing me cutting leather on the new Creality 22W laser and directly comparing it's performance with the original 10W version. Very impressed with both these machines. The new 22W blows through 9oz veg-tan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kgg Report post Posted March 7, 2023 8 hours ago, Chakotay said: Just adding to the leather & laser knowledge-base Thank you nice informative video. Have you tried cutting #6 gauge metal with the 22 watt? Also is the 22 watt that much better then the 10 watt for the price difference being about double? kgg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chakotay Report post Posted March 7, 2023 I have not tried cutting metal with either of these lasers. Just leather and wood. Yeah, at the moment the 22W is a lot more expensive and I wouldn't be able to justify the price with my current production volume. Personally I would go with the 10W version and simply adjust the gcode settings to accommodate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kgg Report post Posted March 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Chakotay said: Personally I would go with the 10W version and simply adjust the gcode settings to accommodate. What is the file extension that the machine software can accept a design. kgg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chakotay Report post Posted March 7, 2023 see attached: It's quite a list. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kgg Report post Posted March 9, 2023 On 3/7/2023 at 5:22 PM, Chakotay said: It's quite a list. So you can design in Fusion 360 then do a conversion and ship out the gcode to the laser. Which program are you using for your designs? kgg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chakotay Report post Posted March 12, 2023 I do all my designs in Adobe Illustrator. Inkscape is a good freeware alternative. Then import those into Lightburn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chakotay Report post Posted March 29, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 2:48 PM, AndreaRotela said: This is purely my opinion. But CO2 laser machines are much better. They are faster and more powerful. So you will get the job done much faster. Why wouldn't you consider this type of machine? price Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert03241 Report post Posted March 29, 2023 Allibaba has a 60 watt co2 $520 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alsopp Report post Posted April 12, 2023 nice video. but these lasers are not durable Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites