Laser cutting metal gears

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Re: Laser cutting metal gears

by ArtF » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:51 pm

Wow, 1kw fibre eh? How long for the cut for gears like those?
I was looking at fibre lasers and wondering what that experience would be like..

Art

Re: Laser cutting metal gears

by Eastblock » Fri Dec 30, 2022 7:28 pm

ArtF wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:48 pm very sweet.. Must be a hell of a laser.

Art
Bog standard cheapish Chinese 1kW fiber laser.

Re: Laser cutting metal gears

by ArtF » Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:48 pm

very sweet.. Must be a hell of a laser.

Art

Re: Laser cutting metal gears

by Eastblock » Sat Dec 24, 2022 11:36 am

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z2QA6EQYDEI

Re: Laser cutting metal gears

by Eastblock » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:24 pm

On a CNC lathe, C-axis is indexing control of the spindle. Used when milling with live tooling in the turret. With Y-axis on the turret you can mill off-center.

https://media.machines4u.com.au/machine ... 3432.l.jpg

Re: Laser cutting metal gears

by Dan Mauch » Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:46 pm


I'm not sure i understand about your lathe as most lathe use the X axis as the cross slide and the Z axis as the carriage. On a lathe the C axis is parallel to the Z axis so that is why I am confused.

Dan Mauch

Eastblock wrote:
Dan Mauch wrote: That is a really cool machine. You will be able to make some really cool kinetic art pieces with that.
Dan
Thanks, I hope that will be the case. However I may end up being too busy with cutting jobs for customers that I will struggle to get some play time squeezed in.

I'd like to give the ticker mechanism a go at some point. I think it could made more compact if constructed from steel. Perhaps a kit would be of interest to this community?

I also have a CO2 laser for wood/plastic, just need a CNC lathe with C-axis and Y-axis and I'm all set (those are hideously expensive though!!)

Re: Laser cutting metal gears

by Eastblock » Thu Feb 07, 2019 4:36 pm

Dan Mauch wrote: That is a really cool machine. You will be able to make some really cool kinetic art pieces with that.
Dan
Thanks, I hope that will be the case. However I may end up being too busy with cutting jobs for customers that I will struggle to get some play time squeezed in.

I'd like to give the ticker mechanism a go at some point. I think it could made more compact if constructed from steel. Perhaps a kit would be of interest to this community?

I also have a CO2 laser for wood/plastic, just need a CNC lathe with C-axis and Y-axis and I'm all set (those are hideously expensive though!!)

Re: Laser cutting metal gears

by ArtF » Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:01 pm

I agree, Im jealous, nice toy to play with...

Art

Re: Laser cutting metal gears

by Dan Mauch » Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:59 pm

That is a really cool machine. You will be able to make some really cool kinetic art pieces with that.
Dan

Eastblock wrote: This machine is not on their website but it's basically a slightly smaller version of their 3015 machine.

https://www.cnclaserlm.com/Fiber-laser- ... 72933.html

Re: Laser cutting metal gears

by Eastblock » Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:56 pm

This machine is not on their website but it's basically a slightly smaller version of their 3015 machine.

https://www.cnclaserlm.com/Fiber-laser- ... 72933.html

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