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Hi, can you please share the Lightburn settings you are using with Phecda? This laser cutter is a really nightmare when I want to cut/engrave circles or complex geometries. There is always a offset that makes awful works! I have been working with a config file called GRBL that I found in a topic at the Lightburn forum..

I'm looking to make a park accurate one soon! So much fun!

First off Cool Vid. Was thinking about how I was going to add limit switches on mine. You how ever never showed where the cable got plugged into the circuit board. I am sure it is in the manual, but from an audience perspective it would be nice to see at a screen shot, as well as see it do it's thing. You know stopping by itself. I would also like to see what enclosures you had in mind. That would a good vid.

Please Where can I buy this kit???

Hi, tell me something When you are using the machine, both fans inside the laser case always are on? Or first one and then the other?

Those switches are installed upside down, please flip them so they don't hang out under the frame, and the cables hide inside the frame canal.

There's tons of examples for grbl based machines out there. Hope you didn't pay a lot for them.

AWESOME! I need that!

Is there this machine of elegoo phecda 10 w is good for cutting and engraving of 3mm acrylic sheets?

I installed he 2 switch version from Elegoo, 3d printed the mounts, and ran the lines after making one that was long enough. There is an online document on how to do this but elegoo doesnt sell any parts. The settings had to be adjusted correctly. Had to reverse pin polarity and also redefine "home". That part wasnt in their instructions but after setting it homes perfectly to the front left corner.

How did you run the air asssit tube?? Along he cable that curves?

Cant see what you did with the air assist, camera too low :(

Im looking at getting this laser unit - overall how do you like it - and also since you added the limit switches???

I switched that hose for some silicone hose. No issues since replacing it.

Can you explain how you fixed the belt?

Amazing work! I can't imagine everyone's reactions.

Hello.... how do you set up the wifi to the app? I keep putting the the IP address in but its not connecting

I would love to know how to add limit switches as I am thinking of buying one of these but thats a concern

I’m having difficulties connecting the app to the engraver. I was hoping that you shared how you do that.

You can't get repeatability with a phecda as it has no end stops and you have to work from currant position, the feet are pointless... And you cropped off 80 percent of your footage.... Stick to your day job.

What a good dad you are ❤️👏👏👏👏

I agree with your comment about a heavy Singer sewing machine.

I try not to buy into KickStarter campaigns by well funded Chinese companies that are mostly using it to generate marketing buzz. Any slight discount from getting an early KickStarter unit is more than spent on the time wasted and frustration of trying to assemble and use an early prototype where you are a beta tester. I bought a fairly early (probably second boatload from China) Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro 3D printer. Similarly to this video, Elegoo tries to bag the fasteners for each step (good) but manages to mislabel the bags when the engineers substitute different fasteners after the instructions are printed (bad). The X axis gantry of my new 3D printer has two divots from too long screws that bored through the anodizing. The 3D printer is good but the assembly was more complicated and troublesome than it should have been. Shipping is a significant cost (shipping from China to the US, and shipping from the US warehouse to the customer) so they try to pack everything in the smallest box possible. The assembled Phecda laser would be larger than the box of parts, but I think most customers would be happy to spend $30 more to buy an assembled and tested laser engraver. I just bought the 10W Phecda with air assist for $250 and it'll be here in two days. Gotta love Amazon for near instant gratification. I got the 10W because the spot size is half the area of the 20W and I want to do detailed engraving on black TPU. I'd installed Inkscape several years ago and finally played with it last night. It seems very easy to use for my simple needs but I'm having trouble getting the laser G code output plugin to work, maybe because I fed it a raster image. I hope I don't need to use closed source software for the laser because all of my CAD, CNC and 3D printing tool chain is open source running under Linux. It's going to be very cool to use my part models in FreeCAD to quickly and easily make 3D printed fixtures that precisely cradle my parts to position them in the laser engraver.

Thers a diy kit on the facebook group for converting it to have limit switches, total cost less then a tenner from amazon (some switches and leads). If you were thinking of doing that upgrade I wouldn't mind a video on it. I did the installation but could not figure out the settings in order to get it to work the way intended.

Hi, I recently purchased the phecda 10w, I did the test, 2 engravings, now I can't engrave anything anymore, can you help me? I checked all the parameters of speed and power (mm/min) but it seems as if the laser has no power and is unable to engrave. I would like to understand if I'm doing something wrong, or the laser I received is faulty. Thank you!

Heya, how do you even get the laser light on??? I’m stuck!!! Cheers

Got a link to that ornament design?

Nice video! Keep is up!❤

Got mine yesterday. Thinking about a stand but with a enclosure. The foot of the Phecda is standing on the gap between the original wood and the rim you installed. So I wonder if the Laser is standing a little bit uneven now? Then where do you put the pump for the air assist? And because I own an old K40 co2 Laser don´t you need an enclose for the most jobs? So I would need to istall some sort of case around the machiene with a lid to operate it and an exhaust to get the fumes out of my basement while it´s working. I wonder if I should try some thin cheap steel sheets and build some sort of box for it or if I use wood for the box. Some sort of legs will work with both of it. And maybe some sort of rolls so I can move it around more easily.

I couldnt see why this didnt come ready assembled. The box would have been squarer but not really any bigger overall....and a lot less hassel

I am planning to etch a pcb with a 20W version. Do you thing that it would work?

I just received my Phecda today and decided to attempt to assemble it this evening. This has been an absolute nightmare! Had the same issue with the naming conventions for screws not matching although that didn't stop me from just using the ones they sent. All of my belts were disconnected, not just the one that hooks around the optical shaft assembly. I didn't really think anything of it, as 3d printer belts can be tightened quite easily after assembly and as a regular maintenance, I was thinking this would be the same, so I completely assembled the laser, only to find that the X-axis belt is too short (at this time I'm not sure if it's actually too short, or if it should be hooked up prior to assembly to avoid this from happening). Either way, extremely frustrating. On top of that, I ordered the Air Assist kit, which came with half of the parts missing and the Rotary kit, which has absolutely no instructions on how to install it or how to use it (sure I can use the Elegoo facebook channel, fine, but I don't think we should have to personally). As a first time laser owner, I've found this to be the most frustrating build I've come across, and I've worked with both FDM and resin printers in the past. I'll be reaching out to Elegoo's support channel, but don't suspect they'll be too quick in getting back to me. Gave up for the night, maybe when I'm rested, cooler heads will prevail 😅

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I got mine still on it's box, hopefully they'll send the add ons soon. Thanks for the vid.

Built mine no issues, i reported the typo in the manual for the screws on their discord and am now happily engraving while i wait for my add ons.

You've unboxed and set this up perfectly!

I feel your pain as I am going thru the same issues! You made a bit of a meal of the screws TBH - just a simple typo and easily resolved by looking at all the bags of screws! The belt issue was a nightmare for me as I didn’t detect the problem until after building the gantry. I then attempted to rectify the issue and succeeded after about two hours’ slog. Elegoo will have to come up with a better solution if they want to break into the general consumer market. For me there have been screws too easily deformed, typos in manual, building sequence different between manual and video…all in all quite a difficult experience.

I've serious issues with my belts too. I've been building mine today and I'm frankly appalled by how badly organised this Kickstarter was. Thanks for putting this together, you've done a lot better than I have.

The belt did NOT come loose. It was loose because you have to put it on the tension bolt and then clip it behind the laser module

They covered the TYPO with the screws and it was a TYPO and not an instruction issue. So, saying it is a bit disconcerting is laughable. You never ever made a typo? It happens and it got missed.

Ive had mine sitting in the box since July! Waiting on the add-ons I went with before I set mine up. Not looking forward to the building of it. I do know on the Phecda Facebook page they updated the installation instructions. Hopefully that corrected the mislabeled screws. Did you have any issue with belt tensioning?

well done