Great, very informative video on the Thunder Bolt! I have been softly looking at a CO2 but kind of passed over the RF because of the up front higher cost. Now that you explained the long term math, I may need to reconsider. Nice to see some proof of life by the way. Been thinking of you lately. Great to see you back on YT.
My bucket list includes an RF laser. Great walk through of the laser, Matt. I had no idea an RF laser has all of those features. Not to mention plug and play right out of the box. I don't even need to buy a exhaust fan or a hose.
Thanks for the video, very informative. I was going to go with a less expensive CO2 blue and white machine, but have decided that Thunder is probably a better way to go. I wish the bed was larger, but I think it will get me started with everything I planning on doing.
Thanks for the video! For those that have a large, high watt Nova, what would be an example of distribution of labor if they added a Bolt to their shop? I have read where some relegated their big Novas to mainly panel cutting, especially on big sheets.
First off, thank you for the Super Thanks! Much appreciated. For those with a Nova there probably isn’t a huge need for the Bolt, but it is nice to set up for smaller projects like tumblers or fine engraving. So it would depend on what your primary projects are. Do you have the Nova? Which one?
@@VoeltnerWoodworking You are very welcome fellow Texan! I have a Nova 63-130 but would like a Bolt for more precision and speed…just looking for the right/best tools for different types of jobs.
Do you by chance know the max height material that will lay flat on the honeycomb and not overlap the inside of the honeycomb frame? I really need to lay something that is 12" high flat, the width is more than fine.
It baffles me that a laser as professionally made and sold at such price as Thunder still uses stickers to label their ports and controls like one of those K40 units. They couldn't care less about screen and pad printing those areas when manufacturing the enclosures. I know this doesnt affect its use but it reflects a lot about their attention to details.
On the Thunder Bolt laser how large of a wood cereal bowl can be engraved on its side using the ROKU Twister tray and a PiBurn Grip chuck rotary? Can the rotary be placed directly on the crumb tray to gain Z depth without the ROKO, or can the crumb tray be removed and the rotary put right on the surface below the crumb tray rail? I’m trying to figure out what the maximum Z depth is that I can get using a rotary. I don’t want to spend almost twice the money on the Bolt Pro 22 with its deeper Z depth.
The issue is focus of the laser. If you use the crumb tray you will have to raise the piece and use manual focus which could work, it's just not as precise.
@@VoeltnerWoodworking Thanks. I didn’t consider that without the Z motor in play I would need to do a manual focus operation and shim the PiBurn upward as needed. If that’s possible I’d like to know what the measured depth is from the surface below the crumb tray up to the lasers focus plunger.
Thanks for the video! Looking to upgrade soon.
You’re going to love it
I would love to understand how the larger lenses increase the cutting depth of the laser. That would be neat to see. Thanks for the video.
Sounds good!
Thank you. That video was brilliant. Another video on the rotary tool would be awesome.
Nice to see you back on YT again Matt. Great video and congrats on the Thunder partnership.
Thanks Corey. It’s been a struggle lately. Lots of time goes into these as you know. I appreciate your support!
Great, very informative video on the Thunder Bolt! I have been softly looking at a CO2 but kind of passed over the RF because of the up front higher cost. Now that you explained the long term math, I may need to reconsider. Nice to see some proof of life by the way. Been thinking of you lately. Great to see you back on YT.
Haha. I’m alive. Let me know if you have any questions on the Bolt Don.
My bucket list includes an RF laser. Great walk through of the laser, Matt. I had no idea an RF laser has all of those features. Not to mention plug and play right out of the box. I don't even need to buy a exhaust fan or a hose.
Yeah Mike. It's a really cool machine with tons of bells and whistles.
@@VoeltnerWoodworking my wife has gotten into the laser game. She wants a larger machine and I have shown her this video to help her decide.
That's the dream, to have both of you into the same thing. My wife has ZERO interest. LOL
@@VoeltnerWoodworking she is running with it for sure. We just need a bigger laser. The F1 and Algo are just too small and limited.
Fantastic job on the review!
Thank you very much!
Useful info and well presented, thanks for the video
Thank you, Jake!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for that!!
Great video. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
Thanks David! Hope you guys are doing well.
Cool video man. Love the Bolts!
Thank you so much. I’m very impressed with it.
Love to see laser lenses shootout
Will do!
Thanks for the video, very informative. I was going to go with a less expensive CO2 blue and white machine, but have decided that Thunder is probably a better way to go. I wish the bed was larger, but I think it will get me started with everything I planning on doing.
Glad the video could help. It's a really well built machine with US based support.
@@VoeltnerWoodworking My Bolt arrived this week and our adventure has officially begun!
Woohoo. Congrats!
Are you able to use 3rd party rotarys like the Xtool RA2 pro?
Nice video. Cool tech. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Thanks for watching and commenting. It's a great machine. More to come.
Thanks for the video! For those that have a large, high watt Nova, what would be an example of distribution of labor if they added a Bolt to their shop? I have read where some relegated their big Novas to mainly panel cutting, especially on big sheets.
First off, thank you for the Super Thanks! Much appreciated. For those with a Nova there probably isn’t a huge need for the Bolt, but it is nice to set up for smaller projects like tumblers or fine engraving. So it would depend on what your primary projects are. Do you have the Nova? Which one?
@@VoeltnerWoodworking You are very welcome fellow Texan! I have a Nova 63-130 but would like a Bolt for more precision and speed…just looking for the right/best tools for different types of jobs.
Do you by chance know the max height material that will lay flat on the honeycomb and not overlap the inside of the honeycomb frame? I really need to lay something that is 12" high flat, the width is more than fine.
Are you saying the piece is 12” in height?
@@VoeltnerWoodworking sorry, front to back. 😁
The max part size is 20.3''X13.9''X 4.3''/515 X345X110mm
@@VoeltnerWoodworking perfect, thank you, and that does not go on/over the honeycomb frame? 😁
It baffles me that a laser as professionally made and sold at such price as Thunder still uses stickers to label their ports and controls like one of those K40 units. They couldn't care less about screen and pad printing those areas when manufacturing the enclosures. I know this doesnt affect its use but it reflects a lot about their attention to details.
On the Thunder Bolt laser how large of a wood cereal bowl can be engraved on its side using the ROKU Twister tray and a PiBurn Grip chuck rotary? Can the rotary be placed directly on the crumb tray to gain Z depth without the ROKO, or can the crumb tray be removed and the rotary put right on the surface below the crumb tray rail? I’m trying to figure out what the maximum Z depth is that I can get using a rotary. I don’t want to spend almost twice the money on the Bolt Pro 22 with its deeper Z depth.
The issue is focus of the laser. If you use the crumb tray you will have to raise the piece and use manual focus which could work, it's just not as precise.
@@VoeltnerWoodworking Thanks. I didn’t consider that without the Z motor in play I would need to do a manual focus operation and shim the PiBurn upward as needed. If that’s possible I’d like to know what the measured depth is from the surface below the crumb tray up to the lasers focus plunger.