You can move the head down an keep cutting deeper so as long as you plan correctly you can probably go pretty deep. Again this doesn't replace a CNC but you can get pretty good details with it.
If you want design for a hopper, ill send it over. Uses milk jugs for material holding. All 3d printable, except the feed pipe (spec'd for PVC) and a stepper motor
I would love to see what you have. I have seen others on the Buster Beagle 3D Facebook group before but always interested in expanding and improving the design.
This is really really cool! I am a GT student working on a system for 3D printed rapid tooling. I have had a lot of success with capabilities while I’ve developed the process. Would you be interested in chatting about this sometime?
You would have to run some tests on the material and see how many passes equal what depth. It was not something I really focused on but if you were going to attempt to reach specific depths it’s something you would really need to test out. 10mm might also be pretty deep. The issue is that the focal distance of the laser is in a certain range. So perhaps you would need to run it about 2mm with the laser at a certain height and then lower the laser head 2mm and do the next 2mm deep. That might not be the exact range you need to work with but something along those lines.
@@BusterBeagle3D Do you think a Fiber Laser could do the same trick, maybe even deeper. To a solid block of 3D Printed Resin for molding? Sounds counter productive, but I think a galvo laser can still get higher quality than a LCD screen.
I know you can use fibers on plastic so you might be able to do it. At that point though I would assume you would be better off doing it in metal since you’re already going through the trouble of using the fiber laser and you can get raw aluminum bar for not that much more money.
Any limitations to how deep you can etch? Could we go say 10mm deep? Maybe if done slow enough to let the stock cool down. Could you try a test to see how deep we can make the molds please? This would be just awesome if it works
Great job! I am impatient to see how you made your wise and "automatic" mold. Do you plan to release the plans? I would love to do the same on mu MK3. Very pleased and impressed to see what you get with the laser too!
A few questions about the laser: is it 8h per side, so 16h alltogether? Are you shure your laser can cope so long work repetedly? I would be scared to ruin it for just a mold (3000€). Appart that, the result is just amazing!
This was 8 hours per mold half. The laser should be able to work that long as it has a work life of around 100,000 hours. I'm also only running it at 75% so that probably helps as well. Also all of the heat is far away from the lens so there is not really any chance of the laser burning the lens unless you don't have a good venting system which I do. I haven't heard of fiber lasers dying because they ran too long but I suppose it's possible.
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Wow. Id love a video on how you made the mold. Incredible.
What's the maximum depth for a mold the laser can go to you think? I wonder if it's usable for thick parts, instead of a coin shape like you have here
You can move the head down an keep cutting deeper so as long as you plan correctly you can probably go pretty deep. Again this doesn't replace a CNC but you can get pretty good details with it.
Hi Ryan, beautiful updates! This week my fully automatic model was born...
Hi Marcelo. I thought I recognized that machine. It's come a long way. Congrats!
Wow, some people really do put that sh** on everything 😂. Awesome video, I’d love to get into injection molding
Hahaha. Yup I love that stuff. Good bottle too.
If you want design for a hopper, ill send it over. Uses milk jugs for material holding. All 3d printable, except the feed pipe (spec'd for PVC) and a stepper motor
I would love to see what you have. I have seen others on the Buster Beagle 3D Facebook group before but always interested in expanding and improving the design.
This is really really cool! I am a GT student working on a system for 3D printed rapid tooling. I have had a lot of success with capabilities while I’ve developed the process. Would you be interested in chatting about this sometime?
I have used resin 3D printing for molds in the past but always interested in seeing what others are doing.
Hello Ryan, how accurate is the Z on this method ? let's say if I'd like to do a cavit with 10mm deep... is it accurate I mean the Z steps ?
You would have to run some tests on the material and see how many passes equal what depth. It was not something I really focused on but if you were going to attempt to reach specific depths it’s something you would really need to test out. 10mm might also be pretty deep. The issue is that the focal distance of the laser is in a certain range. So perhaps you would need to run it about 2mm with the laser at a certain height and then lower the laser head 2mm and do the next 2mm deep. That might not be the exact range you need to work with but something along those lines.
Hello What is the mould volume of the injection moulding machine?
Hi. The volume of this particular model is 3 cubic inches or about 49 grams.
That laser cutting the aluminum. HOLY MOLY! You can do a simple mold cut with Fiber Lasers!?!?!
The deeper cuts were CNC'ed???????
Yes the main molds were CNC'ed. But the coins were engraved in with a Fiber. Not sure I could ever have gotten that detail with my hobby CNC.
@@BusterBeagle3D Do you think a Fiber Laser could do the same trick, maybe even deeper. To a solid block of 3D Printed Resin for molding? Sounds counter productive, but I think a galvo laser can still get higher quality than a LCD screen.
I know you can use fibers on plastic so you might be able to do it. At that point though I would assume you would be better off doing it in metal since you’re already going through the trouble of using the fiber laser and you can get raw aluminum bar for not that much more money.
Any limitations to how deep you can etch? Could we go say 10mm deep? Maybe if done slow enough to let the stock cool down. Could you try a test to see how deep we can make the molds please? This would be just awesome if it works
Wow! Awesome set up! I purchased and assembled a MK3 and love it. Love the modifications!
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
if you don’t mind me asking, what do you make with your machine?
Hello teacher
How are you teacher?
Hole chamber to mold hole ?mm
Thanks 🙏
Great job! I am impatient to see how you made your wise and "automatic" mold. Do you plan to release the plans? I would love to do the same on mu MK3. Very pleased and impressed to see what you get with the laser too!
Is that a Heinrich pneumatic vice?
Yes, DA-6601
What the heck? You used a laser to mill the aluminum mould??
I know right! Fricken Laser Beams! Living in the future for sure.
But the fiber lasers can only go a certain depth correct?
Great video. Thanks for the inspiration. What laser machine are you running?
Thanks for watching! It's a Monport 30W Fiber laser. Check on the description for a promo code as well as a full review I did on the machine.
Hi Ryan. What material do you use in this video ? Considering the temperature, I assume it's HDPE ?
Hello. It's actually polypropylene pellets.
Have you posted anywhere your Fiber Laser setting used to achieve the mold engraving. This came out great!
Thank you! You can see my settings in the video. It was 900mm/min at 75% Power and 25 kHz. I ran the sliced 3D setting for 250 passes.
The molds were machines with a laser?
Just the coin sections. The rest were outsourced to PCBWay who also have CNC services oddly enough.
@@BusterBeagle3D ohh, can you telle me more about that? is that the alu mould with sprue?
@@BusterBeagle3DWhat style of laser? Please give some more details on that!!
@@nickeide6246 It's a Monport 30W Fiber laser. You can check out some more details as well as my video review in the description.
A few questions about the laser: is it 8h per side, so 16h alltogether? Are you shure your laser can cope so long work repetedly? I would be scared to ruin it for just a mold (3000€). Appart that, the result is just amazing!
This was 8 hours per mold half. The laser should be able to work that long as it has a work life of around 100,000 hours. I'm also only running it at 75% so that probably helps as well. Also all of the heat is far away from the lens so there is not really any chance of the laser burning the lens unless you don't have a good venting system which I do. I haven't heard of fiber lasers dying because they ran too long but I suppose it's possible.
@@BusterBeagle3D Thank you!
Man the really DO put Frank's on everything!
As one should.
Very very awesome Ryan! Well done mate ;)
Thanks Sean! Appreciate it!
Thank you for posting this vid.
Tried going to your website but it is not coming up.
Thanks for the update. Things got all jumbled. Should be good to go now. www.busterbeagle3d.com/
My anti virus ( Avast ) won't allow the connection "Link infected with phishing URL"
your design has come on over the years
Thank you. Hopefully some even more improvements coming soon.
heel gaaf gedaan, en wat een datails. knap hoor. kan niet wachten tot de mijne klaar is
Thank you!
Haven't used my mk3 much yet
Hopefully this gives you some ideas to dust it off and get it going.
Soooo AWESOME!!!
Thanks!!
Is that a silverback gorilla on the coin face? The skull just looks wrong. Did someone hack your files?
I apologize for the odd shape of my head. Honestly my parents should apologize.