K8400 Laser Cutter 3D Printer Model

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Summary

Beeing Snoopy, I was able to turn my K8400 into a laser cutter, but 1st of all:
Laser light can be very dangerous for your eyes, so NEVER look at the laser without
the goggles, even though you are curios.
Attention: Plan another 7805 Voltage regulator to convert 15V to 5V for the laser ;)

This is what you need

Build it

  • install a tape to protect the laser lens
  • Install an Additional Wire from the Printer Power Supply(Minus Port) up to the Hotend board
  • Print the Part, install the Laser and Mount it with screw and Nut.
  • Glue the toggle switch and jump header on either side of the plastic part
  • Implement the laser side schematic
  • Unmount the Hotend such you can access the bottom of the board and solder 2 cables to the 2 rightmost pins of the long connector. Black(rightmost)=Minus, White=Plus. This is FAN supply, mount the hotend again
  • Mount the Laser on the 2nd's extruder place with the 2 M3x10 screws
  • Implement the rest of the schematic

Operating it:

The Jumper is used to generally switch on/off the laser. Switch it off after laser cutting always
The Toggle switch is used to test-drive the laser. If its not pressed, its operated by the program.

Calibrate it

  • Wear Glasses
  • Remove the tape from the laser
  • move Z=100mm on the printer
  • Put Paper onto the print bed
  • Use one hand to test-drive the printer while the other hand adjusts the focus such as
    the laser can acutally cut the paper

Use it

  • Write special style gcode programs(sample rect.gcode attached)
  • Wear Glasses
  • Enable Laser with Jumper
  • Print the File
  • Disable Laser

The attached image shows the result of the program. its a 30x30 square.

Safe you Eyes!

laser_holder.scad 1.3KB
laser_holder.stl 274.2KB
rect.gcode 515.0B

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