Tool Organiser

[Matt Geraci]

Well done!

[Michael Kowalczyk]

Nice Darren. everything in it's place and a place for everything.

[Roy Sanders]

Hi Keith

Something you said, really piqued my curiosity; it is the last sentence. "when cutting 9 mm . . . focus for 8mm. I am very new. how do you do that? I keep reading 'focus' for this material or that; what exactly do you mean?

Thank you. I think my Grandson and I will make your tool box as soon as we finish a clock build.

Roy

[Keith Colson]

Setting the focus puts more power into the cut due to the laser focal point being an hour glass shape. Typically I focus the cut 20% below the surface by simply raising the table the required amount. The parts are easier to remove from the sheet when you do this too. My machine is set so it auto focus's e.g. if I dial in 9mm mdf into my setting the machine will automatically set the sable height to 8mm when I press start.

[Roy Sanders]

Hi Keith

A bit delayed in responding; thank you. That sounds easy. I am finally learning and retaining. Your response helped me a bit more.

Roy

[Bert Kemp]

One thing to take into consideration when focusing below the surface is your kerf will be slightly wider, this will not make a big difference unless you have really tight tolerances but for 99.9% of the things you do it will be hardly noticeable, and like Keith said part removal will be easier. Just FWIW