I highly recommend researching the K40 before you purchase one, so you see exactly what you can expect. But with the price being so low, it is a good way to dip your toe in before spending thousands of pounds on a more expensive laser. So far everything is as I would expect it.Just to note that the K40 is very much something you buy as a work in progress, to get the best out of it you will need to spend some time and money upgrading it. But once my new controller arrives I'll probably invest in Lightburn as I like the look of the UI and features for designing (you can also control the laser far better with another controller like either a Mini Gerbil or Cohesion board and software).All in all I'm very happy for the price paid. The alternative is to use K40 Whisperer and Inkscape. I figure because it was in a warehouse in the UK, not coming direct from China (it was actually about 1.5 weeks early, so I didn't have my distilled water yet).I still need to make several upgrades to the machine such as air assist, new bed and better extraction (the extractor it comes with is very poor) but I fired it up today and once I got the large bubble out of the laser tube I gave it a whirl with a test file.Just make sure when you get this you file down the paint around the ground connector on the case (it won't ground to the case otherwise, plenty of youtube guides on these machines).I've ordered a new controller for the laser, so that I can use some better software (the supplied software is terrible). The seller shipped this extremely quick, it arrived in less than a week. The machine arrived pretty fast from germany and was quite well packed, the first thing i did was make sure the ground wire had a good connection (this is important!) i had to sand off the paint where the ground wire is attached this is quite common with most/maybe all k40's so be aware of this i did not do a continuity test before this so who knows if it was actually grounded but after sanding i had a good solid connection to ground.mirrors arrived already aligned and my machine was not including that shoddy extractor fan, instead they had installed what appears to be some kind of heavy duty server fan which is quite loud but way safer than the one in the product pictures so don't be put off by this, the seal is much better and its wired straight into the machines power pack.As for the ducting a lot of people seems to moan that its cheap but i think its actually quite good its firm enough to hang out the window and bend the direction of the wind and unlike cheaper alternatives it wont melt by small pieces of ember that may get sucked into the duct and it also packs away quite nice in comparison too if you don't have a permanent fixing, i have however connected another duct to extend its reach as the one included is not all that long.The board i was supplied with is a m2 nano and it supports k40 whisperer working alongside inkscape.Unfortunately i found a small chip that was loose inside the tube, probably damaged in transit so i contacted the supplier and they quickly sent out a replacement i received this in about a week at no extra cost.At the time of my purchase the machine was £389 and so far i have spent an extra £120 on : flow indicator - air assist - temperature probe - extended hose - reservoir - water - calipers - extended duct Perfect for seal engraving, advertisement, art gift, garment, leather, toy, and other industries. Multiple Application: This engraving machine is widely used for engraving on the bamboo piece, planks, boulder, horns, leather, crystal, wood, organic plastic, fabrics, ceramic, etc.Compatible with TIF international standard fonts and BMP/JPG/JPEG/WMF/EMF/PLT. High Compatibility: Supports any model of printers and scanners.With high precision stepping motor for more stable and precise operation. High Precision: Japan imported main board and chip, Germany imported bearing and high accuracy stepping belt for more precise engraving. CorelDRAW Software included, with the ability to both Newly Seal & Newly Draw.
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