I'm still amazed at how much equipment I can fit in my basement... long as I let my wife do whatever she wants in the rest of the house. These guys with their own shops make me a bit jealous but motivate me regardless.
Thank you for the video! I was trying to trouble shoot a water chiller error on my newly installed chiller. When you said outlet to inlet it clicked. I had the hoses in the wrong ports.
Hey Roger, my solution for powering up the laser and I have an actual chiller and my external fan upgrade was to plug them all in to the same grounded power strip. Leave the laser and chiller with the power switch on so when I turn the power strip on everything powers up and your ground connection is maintained.
There will be a video in detail when I finish the air assist. As for the LED lights, they have their own power supply (12VDC) adapter and are not connected to the laser power supply. They are actually made for under-vehicle accent lighting.
My garage gets fairly hot in summer. Would a peltier cooler placed near the air intake help bring the water temp down to a safe range regardless of the room temperature?
*Awesome video Roger!* I was wondering why you didn't just change the outlet to a grounded one on the laser... learned something new! _Ice cube relay;_ brilliant! Now after looking on Amazon, I'm totally confused! Which relay did you use?
The internal wiring on the laser is light gauge and I decided it better to use direct power to the heat exchanger (not really a chiller). I used an Allen Bradley industrial ice cube relay, but any 120 volt SPDT relay will work so long as contact rating is 5 amp or more (for the CW3000). the larger, actual chiller would need a 10 amp rated contact.
These work for both CO2 and blue diode: Cloudray Laser Safety Glasses 1064nm 532nm 355nm OD7+ CE Protective Goggles amzn.to/3WmPnIA Not cheap, but are comfortable and work well.
Some of us aren’t engineers and don’t have all the bells and whistles for our chillers so we need to stick with what we have. Some of us live in the cold and risk having the water freeze in the tube.
It gets quite cold here as well as we are in northern Illinois. I am just lucky enough to have a heated space for it. The modifications I made are for my use. I showed them in case someone would like to do the same. it is certainly not required.
@@rogersshop well here in Michigan and according to the maps, I’m almost directly across from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Saginaw, Michigan here. I have the CW3000 and have some non corrosive anti freeze to put in it. I have some extra tubing to extend the reach of the cooler.
Not sure that type of flow meter on that laser is necessary. That color temp display you have can be purchased with a visual flow indicator, which should be all you need. So long as water is moving through your laser that’s all you need to know. Having actual flow values seems pointless in my opinion. And the only reason to really have a flow indicator is if you were using the old style aquarium pump in a bucket which will let you know if your pump quit workin. But with the chiller, it has an alarm to let you know if your flow is not working. I can see somebody being overly cautious and have multiple redundant’s with a multiple thousand dollar machine but A k40 runs about a 600 bucks. Seems a little silly. Not trying to be critical of your upgrades but, what is the point of so many lights as well ? Are you running a camera inside your machine? Otherwise great video I have my heat exchange unit coming tomorrow. I also have the actual chiller on another laser and it’ll be interesting to see how this heat exchange compares when the weather gets warm.
I added the flow meter, not only because I can, but out of curiosity of flow in GPM. Not necessary, but I wanted it. The addition of so many LED strips is to allow shooting video through the front (top) while in operation at a lower ISO to prevent noise in the video.
Thanks Roger just got my CW3000 Chiller I mean Heat Exchanger in and installing today. Thanks for ideas brother. 💯
I'm still amazed at how much equipment I can fit in my basement... long as I let my wife do whatever she wants in the rest of the house. These guys with their own shops make me a bit jealous but motivate me regardless.
Awesome video. I just got mine... TH-cam is a good thing. Old Shop Teacher 25 years. Take care
Thank you for the video! I was trying to trouble shoot a water chiller error on my newly installed chiller. When you said outlet to inlet it clicked. I had the hoses in the wrong ports.
Hey Roger, my solution for powering up the laser and I have an actual chiller and my external fan upgrade was to plug them all in to the same grounded power strip. Leave the laser and chiller with the power switch on so when I turn the power strip on everything powers up and your ground connection is maintained.
Nice information thanks Rodger!
Great video. Any idea how much pressure the pump might make?
Any chance you show a step by step process to add the LED strip lights and changing the head when it arrives?
Also do you have a link for the LCD temperature display?
@@terrytharrett9033 In the video description
There will be a video in detail when I finish the air assist. As for the LED lights, they have their own power supply (12VDC) adapter and are not connected to the laser power supply. They are actually made for under-vehicle accent lighting.
My garage gets fairly hot in summer. Would a peltier cooler placed near the air intake help bring the water temp down to a safe range regardless of the room temperature?
I was just thinking about adding a peltier chiller somehow to this setup. Anyone tried this?
Great video. Not over my head. Lol
nice video thanks
*Awesome video Roger!* I was wondering why you didn't just change the outlet to a grounded one on the laser... learned something new! _Ice cube relay;_ brilliant! Now after looking on Amazon, I'm totally confused! Which relay did you use?
The internal wiring on the laser is light gauge and I decided it better to use direct power to the heat exchanger (not really a chiller). I used an Allen Bradley industrial ice cube relay, but any 120 volt SPDT relay will work so long as contact rating is 5 amp or more (for the CW3000). the larger, actual chiller would need a 10 amp rated contact.
I’m surprised you didn’t route everything on the back side to inside the case. It would have have a better look with cable management.
Mounted exterior for ease of access and any maintenance. Since it faces the wall, you can't see it.
Was that a Substation in the Picture?
Are you a Union Brother?
Yes, and yes. 42 years in IBEW 145, now retired.
@@rogersshop
Nice One! I’m a GF IBEW Local 9!
Congratulations on your retirement.
I’m still paying my dues.
Roger what googles do you have and are the for a blue diode laser I have an atomstack x7 pro and I need to find a pair thanks
These work for both CO2 and blue diode: Cloudray Laser Safety Glasses 1064nm 532nm 355nm OD7+ CE Protective Goggles amzn.to/3WmPnIA Not cheap, but are comfortable and work well.
@@rogersshop thank you Roger
Just add a smart power strip. Much easier to do.
Some of us aren’t engineers and don’t have all the bells and whistles for our chillers so we need to stick with what we have. Some of us live in the cold and risk having the water freeze in the tube.
It gets quite cold here as well as we are in northern Illinois. I am just lucky enough to have a heated space for it.
The modifications I made are for my use. I showed them in case someone would like to do the same. it is certainly not required.
@@rogersshop well here in Michigan and according to the maps, I’m almost directly across from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Saginaw, Michigan here. I have the CW3000 and have some non corrosive anti freeze to put in it. I have some extra tubing to extend the reach of the cooler.
Not sure that type of flow meter on that laser is necessary. That color temp display you have can be purchased with a visual flow indicator, which should be all you need. So long as water is moving through your laser that’s all you need to know. Having actual flow values seems pointless in my opinion. And the only reason to really have a flow indicator is if you were using the old style aquarium pump in a bucket which will let you know if your pump quit workin. But with the chiller, it has an alarm to let you know if your flow is not working. I can see somebody being overly cautious and have multiple redundant’s with a multiple thousand dollar machine but A k40 runs about a 600 bucks. Seems a little silly. Not trying to be critical of your upgrades but, what is the point of so many lights as well ? Are you running a camera inside your machine?
Otherwise great video I have my heat exchange unit coming tomorrow. I also have the actual chiller on another laser and it’ll be interesting to see how this heat exchange compares when the weather gets warm.
I added the flow meter, not only because I can, but out of curiosity of flow in GPM. Not necessary, but I wanted it.
The addition of so many LED strips is to allow shooting video through the front (top) while in operation at a lower ISO to prevent noise in the video.