You should try to make a way to blow air through the pen itself like an industrial laser table does, it keeps smoke from going up and clouding the lens, and it clears the smoke away from the work area
Hey Devin, great video. Make sure you're using certified goggles for the wavelength you're using. As a test, while NOT wearing the goggles, shine the laser through them and see if the laser makes a dot on the other side ( maybe put a piece of paper 30cm away ). If it does then they're NO good. We only have one set of peepers. Cheers, JAYTEE
Warning: Another TH-camr warned its viewers that these glasses are not good enough because they don't completely filter the harmful lightwaves from these lasers. You should consider getting better ones.
Woah. Forget the laser pen. You have some serious drawing skills! (Actually, don't forget the laser pen. That's an awesome way to do freehand engraving.)
You should double check the rating on your glasses, a properly rated pair of glasses should block ALL light from the laser. Only source glasses from a professional laser safety company, DO NOT trust glasses from amazon. If you can you should get glasses one tier above your laser power just for added safety, so 100W laser range in your case. If you would like more information please ask.
Make sure your glasses are rated for an Optical Density of OD4+ and OD5+. If the light is to bright the easiest and safest option would be to put a tinted face shield on in front of your safety glasses, maybe a shade 3 or 5.
So it's a more dangerous and more expensive version of a wood burning pen. :) Still goid job engineering this device. I've never seen such powerful laser pens (probably because it can easily cripple you lol). Creating is not about why it's about why not.
OZagud actually it would be incredibly difficult to be crippled by this type of laser, unless you purposely pointed it at each of your eyes, making you blind.
Face McFaceFace It's easy to point into eyes if you play with it. Even looking at it without goggles is dangerous. Besides, if on maximum settings it can burn your skin, imagine what it can do to your eyeball. Yikes!
Binky D'Eath I'm fully aware of that, and I'm sorry you have to live with the burns, but the guy I was answering made it sound like he was talking about pointing the laser itself at your eyes, and not the dangers of looking at it without proper protection. My bad, I should have explained it a bit more, I was just irritated at the hundreds of people talking about how dangerous the laser is in the comments, at the time that I was writing my comment.
Super dangerous but super cool. I'd get better protective eyewear, if it feels like what you are currently using is insufficient it's because it likely is. I'm not sure welding equipment would help since arcs and lasers have entirely different properties, it's best to do some research first. Also wondering why you used a mechanical remote trigger when you could've very easily soldered two wires onto the laser button. I think adding a footswitch this way would be very helpful. And I've seen a few people suggest using fiber optics to make the pen body lighter which would be neat but I'm not sure it would work at the power levels you are using.
*No welding glasses without correct laserglasses below!!!* While the needed dark electro arc welding glasses filter the secondary blueish-white thermal light out massively the extreme one wavelength intensity of the laser may still go through way too less attenuated. Also you'll need quickly electronic switching welding glasses to see what you are doing. Those likely switch to slow to even provide that little protection the welding glasses could provide. Also: Please make sure to always lock the pen away safely. Mentioning laser safety and showing goggles and the *extreme importance to use exactly the right kind for the lasers wavelength* at the begin of the video might be a good idea too.
Reminds me of my Stencil burning days. Mostly use a soldering iron with different tips to burn into the wood. And also put a safety filter in front of your camera lens. You will burn that sensor the same way you would mess up your eyes.
fantastic idea!!!! if you can figure out a way to vary the power so that you can do shading like you can with a wood burning iron then you would have something that could be pretty useful. Great work!!!!!
Interesting concept - many laser cutters that I have seen pump air through the laser lens/nozzle assembly in order to prevent smoke from being deposited onto the lens - you could try adding a small fan to blow air through the pen barrel, which will also help to move smoke away from directly where you are engraving. Careful though because now that it has been done, laser engraver pens might start hitting the market!
Devon , why don't you contact Zortrax and ask them to send you the enclosure kit for the m200? Btw , next time try giving the wood a light sanding afterwards to get rid of some of those scorching lines or cover the wood with masking tape before you engrave it . This should give you cleaner lines .
It would be cool if you filled it with some glow in the dark acrylic (clear) so when it’s light it looks like that when it’s dark you can see that jellyfish actually glow
How about using an optical fiber instead of having that large laser on the pen similar to how laser surgeons have, either by building one yourself or buy a used focusing handpiece on eBay.
That said, you should try etching onto glass or metal, since those are things you can't really do with a normal wood burner. I'd also be interested in seeing if you could solder electronics with it. I'm really interested to see what other types of uses you can come up with!
First off, I just want to say that this is such a unique and creative idea. I love it! The potential for injury is incredibly high, though, so I would definitely suggest doing a bit more research into laser protective eyewear before continuing to work with this.
Do you think you could use it to sculpt styrofoam? Definitely a project to wear a respirator with, but I think it would be cool to try and use it in 3 dimensions instead of just 2 😋
Hey Devon, just wanted to say that I love your channel. I had your 3d printed fabric video pop up in my feed last week, probably because I watch a lot of other diy fabric/sewing channels, and I was curious, even though I have never been a 3d printing hobbyist or enthusiast. Since then I've basically watched your whole catalogue of videos. Thanks for making me interested in something I never knew I would enjoy!
Have you considered pointing a camera at the wood then streaming the feed to a nearby monitor (hopefully one that stands between you and the laser). That way, you could watch the monitor instead of the laser.
That's fantastic Devin. I'm not an expert but I do know that looking at that for longer than a moment or 2 at a time can damage your eyes, just by the brightness alone. A welding mask is a good idea, but not sure it is designed to filter out the correct wavelength. I know you're not reckless, but please be careful when you select your eye protection. Also, don't rule out any damage that the fumes could do to your eyes too. I know I probably sound like an overprotective parent, but I have had arc-eye a few times back in the day, so I know how it feels and the damage that can result. Trust me, severe arc-eye is something you don't want.
Hey, very cool idea, but I’m a little worried about your safety. If you value your eyesight, then you should not trust those green tinted safety glasses unless they are certified from a reputable source. I work at a research facility and I recently asked our optics lab to check the attenuation on the green glasses that came with a similar laser carver I bought... turns out my cheap glasses did virtually nothing. Either buy some good quality welding goggles or buy some proper laser goggles from an optics supply company. If the laser glasses cost less than $100, they’re probably not going to protect you, and it’s definitely not worth the risk.
Doing it outside is probably a terrible idea. You can't control the environment as well and if someone or an animal happens to come a little close, you could blind them pretty easily. They might even see a bright light and stare from a distance wondering what you're doing. I'd recommend doing it inside with some sort of exhaust vent. You can use flexible ducting like you use for a dryer exhaust and get an inline fan which is very powerful and then have that going out a window to exhaust the smoke quickly. With the flexible ducting, you can maneuver it however you want to be next to your work surface. Welding booths use them with magnets to exhaust smoke and fumes.
I doubt that's a real concern. He's not pointing it at anything that would cause a specular reflectioin, so, short of pointing the laser directly at something, nobody at any distance is going to get enough light to cause damage.
Dude, talk to Styropyro. He does laser stuff almost exclusively, and is one of the most intelligent people on TH-cam. Some things, though. Make sure you wear specifically *laser* safety glasses that are tuned to the frequency of the laser you're using. An ultraviolet blocking thing of some sort is also necessary for these higher frequency beams. Without both, you're basically sunburning and/or regular burning your retinas. At the very least, wear sunglasses that block UV. LEAD WITH THE SAFETY DISCLAIMERS FFS. You should know as well as anyone that almost nobody watches the full video. I know you're not used to covering things that can permanently injure a person in less than the time it takes to blink, but this is one of them. A certain amount of gravity up front is only appropriate. Anyway, enough lecturing. Cool art, happy lasing.
Granted I haven’t welded in years but the last time I purchased a replacement hood lens which if I remember correctly was a 4x3 or 4x5 and was only around $15 $20, just the lens and not the hood, but I think you can find them in goggles for a bit more something like $30-35
With that amount of light, you need a minimum of OD 4 glasses for the relevant wavelength, preferably OD 6. Welding glasses are wrong because they don't block only the wavelength you don't want to see. Any glasses which would render this safe in a wavelength specific manner would render the user unable to see anything at all.
Tj & Ja Yes, what was weird is the fact I wasn't watching him before, or even the past few days and I somehow thought he was going to say that for some reason. I know! Weird, right?
DEVIN OMG be safe 😭 I don't think you should even just wear TWO of those laser glasses. You should wear welding goggles! Please be safe and protect yourself first even if you are eager to get that content going 😂 good job tho Devin 👏
joe nodden you can do it if you also shine a bright spotlight on your work. I use welding goggles when I operate my cheap 2W cnc laser carver, and I can see the work reasonably well with a bright flashlight shining on it.
I highly reccomend welding goggles. Check out the channel Ave has and he goes through the ratings on welding masks and even compares the cheap one to the nicer ones. Bottom line though go for the Lincoln welding helmet can't really go wrong. Especially if you value your eyesight because the visible wavelengths are not blocked at all by the laser glasses you're currently using. Ultraviolet or near ultraviolet is a fairly dangerous Spectrum. And what others have said get forced air through the tube so that way it doesn't affect the lens you don't want to burn that out and any particles that land on the lens will definitely burn especially at that power level.
Sweet! Lasers and pens, united at last! Now the pen is truly mightier than the sword! There should be some way to burn/melt color into the wood (or other material)! Maybe some metallic foil or acrylic paint?
This is definitely a really cool project but not very safe. Need to ad disclaimer of do not try this at home....well you know what mean. Chk into some glove or gauntlets to protect your hands as well. One slip & vvrmm vvrmm light saber
Good project. Start a Kickstarter. I think the idea of welding goggles will become a necessary one. A long flexible tube with a small fan inside it running up the pen and out a window might help with the smoke. You could mount a power supply fan on to the laser and have one tube going out the front of the fan where the smoke is, and have another tube going out the back of the fan and out a window. It doesn't need to be a strong fan all it needs is to create a tiny pressure difference.
Did you see the video for the original product? It failed and was really hard to use even if it didn’t fail attaching it to a good machine would give great results I think
There are infrared safety glasses you can buy they come with laser levels you use in home renovations.. They will filter out some of the glare you get from the laser burning 🔥
Jose Ferreira IR protection is appropriate for CO2 lasers (around 1000nm = Infrared), but these type of diode lasers generate visible light in the 400-500nm range. He was wearing the correct kind of glasses in the previous video (though you can get a lot better quality ones than the cheap ones you get given with the laser itself).
These cheap glasses are more dangerous than usefull, you think you are protected and in fact you are not. After i bought a 100€ laser i bought some 150€ glasses xD
i hope this goes somewhere int he future because it started with 3d printers and then it went to handheld '3d printers' so now it will goes from a laser cutter to a handheld 'laser cutter' and you will be rich
Thethirdman 703 oh oh I see, I spelt cutter wrong. I thought you where asking me what a laser butter is as though it was already a handheld laser cutter and you were trying to get me to search it up
When I've used a laser cutter I have noticed that I can get bad headaches from looking at the area the laser is cutting, so use more eye protection. Maybe you can get some welding glass and 3D print some glasses frames for them. Regarding the smoke. Smoke can create a deposit on the laser lens and cloud it up, reducing the power of the laser as it goes through it. Just keep using a fan and prevent smoke from filling up the pen.
I really liked your old style intro+background music. That had way more character in it. More body. (And it really never got old even after I recently watched all your videos in a row after I discovered your channel.)
Asked my dad (he sells industrial lasers for a living) if this looked dangerous and/or stupid, and he answered: "Jo, rigtig dårlig ide med den laser! Han siger godt nok at han har briller på men hvad med andre i nærheden 😵... der er jo power på! pisse farligt.... puhaaaaa" Translation: "Yes, really bad idea with that laser! He does say that he is wearing glasses but what about others nearby 😵 ... there's some power on! pissing dangerous.... wheeehiew"
That's the worst part about these cheap laser engravers. I have a 1.5W laser pointer, and two 3.5W lasers like he used in this video. They're so fun to play with, but I have to be extremely careful to control the environment. My dogs absolutely refuse to wear safety glasses!
LaserPen Draw on Lexan or PlexiGlass or Glass. With that short focal point, I would think you should be able to etch even clear mediums. Really kewl idea 😎👍 (see, wearing my safety glasses 😉)
I'd buy one of these ! lol Awesome Idea !! 1 upgrade you could do is to take a pin or something similar to fix to the end of the pen and have it as close as possible to where the laser is going to hit at your usual distance, so you know where the laser will shine when completing a line. Heck you could even make it adjustable with measure marks to make things easier.
Besides the proper goggles, consider a laser proof coating for the gloves. That looks powerful enough to rupture large blood vessels and sever tendons and muscles. Although it would cauterize a wound. 😐
Do you think it would be any easier to have the power button on the actual pen, similar to a 3D-Pen? It should be pretty easy to solder on an extension to the existing button.
what if you were to wrap the areas where the beam is exposed in similar to material to what the glasses are made of and a lip to help with the light reflected off of the wood so the glasses would become mroe of a backup rather than your only protection
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Even though I'm watching it through a video, I still feel uncomfortable watching the laser without safety glasses lol
Thanks for saying it I thought I was the only one.
GOOD LORD DEVIN, YOU'VE GONE MAD! ... and I love it!
3D Printing Nerd yup this is a super safe
3D Printing Nerd I
Am I a meme
william osman would have used a ziptie to hold that pen in place
Julia Fossåen Green nah, ducktape
LASER TIME!!!! *intense camera zooming and laser time music*
Na man he would hold it in his mouth like a dog your giving him to much credit
Nah he would laser cut some think out of wood that would burn right away
You should try to make a way to blow air through the pen itself like an industrial laser table does, it keeps smoke from going up and clouding the lens, and it clears the smoke away from the work area
Hey Devin, great video. Make sure you're using certified goggles for the wavelength you're using. As a test, while NOT wearing the goggles, shine the laser through them and see if the laser makes a dot on the other side ( maybe put a piece of paper 30cm away ). If it does then they're NO good. We only have one set of peepers. Cheers, JAYTEE
Did you just reinvent the wood burner
You should make a foot pedal wich turns the laser on as long as you have your foot down.. I think that’d be even easier to use
rikzel i love this idea!!
Warning: Another TH-camr warned its viewers that these glasses are not good enough because they don't completely filter the harmful lightwaves from these lasers. You should consider getting better ones.
IgnoreMyChan hacksmith?
I forgot. I will look him up.
Toopan esirpus I think it was the hacksmith aswell
It was Dirk Herrendoerfer.
In this video of Dirk Herrendoerfer: /watch?v=P9j00_P47sM right at the start.
Woah. Forget the laser pen. You have some serious drawing skills! (Actually, don't forget the laser pen. That's an awesome way to do freehand engraving.)
You should double check the rating on your glasses, a properly rated pair of glasses should block ALL light from the laser. Only source glasses from a professional laser safety company, DO NOT trust glasses from amazon. If you can you should get glasses one tier above your laser power just for added safety, so 100W laser range in your case. If you would like more information please ask.
Make sure your glasses are rated for an Optical Density of OD4+ and OD5+. If the light is to bright the easiest and safest option would be to put a tinted face shield on in front of your safety glasses, maybe a shade 3 or 5.
So it's a more dangerous and more expensive version of a wood burning pen. :) Still goid job engineering this device. I've never seen such powerful laser pens (probably because it can easily cripple you lol). Creating is not about why it's about why not.
OZagud actually it would be incredibly difficult to be crippled by this type of laser, unless you purposely pointed it at each of your eyes, making you blind.
Face McFaceFace It's easy to point into eyes if you play with it. Even looking at it without goggles is dangerous. Besides, if on maximum settings it can burn your skin, imagine what it can do to your eyeball. Yikes!
Binky D'Eath I'm fully aware of that, and I'm sorry you have to live with the burns, but the guy I was answering made it sound like he was talking about pointing the laser itself at your eyes, and not the dangers of looking at it without proper protection.
My bad, I should have explained it a bit more, I was just irritated at the hundreds of people talking about how dangerous the laser is in the comments, at the time that I was writing my comment.
Super dangerous but super cool. I'd get better protective eyewear, if it feels like what you are currently using is insufficient it's because it likely is. I'm not sure welding equipment would help since arcs and lasers have entirely different properties, it's best to do some research first.
Also wondering why you used a mechanical remote trigger when you could've very easily soldered two wires onto the laser button. I think adding a footswitch this way would be very helpful. And I've seen a few people suggest using fiber optics to make the pen body lighter which would be neat but I'm not sure it would work at the power levels you are using.
*No welding glasses without correct laserglasses below!!!* While the needed dark electro arc welding glasses filter the secondary blueish-white thermal light out massively the extreme one wavelength intensity of the laser may still go through way too less attenuated. Also you'll need quickly electronic switching welding glasses to see what you are doing. Those likely switch to slow to even provide that little protection the welding glasses could provide.
Also: Please make sure to always lock the pen away safely. Mentioning laser safety and showing goggles and the *extreme importance to use exactly the right kind for the lasers wavelength* at the begin of the video might be a good idea too.
i really want you and william osman to do a collab now...
maybe add a foot pedal like in a sewing machine or tattoo machine? great work too :D
Reminds me of my Stencil burning days. Mostly use a soldering iron with different tips to burn into the wood. And also put a safety filter in front of your camera lens. You will burn that sensor the same way you would mess up your eyes.
You just invented a less user friendly, much more dangerous version of a wood burning pen.
That_Guy It's a laser though
Retina fryer 9000
fantastic idea!!!! if you can figure out a way to vary the power so that you can do shading like you can with a wood burning iron then you would have something that could be pretty useful. Great work!!!!!
This seems really dangerous
It is REALLY dangerous.
Nooo yA THINK?!
Interesting concept - many laser cutters that I have seen pump air through the laser lens/nozzle assembly in order to prevent smoke from being deposited onto the lens - you could try adding a small fan to blow air through the pen barrel, which will also help to move smoke away from directly where you are engraving. Careful though because now that it has been done, laser engraver pens might start hitting the market!
thats not the only reason why they pump gas through nozzle tho
Devon , why don't you contact Zortrax and ask them to send you the enclosure kit for the m200?
Btw , next time try giving the wood a light sanding afterwards to get rid of some of those scorching lines or cover the wood with masking tape before you engrave it . This should give you cleaner lines .
It would be cool if you filled it with some glow in the dark acrylic (clear) so when it’s light it looks like that when it’s dark you can see that jellyfish actually glow
How about using an optical fiber instead of having that large laser on the pen similar to how laser surgeons have, either by building one yourself or buy a used focusing handpiece on eBay.
That said, you should try etching onto glass or metal, since those are things you can't really do with a normal wood burner. I'd also be interested in seeing if you could solder electronics with it. I'm really interested to see what other types of uses you can come up with!
Chaz Dinkle definitely!!!
You can't with this type of laser. It would reflect back and destroy the diode.
Use it on a piece of raw steak or something so that we can see what would happen if you were to put your hand in front of the beam
Russell Schwartz search up william osman. He tried to laser cut a sausage or a steak.
First off, I just want to say that this is such a unique and creative idea. I love it! The potential for injury is incredibly high, though, so I would definitely suggest doing a bit more research into laser protective eyewear before continuing to work with this.
Try attaching a fibre optic cable so that you don't need to hold the weight of a laser
Do you think you could use it to sculpt styrofoam? Definitely a project to wear a respirator with, but I think it would be cool to try and use it in 3 dimensions instead of just 2 😋
Alexandra Jereb I can see melting plastic and shitton of smoke everywhere
William osman needs one of those
King Weird He also needs a house
Knowing William, he would probably burn his house down with something like this.
R.I.P retinaburner3000 and house
Can I please have that?
What about a foot pedal like a tattoo gun.?
Next week make anything's house burns down
Joe Kerr Hopefully not!
because we would then have 2 cool youtubers that are homeless, because their house burned down:
william osman and devin!
tonpa888 lol both of which used lasers in an irresponsible way.
(Not saying that's why Williams house burned down though)
XD funny but LORD NO
you should lazer more wood planks and make a floor out of all the creation you made with the pen!!
Hey Devon, just wanted to say that I love your channel. I had your 3d printed fabric video pop up in my feed last week, probably because I watch a lot of other diy fabric/sewing channels, and I was curious, even though I have never been a 3d printing hobbyist or enthusiast. Since then I've basically watched your whole catalogue of videos. Thanks for making me interested in something I never knew I would enjoy!
+Christine Carter that's awesome, I'm glad i got you interested!
Have you considered pointing a camera at the wood then streaming the feed to a nearby monitor (hopefully one that stands between you and the laser). That way, you could watch the monitor instead of the laser.
+Brand Gamblin interesting idea!
Next time on Shark Tank:
is it possible to use fiber optic cable to divert the laser? you could make a pen with fiber optic cable so you dont have that whole bulky thing..
Interesting... Looks like a high-tech tattoo gun.
That's fantastic Devin.
I'm not an expert but I do know that looking at that for longer than a moment or 2 at a time can damage your eyes, just by the brightness alone. A welding mask is a good idea, but not sure it is designed to filter out the correct wavelength.
I know you're not reckless, but please be careful when you select your eye protection.
Also, don't rule out any damage that the fumes could do to your eyes too.
I know I probably sound like an overprotective parent, but I have had arc-eye a few times back in the day, so I know how it feels and the damage that can result. Trust me, severe arc-eye is something you don't want.
what about welding goggles with laser glasses underneath
Dude, that's pretty freaking good for free hand drawing with a bright laser! Great job!
Hey, very cool idea, but I’m a little worried about your safety. If you value your eyesight, then you should not trust those green tinted safety glasses unless they are certified from a reputable source. I work at a research facility and I recently asked our optics lab to check the attenuation on the green glasses that came with a similar laser carver I bought... turns out my cheap glasses did virtually nothing. Either buy some good quality welding goggles or buy some proper laser goggles from an optics supply company. If the laser glasses cost less than $100, they’re probably not going to protect you, and it’s definitely not worth the risk.
dooye
Next video: LASER PEN tattoo?
Doing it outside is probably a terrible idea. You can't control the environment as well and if someone or an animal happens to come a little close, you could blind them pretty easily. They might even see a bright light and stare from a distance wondering what you're doing. I'd recommend doing it inside with some sort of exhaust vent. You can use flexible ducting like you use for a dryer exhaust and get an inline fan which is very powerful and then have that going out a window to exhaust the smoke quickly.
With the flexible ducting, you can maneuver it however you want to be next to your work surface. Welding booths use them with magnets to exhaust smoke and fumes.
I doubt that's a real concern. He's not pointing it at anything that would cause a specular reflectioin, so, short of pointing the laser directly at something, nobody at any distance is going to get enough light to cause damage.
@@seigeengine Some people in the comments, mentioned "trying" it on glass and metal surfaces, that _would_ cause entertaining reflections...
it needs a fan mounted to the top and a tube running down to the tip to blow the smoke away instantly.
Could you make a 3d printed shirt out of the fabrics you have shown in the past?
Dude, talk to Styropyro. He does laser stuff almost exclusively, and is one of the most intelligent people on TH-cam.
Some things, though.
Make sure you wear specifically *laser* safety glasses that are tuned to the frequency of the laser you're using. An ultraviolet blocking thing of some sort is also necessary for these higher frequency beams. Without both, you're basically sunburning and/or regular burning your retinas. At the very least, wear sunglasses that block UV.
LEAD WITH THE SAFETY DISCLAIMERS FFS. You should know as well as anyone that almost nobody watches the full video. I know you're not used to covering things that can permanently injure a person in less than the time it takes to blink, but this is one of them. A certain amount of gravity up front is only appropriate.
Anyway, enough lecturing. Cool art, happy lasing.
I'm curious to see how it cuts thin materials like plastic
I would suggest gold plated welding lenses, used for mig or tig welding, best protection
Vibrational Inspiration they are expensive tho😩 I just spent all my money on making a more powerful one
IT'S 10WATTS
EPIC Gamer not as expensive as your vision. Thats priceless
Granted I haven’t welded in years but the last time I purchased a replacement hood lens which if I remember correctly was a 4x3 or 4x5 and was only around $15 $20, just the lens and not the hood, but I think you can find them in goggles for a bit more something like $30-35
With that amount of light, you need a minimum of OD 4 glasses for the relevant wavelength, preferably OD 6. Welding glasses are wrong because they don't block only the wavelength you don't want to see. Any glasses which would render this safe in a wavelength specific manner would render the user unable to see anything at all.
For some reason, I thought at the end he was going to say "And wear your seatbelt" instead of "Wear your safety goggles"...
Do you watch Theodd1sout?
Tj & Ja Yes, what was weird is the fact I wasn't watching him before, or even the past few days and I somehow thought he was going to say that for some reason. I know! Weird, right?
Pencil...
Pen...
Printer...
Laser printer...
Laser ingraver...
Laser cutter...
3D printer...
3D pen...
Laser pen...
Brain cells?!?!?!?!?
DEVIN OMG be safe 😭 I don't think you should even just wear TWO of those laser glasses. You should wear welding goggles! Please be safe and protect yourself first even if you are eager to get that content going 😂 good job tho Devin 👏
But if you wear welding goggles you won't be able to see what you're drawing... idiot...
Gaming Legends How am I being mean? I'm just stating how he is being an idiot for thinking you can draw with welding goggles.
joe nodden you can do it if you also shine a bright spotlight on your work. I use welding goggles when I operate my cheap 2W cnc laser carver, and I can see the work reasonably well with a bright flashlight shining on it.
Could you use it to laser cut the supports off of prints?
Mr. Frogman99 maybe but he could accidentally melt/burn the prints
What about desoldering the buttons and moving them to the barrel?
Ben Hulscher not a bad idea, then it will be even more like the 3d printing pen
Make a peg for the pegboard made of a small piece of wood and engrave something in to
Cool idea. However, a soldering iron will do exactly the same
Yes, but it's not a laser. It's the method not the result
I highly reccomend welding goggles. Check out the channel Ave has and he goes through the ratings on welding masks and even compares the cheap one to the nicer ones. Bottom line though go for the Lincoln welding helmet can't really go wrong. Especially if you value your eyesight because the visible wavelengths are not blocked at all by the laser glasses you're currently using. Ultraviolet or near ultraviolet is a fairly dangerous Spectrum. And what others have said get forced air through the tube so that way it doesn't affect the lens you don't want to burn that out and any particles that land on the lens will definitely burn especially at that power level.
Um or you could just get a wood burner
put some googles on the camera so we can see better
Damn you can draw good!
Sweet! Lasers and pens, united at last! Now the pen is truly mightier than the sword!
There should be some way to burn/melt color into the wood (or other material)! Maybe some metallic foil or acrylic paint?
This is definitely a really cool project but not very safe. Need to ad disclaimer of do not try this at home....well you know what mean. Chk into some glove or gauntlets to protect your hands as well. One slip & vvrmm vvrmm light saber
Good project. Start a Kickstarter.
I think the idea of welding goggles will become a necessary one.
A long flexible tube with a small fan inside it running up the pen and out a window might help with the smoke. You could mount a power supply fan on to the laser and have one tube going out the front of the fan where the smoke is, and have another tube going out the back of the fan and out a window. It doesn't need to be a strong fan all it needs is to create a tiny pressure difference.
You can make little wooden tiles to put on the wall
try contact peter draws! he would love it!
ITS LASER TIME!
Can you make it like an attachment to a cr 10?
Somar Alnawaqil that should just turn it back into the original Product
Did you see the video for the original product? It failed and was really hard to use even if it didn’t fail attaching it to a good machine would give great results I think
There are infrared safety glasses you can buy they come with laser levels you use in home renovations..
They will filter out some of the glare you get from the laser burning 🔥
Jose Ferreira IR protection is appropriate for CO2 lasers (around 1000nm = Infrared), but these type of diode lasers generate visible light in the 400-500nm range. He was wearing the correct kind of glasses in the previous video (though you can get a lot better quality ones than the cheap ones you get given with the laser itself).
laser acrylic panes, then blast LED light into it to generate effect
Seems safe. 👌👍
DEFINITELY SAFE.😂
What could go wrong
What about using a wood burner?
These cheap glasses are more dangerous than usefull, you think you are protected and in fact you are not. After i bought a 100€ laser i bought some 150€ glasses xD
i hope this goes somewhere int he future because it started with 3d printers and then it went to handheld '3d printers' so now it will goes from a laser cutter to a handheld 'laser cutter' and you will be rich
Jessentis what's a laser butter? Lol
Thethirdman 703 oh, is it already a thing?
Er, no I don't think so at least...
Thethirdman 703 oh oh I see, I spelt cutter wrong. I thought you where asking me what a laser butter is as though it was already a handheld laser cutter and you were trying to get me to search it up
Jessentis ah well, good ol' typos ay?
Lasering 3D prints?
damn i rly like ur shirt
i would totally wear that omfg
When I've used a laser cutter I have noticed that I can get bad headaches from looking at the area the laser is cutting, so use more eye protection. Maybe you can get some welding glass and 3D print some glasses frames for them.
Regarding the smoke. Smoke can create a deposit on the laser lens and cloud it up, reducing the power of the laser as it goes through it. Just keep using a fan and prevent smoke from filling up the pen.
Very very cool design hope you are going for a patent I would definitely buy one remind me of scrimshaw keep up the good work
What will it do to an eye?
Gohak Bad things.
the truth what
Short answer: you'll be blinded and maybe even more
You will find da wae
Blinded for life within milliseconds before you can blink
You always outdo yourself
This could be the start of a new type of artwork!!!
Laserpen is a laser pen? I certainly hope it is
I really liked your old style intro+background music. That had way more character in it. More body.
(And it really never got old even after I recently watched all your videos in a row after I discovered your channel.)
careful with the ultravilet light next time but that pen is really cool
It reminds me of a wood burner, though just a different way to achieve more or less the same thing.
Get a welding mask. They block all UV and IR, plus if you get an automatic one you can set the darkness to your comfort.
The big laser cutters have air blowing though the end to blow the smoke away but it could burn the wood more witch might not look very good.
Asked my dad (he sells industrial lasers for a living) if this looked dangerous and/or stupid, and he answered: "Jo, rigtig dårlig ide med den laser! Han siger godt nok at han har briller på men hvad med andre i nærheden 😵... der er jo power på! pisse farligt.... puhaaaaa"
Translation: "Yes, really bad idea with that laser! He does say that he is wearing glasses but what about others nearby 😵 ... there's some power on! pissing dangerous.... wheeehiew"
That's the worst part about these cheap laser engravers. I have a 1.5W laser pointer, and two 3.5W lasers like he used in this video. They're so fun to play with, but I have to be extremely careful to control the environment. My dogs absolutely refuse to wear safety glasses!
notreallydaedalus In that case, your poor dog will have to be locked out of whatever room your laser is in.. :(
notreallydaedalus
is that Hungarian
komasan 228 Far from it, bubbo, it's Danish.. :P The use of the letters Æ and Å is quite a strong clue there.. ;P
Get some serious eye protection please. You could have damaged your eyes already and not realize it, maybe get your eyes checked too.
LaserPen Draw on Lexan or PlexiGlass or Glass. With that short focal point, I would think you should be able to etch even clear mediums.
Really kewl idea 😎👍 (see, wearing my safety glasses 😉)
*_PYOO_*
Hit up William Osman! :)
I'd buy one of these ! lol Awesome Idea !!
1 upgrade you could do is to take a pin or something similar to fix to the end of the pen and have it as close as possible to where the laser is going to hit at your usual distance, so you know where the laser will shine when completing a line. Heck you could even make it adjustable with measure marks to make things easier.
Really cool video. Just don't blind yourself.
This breaks sooo many safety regulations but man is it cool.
Besides the proper goggles, consider a laser proof coating for the gloves.
That looks powerful enough to rupture large blood vessels and sever tendons and muscles.
Although it would cauterize a wound. 😐
Awesome and original! Love your work Devin :)
You're definitely right about those glasses. Its not enough protection. Hope your eyesight doesn't get damaged too badly.
Do you think it would be any easier to have the power button on the actual pen, similar to a 3D-Pen? It should be pretty easy to solder on an extension to the existing button.
Super idea .. a momentary switch would be best, and add a huge amount of safety
Yeah, ultimately, the nib of the pen could trigger the laser, press the pen down, and draw with it.
That's amazing your so creative 😊
So when's the Kickstarter :p
what if you were to wrap the areas where the beam is exposed in similar to material to what the glasses are made of and a lip to help with the light reflected off of the wood so the glasses would become mroe of a backup rather than your only protection