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Adding a door safety switch to your laser

February 9, 2021 Paul 4 Comments

The purpose of a door safety switch is to prevent users being exposed to the laser beam while the laser…

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Posted in: Dan's blog, K40, Paul's blog Filed under: K40

Controlling laser power

February 6, 2021 dancolwp1974 6 Comments

(background reading: If $ settings are unfamiliar to you, please check https://awesome.tech/what-are-settings/) Laser software such as Lightburn sends a gcode instruction…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: K40

Rotary setup instructions for Mini Gerbil

January 28, 2021 dancolwp1974 1 Comment

Here’s the run down on running your rotary from the Mini Gerbil. For individual support, email our support (@awesome.tech) or…

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Posted in: Dan's blog, Engraving, K40, Paul's blog

Making a Test fire button with Lightburn macros

January 24, 2021 dancolwp1974 3 Comments

Would you like an easy to use and configurable test fire system for testing your mirror alignment and even quickly…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: K40, macro, test

EU warehouse in STOCK

January 4, 2021 dancolwp1974 4 Comments

Update 9 April: There are significant delivery delays (15 days) in various countries in Europe which causes our ware house…

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What’s wrong with my homing?

October 31, 2020 Dan Leave a comment

The gcode system doesn’t have an inbuilt diagnostics system, so when helping customers debug their laser system, we need to…

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New New Mini Gerbil mounting solution

June 9, 2020 dancolwp1974 10 Comments

I wrote recently about our new Mini Gerbil mounting solution (see further below), but we’ve already improved it again! Up…

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Posted in: Dan's blog, K40, Paul's blog

COVID-19 Delays

May 5, 2020 Paul 6 Comments

Due to COVID-19 we’re encountering delays in the distribution channels and last leg of delivery. Unfortunately this is outside our…

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Mini Gerbil with Optical end stops

February 10, 2020 dancolwp1974 2 Comments

Optical limit switches (also known as end stops) are occasionally problematic with Mini Gerbil.  This is because K40’s are built…

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Posted in: Dan's blog, K40, Paul's blog

Kickstarter begins – DIY Particle Accelerator kit

August 17, 2019 dancolwp1974 2 Comments

After many years in the making, we’re proud to launch our Kickstarter campaign for what must surely be one of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: kit, PPA, STEM

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