I knew all this before i ordered it of course, so my immediate plan was to upgrade it.Īfter a lot of research, i found a website that sold high quality upgrades specifically for the K40, *I have no links to the company at all other than being a happy, full price paying customer. I don't say this to make people avoid these things (because I certainly didn't!), as long as you do your research, understand what you are doing and check that it is safe before firing it, you will have no issues at all. Lasers should not be treated like toys, they are very high voltage and dangerous machines! They can even be down right dangerous, with many coming from the factories in China not wired correctly and using shoddy power supplies that were absolute fire hazards. The hardware, including the blue outer case, lid, the x and y axis with head and the stepper motors, are pretty good quality and quite solid, but they have terrible electronics in them.
When I clicked 'buy it now' I had done copious amounts of research, so I knew what i was getting myself into. The one I bought cost me a little under $500 AUD ($389 USD). These are marketed as a 40 watt CO2 laser (hence the 'K40' designation), but they are usually running a poor quality laser tube that will struggle to output 20 watts. They go by many names, but are commonly referred to as the 'K40,' and they are still on eBay today. My main goal at the time was to make this cockpit for as little money as possible (it still is), so I decided to pull the trigger on the cheapest Laser cutter I could find, an eBay special direct from China. I tried to justify the purchase to myself at the time, thinking that later on down the track (if my cockpit worked out) I may be able to make and sell a few to recoup my costs. Most were over $3000 AUD, but had great reviews and seemed to be what I needed to engrave my own panels. I had no experience in using them, but there was plenty around the internet to read up on. In early 2015 I spent many hours researching (googling) laser cutters and engravers.
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