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Inventables does not support the use of lasers on the X-Carve. It is our position that putting a laser on an open frame X-Carve is dangerous. There are 4 risks we see with adding a laser:
Neither X-Carve or Easel were designed for use with lasers.
If there is a malfunction with the direction the laser points it could cause damage or injury.
Operating a laser without proper ventilation could cause toxic fumes to enter the air and potentially be breathed in by the operator.
The laser could start a fire in the material or the wasteboard. Typically laser cutters have metal cases and air assist features to extinguish fires from lasers. X-Carve doesnât have either.
Our recommendation is that customers should not make this modification to their machine.
But not everyone does and thereâs a lot of people that do things because you do them and they may not be as âstreet smartâ.
Lasers have been talked about here for awhileâŚI doubt it is a coincidence that this statement was posted a couple of days after you got yoursâŚ
As for the car warranty analogy, just because you change A part to aftermarket doesnât mean the warranty is wholesale null and void. There has to be proof that the aftermarket part caused the problem.
I agree with the PSAâŚshould probably go on product page not in forum. Unfortunately, in these days and time some dumb butt may injure themselves and then try to sue Invent. for not stating the dangers. Just the world we live in
funny how people think only âdumbâ people get injured.
get a 40w laser and use it for a few months. Then weâll talk again. In fact, I probably can find a âwhoops what did I do now?â thread on every one of you.
accidents happen.
Zach canât keep us from doing what we want, what he can do is cover hiss posterior if people make mistakes and try to put the blame on him and his company. makes total sense tbh.
you know when we have all at some point ran that brand new tool into a clamp
programmed the tool to go 14ft through the spoilboard and then start
just finished a nice piece pull it off the machine then trip and drop it on the ground cracking it lol
I think it would be fun to have a thread to post up machining mistakes and blunders alot could be learned by that plus it would keep those times ever present in the mind as to not do it again
Life is strange
I see on You Tube people in USA use table saws without guards all the time ,and that scares the heck out of me.
Yet i would use a laser with my x carve, but Zackâs concerns have merit. No way would i use it if i had kids running in and out or lost my safety googles.
ps
Zack, good to have your opinions on the forum
and nice to know Inventables stance.
Well, actually it does. As Inventables has moved to grbl version 1.1f, they have added laser support to their software. Not Easel, but try running the Inventables X-carve without grbl.
They have an official Inventables release of 1.1f of grbl on the Github web site.
