I came down for a quick cutting session on the laser yesterday and found quite a bit of paper bits stuck to the top of the bed. It looked like somebody cleaned it with the blue roll paper but quite a few bits got ripped and stuck to the metal structure (pic attached). Could that catch fire? I did remove them before using the laser but took quite a while.
I also noticed that the bed is now nearly completely covered with dirty burnt leftovers. I tried scraping them off and they do come off but takes ages to do it manually. Do the @lasertechs know a way to clean it quickly? Like using some special cleaning liquid or something? I am happy to do it if you point me in the right direction!
Thanks for flagging this up. In general folks, please try and remember to leave the cutter in as clean a state as possible when finishing up your jobs.
That said, the honeycomb is considered a consumable (albeit a slow one), and all machines end up like this in the fullness of time. It might be worth putting some thought into replacement, just as soon as there are more lasertech’s on hand to give it some thought.
I was working on the laser cutter yesterday, Gave it a good scrub before and after use - and there was already bits of blue paper there but most likely I slightly added to the situation . Unfortunately due to the stickiness of the honey comb this is an issue.
The guys at Fab Lab managed to buy new honeycomb by the meter for their machine and install it into their Trotech, this might be worth a look at the honeycomb table was expensive comparitively.
The burning isn’t the problem, the issue is that people stand sheet material on the edge and the thin metal foil gets bent up and eventually over time leaves a dip in the most used area from damage over time.
I think the ultrasonic thing they have is too small but good thinking, also I could be wrong but I am not sure if the sheets of metal foil are welded or just glued together.
