Jon I double checked the lasers specs and it is 5.5W (NOT 10W) as indicated on the lasers label there is a photo of the laser in this review that you can see the information on the label.

Support software & system: LaserGRBL (Windows)/LightBurn (Universal), Machine Size: 570 mm (L) x 510 mm (W) x 150 mm (H), You are my sunshine engraving on 4 mm basswood: 6000 mm/min at 50% power; Cut: 300 mm/min at 100% power, First the Gadgeteer logo engraving on 4 mm basswood: 6000 mm/min at 50% power; Cut: 300 mm/min at 100% power, Second and third the Gadgeteer logo engraving on 4 mm basswood: 6000 mm/min at 75% power; Cut: 300 mm/min at 100% power, The Gadgeteer logo engraving on 2 mm full-grain leather: 6000 mm/min at 75% power; Cut: 550 mm/min at 100% power, The TTS-55 engraved and cut well (the replacement laser head worked well), The engravings and cuts were precise and beautiful, even really small text turned out beautifully, Taking images and converting them into an engraving is super cool, Customer service and technical support were very helpful and responsive, The video tutorial on how to use the software was sometimes in Chinese and thus difficult to follow, The MKSLaserTool install application was in Chinese so I just crossed my fingers and clicked on what I thought were typical selections to install the application, The TTS-55 scale markings on the frame do not line up and thus dont appear to have a function, Its not very easy to accurately engrave or cut something within specific places on your material, It comes without an enclosure (thus, it should be used in a workshop/garage to avoid getting smoke in the house). The final step is plugging in the four wire connectors. Also according to the Two Trees website, 97.3% of the 5.23W laser light is converted into the 5.09W laser spot through LD+FAC+C-lens technology versus only 76% of the 5.11W light from LD is efficiently converted into the focused laser spot with a working power of 3.89W for those lasers using an LD+C lens. Two Trees TTS-55 is a no-frills tabletop diode laser with enough power to cut through an 8 mm thick sheet of light plywood and engrave various kinds of wood, leather, cardboard, acrylic and more. This is the back of the cutting test. Once it had been uploaded, I clicked on the Confirm button to start engraving on my 3 mm plywood (1000 mm/min at 50% power). From right to left, the 100, 200, 300, and 400 mm/min at 100% power cut through my scrap 3 mm plywood in one pass, but you can tell that on the 100 mm/min, there was some scorching and thus increasing the speed helps. In the end, they must have determined that the laser module was damaged because they decided to send me a new one. Youll notice that the uppermost and lowermost part of the lions mane is darker than the center of the lion and doesnt have as much smokey shadowing as the center. NY 10036. An air assist is supposed to help blow away smoke and residue/debris from the engraving/cutting area to improve the results. All content and graphical elements are Copyright 1997 - 2022 Julie Strietelmeier and The Gadgeteer. I made a pet rock by lasering this skipping stone we picked up during a creek walk. The orange box above contains the Pause (hand-inside-an-octagon icon) and Restart buttons (walking-person-inside-a-circle icon). The black box above shows the movement controls for the laser head. The printing area is 300 mm x 300 mm, but Two Trees offers an expansion kit that increases the area to 420 mm x 400 mm. You can use LightBurn with as many lasers as you might have. One thing that I noticed about the Two Trees TTS-55 laser engraver was that the scale markings on the frame do not line up with the opposite sides. I really like how the print came out. You could possibly raise the frame up with blocks under the feet, but it's best to limit yourself to materials that fit inside the 300x300 frame. Finally, I needed to see how photos work when engraved on the Two Trees TTS-55. twotrees I think that when a diode laser engraves on metal, the metal needs to be coated with a particular coating such that when the laser heats the coating, it bonds with the surface of the metal. 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TWO TREES TTS-55 Laser Engraver Upgraded Totem S 40W Engraving Machine 300x300mm Engraving Area 5.5W Laser Module APP Connection Remote Control. The LD+FAC6+C-lens cuts a deeper depth with clearer & thinner lines and leaves fewer burning trails (Two Trees website). The shim is 23 mm tall, the exact height the laser needs to be from the surface you want to engrave. Your email address will not be published. The laser performed wonderfully, giving effortless dark burns and slicing through thin materials with ease. When you open a file like this (PNG, JPG, BMP, etc. Two Trees has included a transparent shield attached to the laser module to prevent you from looking directly at the laser beam.

This helps increase the speed and keeps the movement of the laser carriage smooth. They offer a free 30-day trial of the complete program. The microSD card has a PDF copy of the manual, cutting and engraving files for multiple materials, and three sample images. The screw circled in yellow above adjusts the laser head and the screw circled in red above tightens the laser head in place. Denise Bertacchi When cutting the outline of the snake, the lasers plastic guard hit the warped plywood which slid out of place so that on the last cutting pass, the laser started cutting in another area. The red plastic cover/guard on the lower portion of the laser head is magnetic and its internal funnel design helps to reduce the amount of smoke reaching the laser lens thus helping to protect it and keep it clean.

One of the last tests that I was going to do was engraving on stainless steel. When using the fixed-length column, you adjust the laser module to each tier according to whether you are engraving or cutting. 1000 = 100% power), and enter the size of the image you wish to engrave (in mm). Are you sure that you were reviewing the 5.5w and not the 10w? I had one major issue with the laser engraver. Her continued interest in technology led her to join the Gadgeteer team in 2014. Two Trees provides you with a desktop application called MKSLaserTool that will help you to connect the Two Trees TTS-55 laser engraver to your home WiFi network and find its IP address. You were supposed to follow the cursor (which was sometimes challenging) and watch how the person used the different software required to use the TTS-55 (the driver software for the motherboard, LaserGRBL, and MKSLaser application). I got there eventually. Heres why you can trust us. I have a Comgrow, Comgo Z1 5w, and my maximum cutting thickness if 5mm. Before assembling the TTS-55, here are the parts of the machine: The above Two Trees video is excellent and shows what is involved with assembling the TTS-55. Using Two Trees test files, I was able to engrave and cut Kraft paper, 3 mm plywood and 2 mm leather which came out very nicely. Denise Bertacchi is a Contributing Writer for Toms Hardware US, covering 3D printing. Yikes!! The last photo above is my engraving effort on aluminum. I tried but I couldnt get it to look right. The best cutting speed to cut 2 mm leather in one pass was 500 mm/min at 100% power (I needed to use a box cutter to help free the 550 mm/min leather square). The contents are the views and opinions of the author(s) and/or associates. Maybe this is my lack of experience. After that, I clicked on the Creation button on the homescreen.

I then clicked on the arrow button at the bottom right of the screen. Heres my setup in the garage. When attaching the X-axis belt to the motor, theres very little clearance to get the belt under the gear and theres very little slack in the belt to maneuver. The video takes you through plugging in the laser engraver, connecting it to your computer using the provided USB cable (USB-A to USB-B), installing the driver located on the TF card (this was not necessary for me thank goodness because the installation file was in Chinese), and checking the Device Manager on my laptop to determine which COM port the laser engraver was using (I needed to use this info in the LaserGRBL software). Tom's Hardware is supported by its audience. Also, the frame pieces are not interchangeable so orientation is important. FreeMascot OD 6+ 190nm-490nm Wavelength UV light / Violet & Blue Laser Safety Glasses, https://www.twotrees3dofficial.com/products/laser-engraving-machine-tts25-tts55?variant=43028239155420, User manual entitled Burn Down Eternity (Lets hope not!! After you open a file to engrave/cut and set up the parameters you need, you can start or stop engraving by clicking on the icon shown in the small green box above (triangle Play button or square Stop button). This is so much fun. You can see how well the laser cuts when set at 100% power with speeds ranging from 100-5000 mm/min. Basswood and leather tests: I used LightBurn to create the above engravings and cuttings. The X gantry is the fun part I had to slide the lasers carriage onto a fifth aluminum extrusion, then pull the timing belt into place inside the tensioner. Using the same settings that I used on pine turned the board to cinder in many places, and created smoldering embers in the darkest squares.

I adjusted the brightness and contrast so that I could see the map lines and the road lines. After the Two Trees TTS-55 laser engraver was assembled, I needed to install some software to send files to the laser engraver. The above photo shows the results of the test. For this image, I used 6000 mm/min engraving speed, M4 laser mode, 50% power, and an image size of 60 mm x 51.6 mm. Next, I mounted the feet with two screws each. Instead of entering a command, you need to turn the machine off, physically pull the carriage to the lower left corner of the frame, then turn it back on.

Total delivery time is broken down into processing time and shipping time. The pattern is available for free from the LA Hobby Guy. They came out pretty nicely, in my opinion. Last, I tried to use the steel engraving test file on the plywood I used before and found that the laser just wasnt working. Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, And last, the above is a video of the Two Trees TTS-55 laser engraver at work on one of the Gadgeteer logo engravings. Im not sure if I damaged the laser when trying to engrave on an uncoated reflective sheet of stainless steel. LightBurn includes a Materials Test, located in the main menu under Laser Tools. You need perfect focus to get crisp lines with a laser, and that focus is achieved with the help of a metal shim. Retailing at $299, this laser is an open frame device with stepper motors mounted to the sides and belts to drive the X and Y movements. (5) Expedited shipping can not be used for PO Box addresses, We support the following payment methods.Click for more information if you are confused about. After watching the tutorial, I launched LaserGRBL. published 26 July 22. This qualifies as a wholesale order,place an inquiry to receive our best price. The video was pivotal in getting me started with using a DIY laser engraver and the LaserGRBL software, so it would be helpful to make another video that is completely in English. Trying to center the pattern was the hardest part, since these simple lasers do not have any type of layout aid for the material being lasered. Engraving mode: image/text/scanning/outlining/pixel engraving, etc. I installed the MKSLaserTool on my laptop. It also has two software programs to operate the laser: LaserGRBL and a 30-day free trial of LightBurn. Since I am a novice, I was trying to see the effects of using an air assist on this test. New York, Thankfully, two passes were enough to complete the cutout. The purple box above shows the following controls from left to right: Reset, Unlock, Set Origin, Turn on Laser Light, Low Light, Moderate Light, Bright Light, Boundary (engraving/cutting area boundaries), Display Machine Parameters, Bottom Right, Bottom Left, Move to Upper Right, Upper Left, Top, Left, Right, and Bottom. Thank you for signing up to Tom's Hardware. I think that the TTS-55 doesnt actually etch the steel, but rather reacts with the coating on the metal to create a mark on top of the metal. I used a photo of my kids embellished with clip art from Canva. You can use the lasers red plastic magnetic guard to help you adjust the lasers focus by adjusting the laser head up or down until the plastic guard is nearly touching your engraving material. A second set of hands is really helpful here. The screenshot above shows several boxes in different colors. In the beginning, I chose to use LaserGRBL which is free open-source software. Plywood tests: Using the LaserGRBL software installed on my laptop, I opened the above test image that was located on the Two Trees TF card. Through WhatsApp, tech support had me try several things to figure out what was going on.

The MKSLaser app is rather rudimentary and thus I imagine that I will be using LightBurn in the future because of its robust features. This warehouse cannot ship to your location. The engraver can reach an engraving speed of 10000 mm/min (approximately 6.5 inches per second).

Nope nothing. If you need to engrave thicker items, the machine can be placed on blocks if you provide them. The Two Trees TTS-55 is a 5-watt laser, and cutting through materials, especially thick wood, requires several slow passes at 100%. It burned beautifully without going too deep. So, Im not sure what their function is. Don't subscribeAllReplies to my comments Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. The engravings and cuts were precise and beautiful. These arent marked, so it's a good idea to watch the video so they are all pushed into the correct sockets. There is no exhaust fan on the Two Trees TTS-55 and it can get rather smokey, especially when youre burning test patterns. That day has finally come. I decided to print the Sketch version of the Great Diamond Island screenshot (center screenshot above). The installation file was in Chinese as shown in the left screenshot above I just kept on clicking on what I thought were the Next/Install buttons or some equivalent and kept my fingers crossed for success.



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