I wanted a simple manual belt driven adjustable height table for my chinese k40 laser.
K40 adjustable bed.
Please refer to the original design by brianvanh for more details on exactly how it goes together.
Adjustable z axis bed laser cutter 40w k40.
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This is why we engineered the adjustable honeycomb y axis table.
The traveling distance is 70mm 2 7 inches.
With this power z table handling work pieces of different thickness becomes easy.
Adjustments are easily done with a screwdriver.
You will get access to a laser focus tool file.
Our k40 adjustable bed will streamline your engraves and save the hassle of having to chock up your items on different thickness items whenever you change object.
This is a mini power bed designed for the k40 also named d40k small desktop co2 laser machine.
Combine the printed parts with parts from your local hardware store and you can make this pretty easily.
This is my first remix design.
You save time of doing height adjustments or focusing point adjustment.
When the machine arrives it s often installed with a metal bed and a big clamp.
To use the full width of the machine.
Hopefully the pictures video make sense.
This make focusing all kinds of materials very easy and convenient.
The first thing a lot of k40 laser cutter users tend to do is remove the workspace bed.
This increases the work area allowing to engrave larger objects up to 300mm x 200mm.
I reworked the original in fusion 360 to give me a more rigid design.
Although there are a lot of makeshift cutting beds out there so i suggest if you have a spare weekend free create your own at home.
With the original bed anything you put on top of the bed is out of focus it s actually inside the clamp.
The top of the bed cannot bend inward due to the upper frame and nuts holding it to the threaded rod posts.
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The optimal focus for these machines are 50 8mm focal point.
The stock bed of the k40 is completely useless and i don t know a single person that would actually use the clamp.
In this article we upgrade the bed of the k40 laser cutter to a height adjustable honeycomb bed with scales for aligning the workpiece.
Bed s and jigs for the k40 laser machine change your bed.