ORTUR Laser Master 2

The ORTUR Laser Master 2 will allow you to customize a whole range of materials, wood, cardboard, fabrics, paper, leather, some plastics on a large workspace of 40 * 43 cm.

In addition to the design by burning the material, this machine will be able to cut materials of low thickness such as paper / cardboard / fabric or plywood of 3mm. The design is simple: the ORTUR Laser Master 2 comes in the form of 4 aluminum profiles to be assembled in a rectangle with two stepper motors. The assembly takes 20 and 30 minutes.

There is no display or control devices. Just a motherboard, fast (32 bits) on this model). The Ortur Laser machine requires a permanent connection to a computer via a USB port that will send the movement commands. These cheap laser engravers are not yet autonomous as 3D printers are now. The only buttons on the front panel allow the laser to be switched on and off.

The similarity with a laser printer for displacement is not accidental. The motherboard receives GCODES commands like in the 3D world except that here the movement will be done on two axes, X/Y like a plotter.

Safety level, the laser engraver is equipped with a gyroscope. It cuts the laser as soon as a movement is detected. The same if the USB link is lost.

In addition to never looking at the laser without adapted glasses, one must also be vigilant in evacuating the smoke and of course any potential fire start. Not all materials can be burned by laser. Read the different specialized sites or Wifi like this one. MDF type wood for example is not suitable because it contains a harmful resin. Neutral material is needed.

The ideal is to confine the engraver in a box and monitor via a small IP camera. For quality, the precision of the ONTUR laser allows to obtain 300dpi resolution which is excellent. There are several software packages available to control this printer with LightBurn recommended but the most common is the free Lasergrbl software.