In my opinion, neither the cultural or gender differences have any saying in the matter. Running a laser in a 3d printing closed chamber will definitely create tech/reliability/quality issues on medium to long term use, but as @CRracer712 has said above, feel free to do it (after all it’s your money, your decision) and do let us know how does it work out for you in 6 to 12 months time or combined use of printer and laser… Good luck.
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I think most responding to the thread know enough about laser cutters to conclude that this is not a good idea. However from BLs point of view most 3D printer users don’t know lasers and they are betting that this feature might tip some folks in favor of getting this laser add on. What could they loose?
As far as cleaning, I’ll bet most will only try it briefly and invest in a separate desktop machine for any real use.
I mean if I saw dollar signs with the potential of people neglecting to clean their machines resulting in having to replace parts = more profits lol.
Have you watched this interview? Cleaning is discussed.
They’ve been readily transparent about the usage being relatively low. Mostly additional flair to 3d prints type stuff instead of craft-fair production line. It’s not a secret except to those that just want to complain.
Amazing interview and also amazing that an engineer with that amount of hands on knowledge is the CEO.
Back to the laser I don’t know what material they used to cut 500 hours but even under 10 hours would make the honeycomb and mirrors dirty in my CO2 laser. Maybe diode is cleaner? I doubt it.
Features I heard to get this to work: flame detection cameras, special filtered glass, door safety interlock, much larger than needed exhaust system, custom laser head. Don’t you need air blowing into the cut? On the negative is reduced cut area and not able to cut thru the bottom.
Time will tell how well this performs. Gutsy but probably worth the effort.