Hi Folks.
With my large laser I often find I have issues with burnback from the honeycomb. So I decided to make a little peg that slips into the honeycomb and lifts the work about 3mm off the bed.
I use PLA and with one every 15cm it holds the board off very nicely.
Air is able to flow across the honeycomb between the work enabling a cleaner better cut.
[Here is the Link for the STL]
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rL6KhIEPp1GDaKI75lCf13XzBztT4QKc/view?usp=sharing)
Enjoy
Dave
I ended up ditching the honeycomb entirely. I use a steel peg board and magnets to lift the work off the bed. Side bonus is that the magnets hold everything flat and the “peg” holes are precisely an inch apart - making approximate placement easy, and precise repeatable placement using jigs fitted into the holes simple.
Final bonus, a steel pegboard from home depot was cheap ($15), available locally, and less 4mm short of my available work space - so I could use the laser fixed to the spoiler board to cut a cavity for it - ensuring perfect alignment.
Great idea for smaller lasers. My bed is 1300 x 900 and I use full sheets of ply.
I didn’t last too long with a honeycomb bed, either. I put a sheet of metal in mine cost me $12 USD. Marked holes with the laser and drilled them. They hold my jigs (5mm sub flooring) and the steel collects lots of the debris and wipes off easier than honeycomb.
Hey David, what is PLA ??
PLA is an inexpensive filiment used in 3D Printers.
OK thanks. I don’t know how I got in the 3D group.
You’re not… he advised he 3dprinted something for raising the material above the table/honeycomb.
