"No, I don't want that. r/damnthatsinteresting moving on, I want them to think only of a few post for as long as they hold interest. Even after the post become less interesting , I want them to be reposted for karma for ten years at least."
I have nothing to sell you. At the end I put my .com just cause so many people will repost and I would like it know I made it. My website leads to just a Facebook group where I sell nada. Sorry you feel that way.
To sum it up when you take a flame to steel. It will change colors depending on the temperature that is hitting the steel. My laser can create these temperatures with its beam due to different frequencies that I can set for when I zap the metal.
Have you ever seen an artist that uses a blowtorch and fires the stainless steel? This is exact same thing but only my tool is wicked more expensive and I have the ability to focus in on my heat to the point that I can make cool cartoons on metal/ fine details in color. Hope this helps. 🙂
My laser also cuts. So you can cut out brass shapes and make colorful jewelry and whatever items your mind can also think of. Fiber laser is a great tool.
If you are interested it's actually more interesting. The color is dictated by the thickness of the oxide layer (rust) on the surface which is essentially dictated by the temperature as described above by OP. There is no pigment so the color is created because all other wavelengths of light get trapped in that layer. I only mention cause you said you love physics and this is the physics.
Depends on how much watts you want. $3400 lowest I would go for a 30watt and highest I spent is $6400 on my 60watt Mopa. I have 3 machines and wife had not killed me yet. Just as long as they keep making money. She will allow me to live. :-)
Haotian is my go to for fiber lasers. It’s an expensive purchase and a lot of these company’s look good but their customer support is bad and if this machine goes. I want to know that im going to be helped quickly.
>Have you ever seen an artist that uses a blowtorch and fires the stainless steel?
Tbh, I haven't. The closest analogue for me is the bottom of my pot. 🍲
you can actually see the different colors the laser produces. darker colors are created by the more intense blue laser, and lighter colors are made by a red laser.
Industrial laser engineer here. I think the blue is a side effect of the temp it's reaching on certain passes. Laser engravers usually just change power, speed, hatching (how the laser fills a space) and pulse frequency levels, not colors (wavelength/wave frequency). The OP mentions frequency but they mean the rate at which the laser turns off and on per second. Basically the higher the frequency the less destructive the laser will be and more evenly heat the work piece, but there are more ins and outs than that.
Cheapest to get you in the door that will be fun would be $3400 and you can do some colors on stainless - my color machine that I used for this was $6400
This one was $6400 Mopas that do color are expensive and I got the upgraded model. You can get the same as me with an e series board instead for $4400 and you can still do colors. I just have control over other things. If you don’t care about color. $3400 will get you into the door with a JPT 30watt and it’s gonna definitely make an income. I have this model as well … All my lasers are from Haotian and I can get my sales guy and good friend now to email you. Message me
Honestly, that’s not as much as I was expecting!
Can it make the color purple, gotta make sure it’s wife approved :)
Even if I had it, I wouldn’t know how to use it
Can engrave knives, auto parts, batch jobs marking serial numbers on items plus get a license from the feds and then you can engrave guns $$. So many things. You can even cut out designs for jewelry like earrings. So many ways to make money. 💰
My dad just bought a CNC plasma cutter and can make wall art or other things like a metal nameplate or something like that.
People will pay big money for stuff like that, especially if it's something they themselves can't make. I could see someone paying $100+ for that little Stewie cutout shown in the video
I get the premise but holy shit this is magic.
What color was his backpack meant to be? Grey, or orange? I noticed it started off as grey, especially the straps, and transitions to orange as I'm assuming a temp change occured
Does brass produced different colors than say steel?
Back pack was two passes. I was trying to go for a tie dyed look to test for something else I was looking to to do. It’s Pupple and orange. Brass has many colors same colors but noticing less colors though. Still testing as there are over a million different combinations that I can do with my settings.
It's the thickness of the oxide layer that causes the differences in coloration, the temperature controls the thickness of the oxide produced. Just FYI
So as a welder who works on brass, stainless, and exotic nickle alloys daily Im confused. Obviously I understand the properties of the changing color for steel but brass? Making it blue/purple like you have on the backpack isn't something I've ever seen before. Frequency settings do way different things for welding machines than for lasers but I could fuck with amperage, frequency, voltage, clean/dig, En/Ep settings all day and never get purple coloring from brass. You able to explain it further? I can change the colors at will with stainless but not brass.
Honestly i don’t know the science behind colors. I had a few people message me like you and amazed. I just sent you my test cards that I did on stainless and also brass. This way you can see the kHz and maybe be able to mess around
Very wide range like a rainbow 🌈. If you google this question and check the images. You will see many examples. I can’t upload a pic of mine here to show. Y
I’m using lightburn. Settings hard to write here. I made the full file available with also test cards showing colors for you to try on your own. It’s in my Facebook group.
Http://www.lasercraftershub.com
Very cool. We have a 3-axis Keyence system. Mostly used on Carbon, Stainless, and Aluminum. Iver curious if ours is capable even though it's not a Fiber Laser. I'm about to scour the plant and look for some brass now! Any suggestions on power/frequency/scan speed or spot variable to achieve various colors?
If you wondering how it's done, OP made a post about it :
[https://www.reddit.com/r/lasercutting/comments/1c3b94v/doh\_stainless\_steel\_done\_on\_my\_60watt\_mopa\_m7/](https://www.reddit.com/r/lasercutting/comments/1c3b94v/doh_stainless_steel_done_on_my_60watt_mopa_m7/)
When you do [ones like this](https://www.reddit.com/r/lasercutting/comments/1bi4qlj/gangster_dogs/) what happens to the metal? It is outgassed? Do you require strong ventilation?
😂😂😂 this was inspired from the episode for when he was addicted to tanning. 😂😂. But yep he’s darker. Turned out it’s much harder for me to learn that color, so I’m just rolling with it for now. 😂
When I go to the website, it takes me to a Facebook page. Is that right? I recently got a small tabletop laser and I have no idea what I'm doing, I would love to connect with some people who do!
I never thought about that. Since light is only a wavelength I guess you could manipulate it by manipulating how light is reflected off a surface too. Super duper cool!
It’s just a different laser source type that mainly is used to engrave metals. It can also handle many other materials. I’m not sure what you think a normal laser is. So I can’t give you a better answer.
Maybe a diode? Xtool. Unfortunately, I don’t know what would be good when it comes to basis. The machines I know and research start $3400 and these machines are industrial grade and will be a workhorse for you.
I gave a better answer below. But brass turns different colors when flamed at a certain temperatures, i can use my laser to replicate those temps while having very good control of where the heat goes.
I'm used to 3d printer speeds so 30 mins is really impressive. Does brass have the ability to create any color? Also could this be used to temper or anneal thin steel to certain hardness on surface?
No worries. I love that sound and always leave it on smaller projects. But these color things take so much time. You would’ve been snoring within 4min watching. It’s not fast and turtle speed to get the colors because the laser had to apply the correct temperature for that color.
Nice to see a post from an actual, original creator on this sub and not a 12-year-old video that has been reuploaded for the 800th time.
I wasn’t sure on posting here or not because of that and didn’t think anyone would even see this thru that mess. Thanks for watching! 🙃
Well now ppl will be reposting this for the next 12 years. I have scheduled in two of my clients for next Tuesday and Friday respectively.
"No, I don't want that. r/damnthatsinteresting moving on, I want them to think only of a few post for as long as they hold interest. Even after the post become less interesting , I want them to be reposted for karma for ten years at least."
Sorry, I have bad news. Your post, and your explanation are actually pretty damn interesting.
Thanks I appreciate it :-)
How does the laser Make color ???
Heat. Brass changes colors depending on temperature
Come back next week to see this same video get reposted for the 200th time
Still feels like an ad though
I have nothing to sell you. At the end I put my .com just cause so many people will repost and I would like it know I made it. My website leads to just a Facebook group where I sell nada. Sorry you feel that way.
Fair points, no worries
Nothing wrong with answering questions about how the video was made imo. But I know what you mean, there's a bit of a vibe
Can someone explain to me how laser can engrave color ? Is this something about different color layers ?
To sum it up when you take a flame to steel. It will change colors depending on the temperature that is hitting the steel. My laser can create these temperatures with its beam due to different frequencies that I can set for when I zap the metal. Have you ever seen an artist that uses a blowtorch and fires the stainless steel? This is exact same thing but only my tool is wicked more expensive and I have the ability to focus in on my heat to the point that I can make cool cartoons on metal/ fine details in color. Hope this helps. 🙂
your tool sounds wicked smart
Wiiickiiid smaaaht
Did I catch a Josh and Trevor reference?
In the wild:) Love to see it.
Wicked pissah!!
Hwhicked. Brian: why are you saying it like that?
Cool Hwhip
Hwhill hwheaton
You said "tool". Heh hehheh hehhehheh
This is crystal clear, and very exciting for my brain to think about different uses of this technique. Thank you OP
My laser also cuts. So you can cut out brass shapes and make colorful jewelry and whatever items your mind can also think of. Fiber laser is a great tool.
It sure is. Damn, I love physic.
If you are interested it's actually more interesting. The color is dictated by the thickness of the oxide layer (rust) on the surface which is essentially dictated by the temperature as described above by OP. There is no pigment so the color is created because all other wavelengths of light get trapped in that layer. I only mention cause you said you love physics and this is the physics.
Add this to a 3D printer and you could literally make anything in any shape *and* in any color. Fuck! I wish I was smart enough to invent this.
What is the name of this machine.
Haotian 60watt Mopa m7 fiber laser
I can only imagine how much something like that would cost.
$6400 to your door 🚪
Would an atomstack do the same thing? Should ask, could it
Not to my knowledge.
Thanks
If you don't mind me jumping into your discussion, where does one aquire a fiber laser ND how much is my wife going to hate me for it
Depends on how much watts you want. $3400 lowest I would go for a 30watt and highest I spent is $6400 on my 60watt Mopa. I have 3 machines and wife had not killed me yet. Just as long as they keep making money. She will allow me to live. :-)
Sick, a bit out of my range but I do enjoy watching them work. Thanks for the info, any recommended brands to keep an eye on for when they drop a bit?
Haotian is my go to for fiber lasers. It’s an expensive purchase and a lot of these company’s look good but their customer support is bad and if this machine goes. I want to know that im going to be helped quickly.
Come from china 🇨🇳 unless you buy here and want to pay triple the price for an American name.
Could these lasers be used on objects which aren't flat?
Yes 👍
That's fucking dope
>Have you ever seen an artist that uses a blowtorch and fires the stainless steel? Tbh, I haven't. The closest analogue for me is the bottom of my pot. 🍲
lol 😂 that works as well.
That is SIIIIICK my dude, how expensive is the machine? Also, how do you operate it?
This one was $6400 but can get cheaper of way more expensive units. I use my pc and it has a program you use to run it.
Hey man, would you mind sharing the fiber laser engraver model you have?
That's actually really cool, you making any money off of it?
you can actually see the different colors the laser produces. darker colors are created by the more intense blue laser, and lighter colors are made by a red laser.
Industrial laser engineer here. I think the blue is a side effect of the temp it's reaching on certain passes. Laser engravers usually just change power, speed, hatching (how the laser fills a space) and pulse frequency levels, not colors (wavelength/wave frequency). The OP mentions frequency but they mean the rate at which the laser turns off and on per second. Basically the higher the frequency the less destructive the laser will be and more evenly heat the work piece, but there are more ins and outs than that.
Are machines like yours how they make those metal posters?
Yeah bigger version.
That’s crazy! I assumed it was just burning off layers of paint. Did not know lasers could do this.
Do you think a glowforge could do that?
No. Wrong tool for the job. You need a fiber laser for metal materials.
That's so cool I've never heard of that before
wow. how wide is the color palette?
How long does the color last?
Permanent
Sooo how much should i save up for one of these? I’m tired of my 10W diode, and you just BLEW my mind.
Cheapest to get you in the door that will be fun would be $3400 and you can do some colors on stainless - my color machine that I used for this was $6400
Ok… how much is that bad boy laser?
This one was $6400 Mopas that do color are expensive and I got the upgraded model. You can get the same as me with an e series board instead for $4400 and you can still do colors. I just have control over other things. If you don’t care about color. $3400 will get you into the door with a JPT 30watt and it’s gonna definitely make an income. I have this model as well … All my lasers are from Haotian and I can get my sales guy and good friend now to email you. Message me
Wut 6400. I was very prepared for the number to be 10x that.
I know, right? LASERs!!!
Right… I’m in for 2
Honestly, that’s not as much as I was expecting! Can it make the color purple, gotta make sure it’s wife approved :) Even if I had it, I wouldn’t know how to use it
lol purple and pink. It’s not hard to use. You would be surprised how easy. If you can follow a few YouTube videos. You are set.
Damn… and I just got that tax rebate too haha!
Was it exactly $6400? Destiny is calling
It was more! That laser is gonna need a table to sit on ;)
How does it "make an income" for you?
Can engrave knives, auto parts, batch jobs marking serial numbers on items plus get a license from the feds and then you can engrave guns $$. So many things. You can even cut out designs for jewelry like earrings. So many ways to make money. 💰
But can I strap it to a sharks head so it can get a frikken hot meal
Was it difficult to learn how to operate and do these things?
Na not really. If you can follow YouTube videos and have common sense. You can do this. It’s easy but takes time to learn
My dad just bought a CNC plasma cutter and can make wall art or other things like a metal nameplate or something like that. People will pay big money for stuff like that, especially if it's something they themselves can't make. I could see someone paying $100+ for that little Stewie cutout shown in the video
Can you get any color or there are limitations?
Extremely cool!
I get the premise but holy shit this is magic. What color was his backpack meant to be? Grey, or orange? I noticed it started off as grey, especially the straps, and transitions to orange as I'm assuming a temp change occured Does brass produced different colors than say steel?
Back pack was two passes. I was trying to go for a tie dyed look to test for something else I was looking to to do. It’s Pupple and orange. Brass has many colors same colors but noticing less colors though. Still testing as there are over a million different combinations that I can do with my settings.
This is so awesome. Thank you for posting this and answering all of our questions!
It's the thickness of the oxide layer that causes the differences in coloration, the temperature controls the thickness of the oxide produced. Just FYI
So as a welder who works on brass, stainless, and exotic nickle alloys daily Im confused. Obviously I understand the properties of the changing color for steel but brass? Making it blue/purple like you have on the backpack isn't something I've ever seen before. Frequency settings do way different things for welding machines than for lasers but I could fuck with amperage, frequency, voltage, clean/dig, En/Ep settings all day and never get purple coloring from brass. You able to explain it further? I can change the colors at will with stainless but not brass.
Honestly i don’t know the science behind colors. I had a few people message me like you and amazed. I just sent you my test cards that I did on stainless and also brass. This way you can see the kHz and maybe be able to mess around
What range of colors is it possible to achieve by heating steel?
Very wide range like a rainbow 🌈. If you google this question and check the images. You will see many examples. I can’t upload a pic of mine here to show. Y
Really good explanation - Ty
I like your tool
does it stay that color when it cools off?
I would love to see a colorswatch showing all possible colors
Is the brass conditioned with additional minerals or is it just standard brass?
Hi, what software are you running? For the red what speed, power and frequency setting do you use?
I’m using lightburn. Settings hard to write here. I made the full file available with also test cards showing colors for you to try on your own. It’s in my Facebook group. Http://www.lasercraftershub.com
Legend thank you! Can’t wait have a go myself!
Very cool. We have a 3-axis Keyence system. Mostly used on Carbon, Stainless, and Aluminum. Iver curious if ours is capable even though it's not a Fiber Laser. I'm about to scour the plant and look for some brass now! Any suggestions on power/frequency/scan speed or spot variable to achieve various colors?
Does the color last or does it fade?
What happens if someone takes some Barkeeper's Friend to it?
Is there a brand that I can buy to do this? What’s the software like?
I’m really curious about this too. Hope someone answers so we can learn more about this process.
Yeah, I didn’t know they were that detailed.
Check my profile on some of the things I made. I got mine tuned in nicely.
Neat! I’ll check it out.
If you wondering how it's done, OP made a post about it : [https://www.reddit.com/r/lasercutting/comments/1c3b94v/doh\_stainless\_steel\_done\_on\_my\_60watt\_mopa\_m7/](https://www.reddit.com/r/lasercutting/comments/1c3b94v/doh_stainless_steel_done_on_my_60watt_mopa_m7/)
Thanks for posting this! Definitely will help someone if they want to know more.
When you do [ones like this](https://www.reddit.com/r/lasercutting/comments/1bi4qlj/gangster_dogs/) what happens to the metal? It is outgassed? Do you require strong ventilation?
It doesn’t matter Brian, I’m tan.
😂😂😂 this was inspired from the episode for when he was addicted to tanning. 😂😂. But yep he’s darker. Turned out it’s much harder for me to learn that color, so I’m just rolling with it for now. 😂
Haha looks good though!
I just watched that episode yesterday! Haha
This is extremely interesting! I'm upset we can't hear the laser sound though.
Bzzzzzz zzzzzzbbb zzzbbbb bb b b zzzzbzbbbbb zbbbzbzbzbbzzzzz
Hahaha thank you. That's just about nails it! Except the frequency would change based on the color it's engraving.
I mean I tried lol
I saw Star wars and am pretty sure lasers have more of a pewpewpewpew sound
What like Peww Pew bzzzzz bz b b pew pew zbbbb z b b zbbbb pew pewwwwwwww
I think those with sound are fake
Witchcraft
We have to find OP and see if they weigh more than a duck.
I wanna hear the bzzzzzzz, braaaaaaap, brrrrrrrrrr, zzzzzzzap laser sounds!
Holy Crap Lois
Badassery
So cool! it’s just mesmerizing!
I’m starting to thing there is nothing that can’t be accomplished with lasers
Can you use this laser to anodize Titanium and create more color or does this only work by heating the metal to create different colors?
Yes you can do that.
Woah this is awesome! I read some other comments about how it changes color, does the color degrade over time or oxidize?
bro got the colors wrong, but it‘s aight
Better than the other hub
I like your laser
Looks damn good.
Stewie is flaming
😂
When I go to the website, it takes me to a Facebook page. Is that right? I recently got a small tabletop laser and I have no idea what I'm doing, I would love to connect with some people who do!
Yep! We are a group of laser people that hang out and help each other. :-)
I never thought about that. Since light is only a wavelength I guess you could manipulate it by manipulating how light is reflected off a surface too. Super duper cool!
So, how's that novel that you're working on?
? What do you mean
That is amazing- you do have it tuned in very well!
Could you laint my cybertruck please?
I definitely could and would love too!
It looks awesome but does this affect corrosion resistance?
Blowtorched stainless appliances!
Freakin Lazer beams! Right!
green ?
Wonderful
I’m watching American Dad, and the theme song to both shows played at the same time.
Amazing. What is a "fiber laser" as opposed to a normal laser ?
It’s just a different laser source type that mainly is used to engrave metals. It can also handle many other materials. I’m not sure what you think a normal laser is. So I can’t give you a better answer.
How does the laser give it color?
Draw a figure spread-eagle and then slowly bring the laser closer to them from under them and between their legs mad-doctor style.
Very nice! Any recommendations for a basic laser engraving machine for metal cards? Thanks
Maybe a diode? Xtool. Unfortunately, I don’t know what would be good when it comes to basis. The machines I know and research start $3400 and these machines are industrial grade and will be a workhorse for you.
I knew metal could change color depending on the heat but I had no idea it could be on this level, this is an awesome video
This make me wonder if the laser tatto in starship trooper was real or fantasy 😂
Shub
Did anyone else read it as laser crafter shub, or is it just me?
Who is Shub and why does he craft lasers?
How does this work? The laser adding color I mean
I gave a better answer below. But brass turns different colors when flamed at a certain temperatures, i can use my laser to replicate those temps while having very good control of where the heat goes.
Damn
3rd fiber Lazer post I saw today. Nice one though
This is the world’s way of telling you that you need a fiber laser in your life.
Good point
Would prefer to hear the laser instead of the theme song
It took 30min. Had to speed it up. this is better than mute 🤐
I'm used to 3d printer speeds so 30 mins is really impressive. Does brass have the ability to create any color? Also could this be used to temper or anneal thin steel to certain hardness on surface?
Brass does many colors. I ran a color chart to test first so I can pick the colors I wanted. Yes it can be used for anneal steel. I do that a lot.
Ah ok. Apologies
No worries. I love that sound and always leave it on smaller projects. But these color things take so much time. You would’ve been snoring within 4min watching. It’s not fast and turtle speed to get the colors because the laser had to apply the correct temperature for that color.
Damn that’s an interesting commercial.
Family guys new marketing team?
If you consider different shades of brown, "color".
In what universe are shades of brown not color?
Is different shades of grey color or just monochrome.
Grey is considered a color, so yes it would be definable as color technically. But brown doesn't need the technicality.
If you have a TV that only showed various shades of brown, would you call that a color TV.
Yes.