K40 Adjustable Bed

This is my first remix design.

K40 adjustable bed.

The traveling distance is 70mm 2 7 inches. With the original bed anything you put on top of the bed is out of focus it s actually inside the clamp. 1 4 x 5 16 threaded rod 2 length works if you can find it 12 5 16 nuts 1 4 x 1 2 aluminum solid angle super ca glue expanded mesh for table platform can be. When the machine arrives it s often installed with a metal bed and a big clamp.

The optimal focus for these machines are 50 8mm focal point. This increases the work area allowing to engrave larger objects up to 300mm x 200mm. Bed s and jigs for the k40 laser machine change your bed. At costco you ll find adjustable beds capable of giving both you and your partner exactly what you want.

With this power z table handling work pieces of different thickness becomes easy. The stock bed of the k40 is completely useless and i don t know a single person that would actually use the clamp. Adjustments are easily done with a screwdriver. 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.

Check out all of our bedroom furniture for great deals and wholesale prices. In this article we upgrade the bed of the k40 laser cutter to a height adjustable honeycomb bed with scales for aligning the workpiece. Compare up to 4 products. I wanted a simple manual belt driven adjustable height table for my chinese k40 laser.

As the k40 laser cutter does not come with a moving z axis it s sometimes difficult and time consuming switching in between projects. I reworked the original in fusion 360 to give me a more rigid design. Hopefully the pictures video make sense. This is a mini power bed designed for the k40 also named d40k small desktop co2 laser machine.

To use the full width of the machine. Please refer to the original design by brianvanh for more details on exactly how it goes together. Combine the printed parts with parts from your local hardware store and you can make this pretty easily. This is why we engineered the adjustable honeycomb y axis table.

The top of the bed cannot bend inward due to the upper frame and nuts holding it to the threaded rod posts. This make focusing all kinds of materials very easy and convenient. The k40 chinese laser cutter is great but the build area is terrible. Adjustable z axis bed laser cutter 40w k40.

You will get access to a laser focus tool file.