Benbox Laser Machines/CO2 Lasers/3D Printers

I will be out of the office from January 7th to 14th, and do not expect much if any access to e-mail or the internet. That means license codes will be delayed during this time but I will catch up as soon as I return.

I'm just giving you a heads-up now in case you have a new machine and are considering a T2Laser license in the next few weeks, however, I do want you to fully evaluate the software before purchasing so if you aren't sure just wait until the 15th.

Happy New Year, and best wishes for 2018.

Does anyone know of a slicer that allows you to have some areas filled at a different percentage to others, or perhaps use a different fill pattern? Or is there some way in the design to force the slicer to do this? Do I need to write my own 

I've only used the Monoprice version of Cura that was supplied with my machine, and it's pretty basic. I did load the latest Cura to see what I was missing and it has a lot more settings but I haven't found a way to do this.

I need part of the model to be more flexible (20%) and other parts rigid (solid / 100%).

When I purchased my Monoprice Maker Select I got 6 spools of their branded PLA.

It works great, never had a single issue with it.

I've also used Hatchbox filament from Amazon and it works perfect too.

This past week I got a spool of unknown origin from eBay and it's garbage. It's just really stringy, no matter what temperature and has problems sticking. I can only get it to work if I use a raft and go really slow on the first layer and then just accept some stringing. Oh, and it sounds like rice krispies going through the extruder so full of air bubbles or damp. So yeah, buy cheap get poor results - not surprised and won't do it again.

I am interested if anyone has used the other low cost options on Amazon, like Sunlu, 3DMars or TIANSE?

I just ordered a spool of Sunlu and 3DMars so will know soon (Prime delivery today for one and tomorrow on the other) but of course I can return them if they suck and stick with what I know works.

The 3DMars is their 12% wood-infused product that can supposedly be sanded and stained like wood so that will be fun.

I had a few people asking about setting up T2Laser for CNC so I created this "really" quick guide:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/awt7ru3vsz8btpm/T2Laser_CNC2.pdf?dl=0

or for those (like me) that prefer Z+ to be down:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3h458sif6xkeu69/T2Laser_CNC.pdf?dl=0

This feature request has made it to the top of my list, so I am looking for some inputs.

It will be for vector only, but I don't know if it would only be necessary for Sketch or also for CAD import. The reason I wouldn't expect it to be necessary for CAD import is it would be much easier to apply the repeats before exporting.

Thoughts?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/edsbyxch6o0bviy/T2Laser_EleksEgg_Setup.pdf?dl=0

It arrived in a nice carry case and was super easy to assemble (even without instructions).

The funny thing though, after it's assembled the case is about 1/4" too shallow for the machine to fit and close the lid... it's sooooo close and you can flex it and make it close but it pops open again.

So after putting it together I clicked the new EleksEgg option in the T2Laser menu and it immediately started working. The axis were correct, or at least how I expected it to be (X is around the egg and Y is bottom to top), you could easily swap it.

The picture shows the very first thing it "wrote", a quick Sketch and it looks great.

Tomorrow I will try some golf balls and whatever else I can find to fit   

So now I can officially say that T2Laser supports the full range of Eleks machines; laser, cnc, draw and egg.

These were done using cheap felt tip pens, so I think the results are pretty good.

Simple! Use Sketch to draw a box and enable the new hatch feature with a custom spacing (10 mm in this example).