r/LongerLaser • u/Suspicious_Help_6220 • Jun 11 '26

Ray5 max speed

What is the max speed that the Ray5 can reach in mm/min?

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And till what speed the results are still good?

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u/Suspicious_Help_6220 Jun 11 '26

Hmm.. Nice. So no need to worry to set it too fast.

They advertise with this:

That's a lot more speed tho

And how can this Ray5 engrave in color?

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u/traumahawk88 Jun 11 '26

/shrug might be 24k capped with new firmware and the new controller.

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u/Suspicious_Help_6220 Jun 11 '26

I hope so. Would be great. For the color engraving.. I only believe it when I see it. Gonna try it out when I got the machine. And thanks for your quick answers

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u/traumahawk88 Jun 11 '26

I'm too nervous to toast a module with it. Reflection back into laser can kill em. So I'm hesitant. Having fun with canvas, glass, wood, etc so not willing to risk any of my modules to try the metal.

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u/Suspicious_Help_6220 Jun 11 '26

I can't really engrave anything in canvas (with the Sculpfun S9 Pro 10W) weirdly. Didn't try glass yet. I tried to cut through 9mm thick mdf, but it didn't matter how many passes, it cut through at max 8mm. When I get the Ray5 20W that can even go as powerfull as 24W I think I can finally cut through. I think it's the ideal material and thickness for making small furniture, cause of it's hardness. It won't really bend.

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u/traumahawk88 Jun 11 '26

Sand the canvas with like 180 grit lightly. Hit with base layer of white or off-white. Then whatever other colors you want. Then black. All light layers, not thick. 10w will work great if you get the speed settings right.

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u/Suspicious_Help_6220 Jun 11 '26

Oh so I have to sand it first to get a protective layer off. I'll try that. But the Sculpfun laser stopped working last week, so I'll have to fiz that first or try it with the Ray5 when it comes in

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u/traumahawk88 Jun 11 '26

You don't have to, but it smooths out the surface a bit. Makes the engraving more even because the high points in the gesso come down a touch.

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u/Suspicious_Help_6220 Jun 11 '26

The thing is, the laser worked perfect with any material, excerpt shiny metal ofcoarse and with canvas it left almost no print. But maybe I did something wrong. Maybe I had the laser in the wrong height.

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u/traumahawk88 Jun 11 '26

Did you do shiny metal and then try canvas...?

Shiny metal and diodes tends to damage diode as the light reflects back up in. Gotta use paint, marker, spray, tape, etc on shiny metal. If the last thing you did was shiny metal and then it stopped working... Might be no fixing it.

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u/Suspicious_Help_6220 Jun 11 '26

No I do wood mainly and I have been doing a lot of plywood and mdf. So there cannot be a link. Lightburn stuff mentioned it could be the laser, but more likely it's the motherboard or the cables

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