I bought an Amazon LASER Welder/Cleaner Cutter! Was it worth it?
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We bought a 3 in 1 Laser Welder/Cleaner/Cutter unit from Amazon! See how well it works at cleaning metal and other objects.
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That’s what I always wanted to see, someone that actually used it demo it for us ! Thank you !
It's cool, but the fumes are highly toxic. The bigger devices came with a extractor/vacuum cleaner. So @Brent wear a mask!
Chiasson Smoke has one too, and he's featured it a few times on his channel
Exactly. He's not cutting out some of the "what about this?" scenes.
Saw this first on Ed China's channel quite some time ago. They did a Land Rover frame with it. Different manufacture but same thing.
The machine is cool but the way you use it is not! I Recently got mine fromeBay. The fumes produced by evaporating rust and paint are very toxic, I wear a mask and I use a fan to blow the fumes away from me. I would never do this in an enclosed indoor environment without a fume extractor, not worth my lungs' health.
My Mom works at Wright Patterson AFB for Alion Science & Technology, working with lasers used in a similar fashion. She says one particularly nasty particle, hexavalent chromium, has been shown to cause cancer in addition to causing several immediate side effects such as skin sores and irritation of the eyes, nose, and mouth after minimal exposure without a respirator and that xposure to laser fumes is a serious hazard and could lead to serious illness or death.
he really needs a laminar flow hood with carbon filters - they are easy to build but probably a necessity - item is now discontinued on amazon
This needs to be at the top
Top comment.
Absolutely what I was thinking, and I'm an actual medical doctor.
Erin Brockovich dude.
cleaning rust is no longer a chore it's a blast
Some removal processes will still require media blasting
I was a corrosion control specialist in the Air Force and later a industrial painter in a small steel fab shop. Just the sound of that thing sort of freaks me out. It looks like it worked good on rust and paint. Thanks for the video. I think it will be just fine for a small shop. It does not look like it makes a lot of dust compared to grinding or blasting.
LOL The rust goes somewhere when it's hit with a laser. I was an indoor air quality tech and the first thing I thought was about how nanometer small the ionized particulate matter is floating in the air now, and ready to get into the deepest regions of your lungs and give you a case of rust-bestosis or cancer a few years down the road. I can almost guarantee you that this is something you don't want to be using in a closed environment without exhaust fans or a canister respirator. You don't see the dust, because the particles are way too small to see now....which makes it less safe to breathe, not more.
Just because I do not see it does mean that it is not their. Thanks, what a good response. All that sanding of paint and rust for years is probably in my lungs. @@ReptileRescue
@@ReptileRescue I used to do welding and coating Inspection for the Oil and Gas industry, it was alarming just how many workers ignored the dust mask requirements, I once saw a guy who had been applying a product called ,'glasscoat', to a large pile, at the end of his shift the coating he had inhaled was running out of his nostrils.
@@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq Yep. The powder coater I use to go to wore a paper dust mask. He'd take it off when we'd come to pickup/drop off. Two big streaks of powder on his face going right into his nose. His lungs are going to be perfectly preserved long after he's gone. LOL!
Got mine fromebay and it is a time saver and fun to use. However, the fumes this machines makes when evaporating rust and paint are very toxic. I work outside and I wear a respirator and I have a fan to blow the nasty fumes away from me. I might use this indoors when I get a fume extractor.
I would say you definitely need a fume extractor to remove all that smoke and one stong enough to help pull the dust and debris away from the lenses of the laser. Wow, how fast technology has advanced. As a kid that was born in the early 50's that is definitely Buck Rogers stuff.
Brent is literally going round the workshop and blasting everything in sight 😂😂😂. Love it!
He will likely regret not wearing a respirator... Particulate iron oxide will take years to kill him, but it will start working from day 1 of ingestion. The DOD learned that the hard way in the early days at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Now they pay out some $20,000,000,000 in medical claims of former workers.
You know we’d all be doing the same thing!
He's using it like a Lightsaber!
That's fantastic. It's like a Si Fi Ray gun come true. I'm enjoying watching you play. Your smile says it all. It takes all the hard work out of de-rusting preparation. A real-time saver......
I have a 50W 1064nm fiber laser which is capable to derust and clean metals too. To avoid surface marks, I crank down the output power to 20% up to 40% depending on the material, so 10W to 20W. In my experience, it is better to choose the minimum power which vaporizes the dirt but not the underlying metal surface and go slowly. This way you can pass even multiple times on the same spot without worries. When all the oxydation is gone, the laser makes no noise at all. If the metal is clean and the laser makes noise, you are engraving into the surface.
Good info. Thanks (for me) Simply put.
I've watched a lot of these laser cleaner demo videos, and this is by far the best I've seen. Others always seem to be someone rushing through, trying to make it look super fast, but never cleaning anything thoroughly. This vid shows the exact type of stuff I'd want to use it for.
Exactly.
The problem is, unless you are using it commercially and in high volume, it's too expensive. Do your coworkers need to wear glasses too? is it like welding where you can't look at it.
@@christo930 You have the option of buying directly from a laser equipment supplier, which will save you a lot of money.😃😃
@@bingyanlaser It's eleven thousand Dollars. WAY too rich for me.
My Brother, who is a fine jeweler, has a very sophisticated and high tech laser welder. The shipping requirements are unreal. Changed his business model and made all sorts of new things possible and lots of old things easier. Have fun!
I got some things he can weld with the fancy laser for trinkets.
this one $5.54 delivery
Although the items cleaned can rust up quickly you may find that after cleaning with the laser will not rust up as fast since the laser produces a surface that slightly inhibits rust compared to just using a chemical cleaner or other means of rust removal , the beam being a certain wavelength contributes to this .
that's true! I noticed this when I laser-cleaned the square tubing and inadvertently left it outside overnight.
One way to avoid burning those Rouds glass protection is to have a small 1/4 " hose blowing air the same direction of the laser right on the tip of the nozle.
That sounds like a good tip. 👍
I'd rather have an exhaust or vacuum with water filtration sys8or something 🤔 🙄 😒
Water and air sounds the best I use to turn hot shower on and fan when I was a child to keep the smell particles down to a minimum.
Best thing is no sand mess that blows into your paint. Good investment! 👍 😉✌
But can vapors formed condense?
Brent, one of the guys I follow on KZhead,Styropyro , messes with all kinds of lasers. He is very smart, and you really need super great eye protection, he made a cannon out of one of those he was shooting things 200-250 meters away with it. He was wearing a full welding type helmet with it! Be careful!!!
And not just a normal welding helmet, a laser welding helmet designed to deal with the beam intensity (edit: and wavelength) of a laser
@@Mrshotshell Not only the beam intensity but the bream wavelength. Different laser wavelengths need different types of lenses. Example: A CO2 laser puts out 9000 to 10500 nm wavelength and clear acrylic will block it. Fiber lasers, such as this one, will be 780 to 2200 nm wavelength and will pass through acrylic completely (that's why you can't cut acrylic with a fiber laser) Get good eye protection for the wavelength of your laser, not the cheap Chinese glasses they sent with the machine. They're not cheap but.. how much would you value your vision at?
@@jackflash6377 As an optometrist (and a welder, machinist, home foundry, fixer of old junque) you are spot on the money. And it doesn't have to be a direct strike. If you hit something that is reflective, the reflected beam still carries enough energy to burn the shit out of your retina. The popping sound you might hear is your retina boiling. Wherever the beam hits, that part of the retina is gone forever and never grows back. Neurons are fussy that way. And photorecepters are just specialized neurons. And after the initial injury, it gets worse. The burn causes inflammation and swelling which can lead to further damage. Do it right or don't do it at all. OK, I will get off the safety soapbox. Is that thing 7 flavors of awesome and cool or what??? Please carry on with another great episode.
I just made a similar comment about the proper eye protection. I'm glad I'm not the only one that mentioned it. I hope he takes our advice.
And please think about the dog walking around. Protect your eyes but protect the dogs too.
That was a SUPER video - I have sent to several people who didnt know the technology existed, and could make great use of it. Nice work - a REAL use case!!!!!
im jealous. you got this after rebuilding your shop. most of us can only dream of having the shop, tools, and personal junk yard that you have. thanks for the videos. i love your build style and your attitude. where did/do you work?
Exactly what i need to clean the engine in the car! Looks dangerous but 5 years from now, every shop will own one and the size will shrink to a standart MIG welder box. Damn, i knew i was born to early! Thanks for this video and can't wait to see the welding part.
Nice to see the HALFASS lic plate on display. Perfect 👍
Its the most awsome tool ive ever seen.its also the cleanest cleaner ive done all types of blasting jetting thats the best hardly no mess .maybe just a small airline attached to blow stuff away from your lens brilliant.what a fantastic tool for your workshop .no more high pressure hoses blasting debris everywhere.doesnt even seem to blow holes in your thin panelling.way to go.
We're looking into getting the ZAC 3000 watt Fibre Laser Welder from Amazon (UK), that'll cost a hefty £14,295 and might take a few years to recover from the initial expense. 🤔 But one cannot deny it's a bloody good reason to wanna go back to work just to play with it every day! 😉
Wow Brent, that machine is flipping amazing. Thank you for showing us. I definitely would like to see more of this machine and what it's capable of. Have fun and be careful. 👍👍👍
I loved the actual demo being almost the full video, all others I have seen is a lot of talking,and explaining without much footage of the laser being used. GREAT JOB.
Very cool, I like that you are showing real world usage, love seeing what is really possible with one of these machines.
Holy moly. Unboxed like a BOSS. Man not messing around. Sick big brain fast unboxing 👊
As much rusty materials that you work on a regular basis this is a sound investment.
Link already says it's "currently unavailable"... no worries. Glad to see one of these in the real world. I dig it
If you are out of us/CA (or you appear to be for them) it will show that way.
@@Vein1986 well God damn. I guess it does suck to live in California sometimes. Regardless, finally a real world video. Not some tik Tok b.s.
@@Vein1986 - I'm a Canuckistan, and I'm getting n/a as well!
Guess the ATF needs to get involved even though it’s not ballistic 😮
They're available on Ebay!
The laser cleaner video we all wanted, simply tested on everything imaginable, thanks for this! Solid piece of kit, and prices are coming down, when it's down to 2-3 grand I might splurge.
Price is up to $11,000 now.
@@briansmyla8696When prices go up due to demand, it means more manufacturers will enter the market, which eventually will lead to prices going down due to competition. There's definitely demand for these kinds of devices when the price is reasonable. I might be totally wrong, but I don't think there's any particular ill-advised patent in effect that would make it impossible for competition to appear.
They were 50 just a couple years ago so they are coming down.
@@briansmyla8696 Our machine only need $4000 🥰
Looks great for cleaning up metal like a magic wand! I can't wait for you to test the laser welder and see if it can weld like they show in the videos, like using seam sealer from a gun. I've never seen any videos of them being used on thin metal so It would be good to see some tests on body work.
That’s gonna help clean up some tools that went through the shop fire nicely !
The force is strong with this one. Great demo. Valuable tool for your shop.
Right from the Jump the metal resurfacing / cleaning looks bad ass .
Fresh sampling of your laser cleaner. Thanks for the ride along. 🌈✌️🙏🖖
From what I understand you must wear special goggles when using laser equipment. If you don't it will cause permanent eye damage. So be careful Brent. Can't wait to see you weld some sheet metal.
You are 💯 correct. I spent over 20 years working with industrial lasers as both a tech rebuilding and doing alignment work and as an engineer working on design applications. That laser would blind someone at up to 2 miles away in a straight line. 500 watts was a big industrial laser just 10 years ago for the record. Safety is no joking matter with these lasers.
@@DanA-nl5uo thanks for the information. I've been interested in this type of equipment for a while. But they come with a hefty price tag.
@@DanA-nl5uo My Mom has worked at Aberdeen Proving Grounds and Alion Science & Technology for the DOD, working with lasers in defense weapons. She said this guy and his wife could die from the particulate matter of even one use. I hope 20 years from now this doesn't come back to haunt them...
Don't use it on your face!
Yup because the laser itself is invisible, the red laser is just so you can aim it. You have to get the right wavelength though or the glasses are useless.
Brent you can weld your roof together on your truck with no heat and no problem. Panel bonding will seal the whole roof up .😊👍
Been thinking of buying one, thanks for the demo.
We're living in the future, you're removing rust with ease using a friggin lightsaber. Totally nuts.
That shows up on my FB feed and wondered how it worked. Thank you Brent for showing us.
Dennis Collins of Coffee Walk just hired a guy to bring in a similar machine to cleanup a Jeep chassis, and yours looks like it works twice as good as the one in that video. That thing's going to save a shitload of time. Cheers!😮
I just watched that too. Great results! 😉✌
I watched Ed China use one on KZhead on an old truck chassis if i remember correctly. He rented that one.
Yes that was us! it was really fun and looking forward to going back for more. Should anyone have needs look us up.
@alienlasercleaning where are you located. Sorry; I didn't watch the video. I would like to rent one before falling head first into buying one 😮
COULD USE TO RESTORE MOWER DECKS TO! Endless usabilities. Wow just thought about if you had stock in a lathe. Could clean the rust off first then start the lathing process. This is a great tool and video! Thanks for clueing us in out here! Plus dust levels appears to be way down verses sanding.
Wow, great machine Thx for sharing.
As you were opening the crate, i was thinking............"oh, there could be ANYTHING in there".........If this is a leg lamp...
Fra gee lee must be Italian. 😆✌
@@michaelbristol6467 lmao
😂Haha
dammit man, beat me to it!! @@michaelbristol6467
Wrong holiday for the leg lamp
I have a 2000w unit coming from China as we speak. Pretty excited to see all of these starting to be used by folks.
What's a nice 1 like that cost? Around 10k+ US? Well worth it tho IMO.
@@michaelbristol6467 The 2000W unit is for sale on Amazon for $16,477.00
@michaelbristol6467 - One site I found, stylecnc, lists ~$5-9k for the 3 in 1 welder, cutter, cleaner unit in 1000W, 1500W, and 3KW continuous wave lasers. Interestingly affordable for such a capable piece of equipment... Would be great for where one needs to clean for additional processes. There should be ventilation/smoke capture and exhaust systems used when running these, I think, especially if removing paints, sealants, and other materials... but zinc it's self, from galvanized items, is a major hazard.
@@michaelbristol6467 I "adjusted" one of these for someone a couple of months ago. It has an over voltage limit in it that's set for 220V which was tripping here where his incoming service was running at 246V (the limit was set at 245, so it would intermittently trip as the voltage would go up a little). He said it was a little over 9k
Where did you pick it up what model ?
I do agree with the size and usage. Sandblasting for large pieces and the laser cleaning for small or maybe detailed pieces.
Great purchase, I want one. Saying that I would build a smallish open face booth with high flow external exhaust. Everything burnt will hurt the lungs. So be careful. Pablo seems very concerned. Have fun and thanks for sharing all the videos. Top 3% of vehicle channels. Stay cool…jb…
I had my 1951 Chevy truck cab Laser Cleaned It turned out awesome nothing warped
Satisfying to watch and see it in progress.
Just started watching the Video. That Crate, for my model train club, that crate is GOLD.
Brent , you now can get into tattoo removal LoL
Hell yea that's what I'm talking about I bet all of us has got a ex girlfriend or wives name tattoo'ed on our body somewhere haha
Or just offer whole arm removal! 🤣
@@DrFieroAt least the tattoo will be gone. Lol
A good friend has 3!!! Ex's scratched out on his front! Ouch for removal!@@FordDude.
@@FordDude. Nope, lots of us were smart enough not to do something so stupid!
These truly are amazing times to be alive.
Excellent laser! I'm glad to see you getting your tools back like a Phoenix rising from the ashes. Happy for you Brent
Ok that is right out of Star Trek like where does go . To another dimension? The coolest thing I think I’ve ever seen
Big time cleanup without the mess. I like that. Hope you have good luck with it Brent.
Wow, that's amazing. Now I have to look up the science behind this
My company that I work for has been looking into these lasers to replace sandblasting on some of our parts. I think this video will be very informative for our engineers. Very impressive.
I can read his mind. He's thinking how good this is going to work on the coupe.
Awesome. The perfect tool to get the Plymouth back from the fire.
looks like a game changer........definitely save time and clean up tough spots without sand blasting
That looks so satisfying!
Cool, seems faster than sand blasting unless you have a massive compressor and definitely not nearly as messy!
Great video. Looks like a very useful tool for what you need. A guy could likely make some good money offering the cleaning as a service. Far faster less mess and costly then media blasting or sanding/grinding. Look forward to seeing more. Be safe and stay well.
That thing is going to save you a ton of time in sanding rough stuff ,,, Great job on the demo
That is Awsome. The laser when cleaning rust reminds me of the Film World Of The Worlds
Very Cool toy. We have a laser welder at work ( the shop guys use it) and it does some beautiful welds, we use it on Stainless and it reduces the cleanup time. We had to put up partitions and the have to use a mask while using it, while you can't see it aparently the flash will blind you (it's so much worse that a mig or stick arc)
.. and there wasn't a spec of rust seen in his shop ever again .. ^^ looking very much forward to the welding part !
Nice shop. Perfect application for the laser.
30:07 Kroil can has a front row seat. Be careful holmes. 😂
My buddy and I were heading out to Reynolds Ponds a couple weeks back and I seen your truck heading the other way toward Winnipeg. I may or may not have overreacted, and for a minute my friend thought I was crazy. But then I got to show him your videos while we were ice fishing. Good times
Good old reynolds ponds, the trash dump mb lol. That use to be such a nice place, but dead beats destroyed it. There are major talks of shutting it down to local access as now there are even broken glass in that big lake, even around that little island we’re finding broken glass. It’s become a major hazard and polluted so bad. Things have gotten worse over the last few years as everyone posts the location of that place all over social media, brings in a lot of people that don’t care about our nice getaway and end up destroying it. There’s literally a 50/50 chance you end up getting a flat tire just by driving in. The roads haven’t been maintained in years and the people I’ve talked to said there is zero plans to maintain them any further. It’s phase one of the plan to shut it all down to public access. So sad what people did to that place, I can’t even go there anymore to do long range target shooting. I’m one of those guys that even picks up my 22lr brass, I leave nothing behind except tire tracks. Now we gotta drive like 3hrs 1 way just to shoot 1000+ yards, found an awesome spot that nobody knows about but it’s an all day event with over 6hrs of total driving from wpg.
I used to work in a fab shop that had 2 metal cutting lasers, I can smell what Brent's shop is like in my mind.
yeah i can smell the ozone + steel vapors produced
Wow That is wild. Thanks for sharing
Thats the coolest thing I have to get my self something just like that save so much time in prep work it would let you send more real time on details instead of rust removal that eats up so much time
Nice machine, and really nice shop. A couple of observations and a suggestion. When you were cleaning the piston, you overshot and burned the finish off the welding table. When you were cleaning the tire rim, you shot thru the holes a couple of times. When you cleaned the door jam on the truck, you checked the temperature with your hand while your finger was on the button and the tool was pointed in the same general direction. My suggestion is that you treat the cutter/cleaning head like a pistol. Finger on the frame until ready to fire, be conscious of what is down range from the target.
Very import safety tip here.
Having the flammable can of Kroil within the accidental misfire range probably wasn't the best idea, either
Wow cool stuff👍
Good info especially the last part about laser vs sand blast.
Cool video I want one too. I agree when price and size comes down I'll order one. Thank you for sharing!
Yes Sir!!!
This guys wife is going to get mad at him because hes never going to leave the shop. 😂
He also probably told her he got a great deal on it for $100 on sale. 😂
You might be able to add a gas-assist attachment to the nozzle so that it always purges the lens area during operation .
That's working awesome, I can't believe it burns through the grease and grime on the Ford automatic transmission. Definitely worth the money.
Imagine you had a car with surface rust but you wanted a nice paint job on it!
I just watched a video over on coffee walk with Dennis Collins using 1 of these on a fully assembled rusty jeep chassis. Came out mint! Them things are awesome! 😉✌
Yea That's One Heck of a Laser Cleaner Machine!!
What an amazing tool. Congratulations...
Also, Your garage door windows and ALL OTHER windows in that garage MUST have protective green laser rated layer with OD of at least 6 or 7. You can get people outdoor blind even if you operate your laser and they look inside into these! VERY IMPROTANT!! Thanks for sharing your video.
For $11,000, it had better work well!
I had to check that price and no bs, 11k!? Hope you get a ton of views
Thanks for the demo. But at 28:40, I thought I was going to see an experiment-probably Kroil can should not be in line of fire.
I love new toys too, and would have gone to town as well! Thx for sharing ☺️
Not bad what appointments are available for a hair cut. Lol
You're just having so much fun with that thing so don't let Pablo touch it
Nice, it hasn't got old just watching.
Hopefully you can afford to have one of these next to your pressure washer. They both are very satisfying.
Spaceman Brent receives his new laser pistol. Now he can defend rural Cananada from invading Rusticans and Krylon aliens ....and the occasional invader that snuck over the Mexican border into the US neutral zone and crossed into Cananadian territory with the aide of US Libtardians
I definitely need one of those, 2 or 3 actually.
you might be able to rig up an air blower and fix the "soot" issue. I use my fiber laser similarly to get rid of residue left behind which is usually small metal/carbon deposits
That would be really helpful for old rims with many layers of old paint on them. Especially with what the local sandblaster guy charges when he knows how long it would take to do with paint stripper and a flap wheel or whatever.
Thanks Ol' fella. All you learnt and all you said about this gear is so real man. Right on the money, as we say! It pleases me that you are the man with the machine at present as there is a lot more to the machine even though its cutting edge. Because I think at present you can manage getting hold of one and I trust the English words of a Canuk before a Chinese interpreter with a gun at the back of her skull!? So any skeptic like myself can see for themselves what this Laser Technology is able to do for us. I hope it is found to be brilliant Brent. The welds are so impressive I became fascinated by the advertising, in this machine! Cheers mate!
I didn't know that this was so good. And accessible too.
Good stuff so many uses for something like this.
Invisible fire ray? HG Wells predicted this 🤔
we have a different one at our shop, hook it up to compressed air where the gas gets hooked up for welding, with a low psi setting, and it helps keep the junk out of the tip. saving the lenses.
He's giggling like a kid in a candy shop and she's giggling right along with him. Ya love ta see it!