K40 Adjustable Bed

When the machine arrives it s often installed with a metal bed and a big clamp.

K40 adjustable bed.

This is a mini power bed designed for the k40 also named d40k small desktop co2 laser machine. With this power z table handling work pieces of different thickness becomes easy. Adjustments are easily done with a screwdriver. The traveling distance is 70mm 2 7 inches.

Bed s and jigs for the k40 laser machine change your bed. Please refer to the original design by brianvanh for more details on exactly how it goes together. As the k40 laser cutter does not come with a moving z axis it s sometimes difficult and time consuming switching in between projects. To use the full width of the machine.

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. The stock bed of the k40 is completely useless and i don t know a single person that would actually use the clamp. The first thing a lot of k40 laser cutter users tend to do is remove the workspace bed. Hopefully the pictures video make sense.

In this article we upgrade the bed of the k40 laser cutter to a height adjustable honeycomb bed with scales for aligning the workpiece. This make focusing all kinds of materials very easy and convenient. This is my first remix design. At costco you ll find adjustable beds capable of giving both you and your partner exactly what you want.

The top of the bed cannot bend inward due to the upper frame and nuts holding it to the threaded rod posts. You save time of doing height adjustments or focusing point adjustment. You will get access to a laser focus tool file. Our k40 adjustable bed will streamline your engraves and save the hassle of having to chock up your items on different thickness items whenever you change object.

The k40 chinese laser cutter is great but the build area is terrible. I reworked the original in fusion 360 to give me a more rigid design. Check out all of our bedroom furniture for great deals and wholesale prices. Combine the printed parts with parts from your local hardware store and you can make this pretty easily.

The optimal focus for these machines are 50 8mm focal point. This is why we engineered the adjustable honeycomb y axis table. 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.

This increases the work area allowing to engrave larger objects up to 300mm x 200mm.