F350 + 10w Laser + Rotary Tool require Carving Platform?

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So after about 10 back and forth messages with snapmaker, they noted that the F350 can work with the 10W laser + rotary tool for laser engraving.

Does anyone use this package, and I"m wondering if the CNC Carving platform is a requirement to mount the rotary tool? I imagine the CNC platform comes with the A350T but I don’t need any CNC carving, just laser engraving and 3D printing.

I see I can grab the CNC carving platform on amazon, but wondering if the rotary mounts on the regular F350 without it somehow?

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It mounts on the CNC wasteboard as standard but I’m sure you could make a DIY mounting. Not sure that would be worth the hassle though for what a board costs.

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Some assembly required:

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Ok, good to know. My system is ordered, but just realized I probably need this as well to mount.

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I made my own to which i keep it mounted permanently so it’s easier to swap bedplates around (the less screws I have to use, the happier I am. However, if you don’t have the cnc toolhead it’s going to be a bit more challenging to make sure it’s aligned perfectly, but should be possible though.

but as @albutch mentions, it’s probably easier and not much more expensive to just get one.

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Ok, perfect, so next question is just cause I don’t have one to work with, I go to the laser engraving 4 axis section in luban, I see I can put in the diameter and add text and what not and it shows as a piece of wood.

Is there a way to load your actual stl file to use the laser engrave on rotary to make sure it’s in proper place? or from fusion 360?

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Laser etch the gridlines and center mark the holes!

Unless you pay the thousands of dollars for the paid version the free version does not do simultaneous 4 axis machining.

Not that I’ve seen. It assumes a cylinder I think.

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good info, thanks for that…