Apollo Has Landed

Apollo Laser
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I will! Once I get a few more things tweaked 100% to my liking (I’m a perfectionist when it comes to dialing in things) I will share a whole spreadsheet of parameters for mild steel cutting with O2

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You’ll rip through nitrogen pretty fast since it’s considered high pressure cutting gas. Your edge quality would be beautiful though

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Thanks for sharing your experience — appreciate it.

Quick question: have you run anything fairly intricate with the cutting software yet? We do a lot of custom sign work. On my current laser, I can load an SVG or DXF and the software handles cut order automatically. With my plasma (CrossFire XR), I usually avoid very intricate cuts, and just run basic bracket patterns made with fusion.

I put a deposit down on launch day and was told the remaining payment would be due toward the end of this month, so I just want to understand the workflow. What software are you using to create your files, and can you load an SVG/DXF directly into the laser software to cut, or do you need to generate G-code/NC files first?

Also, any info on anti-collision, or is the head protected if a collision happens?

Thanks — any insight helps.

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Anyone know if a Fusion 360 post processor is in the works?

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I would love to know when/if anyone figures this out, I don’t think sheet cam is an awful program but I’m struggling to like it. I run fusion currently and it would be awesome to have everything in one.

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From my understanding I think that it needs to be requested from Langmuir. Im not sure if it cost anything. Im in the same boat starting with Fusion, I like it, I would assume it would be on the list of Langmuir to get a Post Processor since the Plasma and Mill have Fusion Post Processors. I was kinda fishing to see if I was alone in wanting one for Fusion.

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ISTM, if Apollo uses GRBL as its command language (and it probably does) then the BEST design tool to use with it would be Lightburn and it would be trivial to set up a Lightburn configuration for it.

If someone can post a couple of output files for Apollo I’ll take a look at it. Including the design source file might help.

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Actually, after thinking about it, this may not be true. The Apollo control panel includes features that wouldn’t work reliably with GRBL (because of command streaming). They may be using a newer controller geared toward a fiber laser in which case, the post processor is probably more proprietary.

Net: You’re depending on LS to work with the CAD mfrs…

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