The “K40” Laser is a catch all term for the blue (and sometimes red), water cooled Chinese made lasers you find for around $300-400 USD on Amazon and Ebay. If you see something that should be changed, improved or updated, feel free to email me or comment at the bottom of the page. I’ll aim to keep it updated as I learn more, things go wrong, things get fixed and things get upgraded, as is usually the case with these cheaper Chinese made products. Hopefully this will become the essential resource or wargamers who are looking to purchase a K40 style laser cutter with everything all in one place. ![]() ![]() It’s been a massive learning curve, and there’s plenty of things that I wish I knew going in, things I would have done differently, and other tips and tricks that I’ll aim to put together in one resource to make it easier for those who are looking to add a laser cutter to their list of toys (in addition to FDM and Resin 3D printers) for miniature and tabletop wargaming. When the Halftone option is turned on the image displayed in K40 Whisperer will be shown in grayscale.As an Amazon Associate will earn from qualifying purchases.Ī month of so ago I purchased myself one of these big blue “K40” style Chinese laser cutters from Ebay, and over the last few weeks I’ve been working towards getting it usable for cutting and engraving MDF and Acrylic plastic for a wide variety of miniature wargames products: from Tokens and Templates to Terrain. In order to generate the halftone image in K40 Whisperer the Halftone setting in the Raster settings needs to be selected. The truck photo came from Wikimedia Commons: Madrid_-_Fargo_Power-Wagon However, grayscale can be simulated by creating a halftone image (dithering) of the raster image.īelow is an example of an image that was engraved with the Halftone (Dither) option turned on in K40 Whisperer. ![]() The stock boards that work with K40 Whisperer are not able to control the power output by the laser. In addition to red, blue and black, you can also do grayscale with K40 Whisperer. Halftone (grayscale) Images with K40 Whisperer Open the SVG file you just saved in K40 Whisperer. Within Inkscape select "Save" to save the design as an SVG file.Ĥ. Adjust the size of the document to match the area you want to export (You can use "File" - "Document Properties" - "Resize Page to Content" to make the page the same size as your design)ģ. (Raster Engraving is not supported for DXF files.)Ģ. Use BLACK and other colors to indicate raster engraving. Use BLUE lines to indicate vector engraving. If a laser works with Laser Draw it should work with K40 Whisperer. The best way to determine if a laser will work with K40 Whisperer before buying is to check if the laser comes with LaserDRW (Laser Draw) software.
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