Are you wondering how air assist can help improve your laser cutting results? In this video, I will explain the basics of air assist and how it can benefit your laser engraving and laser cutting projects. I did a lot of laser cutting tests on very thick woods and acrylic at different speeds using three different laser engravers the 20W xTool D1 Pro (basically a laser cutter), 10W Sculpfun S10 and 5W Sculpfun S9. I reviewed the air assists and did the tests with and without using an air assist to show you the difference an air assist can make when laser cutting thick wood and acrylic.

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0:00 What I am going to test with xTool D1 Pro 20W, Sculpfun S10 10W and Sculpfun S9 5W laser engraver
0:36 Sculpfun S9 air assist kit
1:01 Air pump difference xTool and Sculpfun
1:26 Cutting tests
1:40 10mm (3/8") Poplar plywood cutting test
3:03 15mm (5/8") Paulownia wood cutting test
4:11 Lens will get dirty without air assist
4:32 17mm (11/16") generic construciton wood cutting test
5:30 10mm(3/8") black acrylic cutting test
5:59 Pushing the xTool D1 Pro 20W to its limit
6:13 Benefits of the honeycomb work bed
7:21 Is the air assist worth it? Comparing everything together

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