Safety string for lasers

I found this on Amazon and it works quite well Day two with the laser and I already had a incident :scream: I had to grind a little bit off the plate with the hole but that’s it.

Thanks JN for the idea!

I kinda wanted that dock… but I cheaped out and designed and 3D printed my own version of it:

That’s the Fusion file if you want to spin it around.

One thing I did to make sure I didn’t knock the laser off was but a bolt in the back that secures it to the dock. Removing the laser is easy.. I just push it down and remove the one M5 in the back and it’s off.

That looks like a smoke extractor?

Yup, I have that hooked up to an exhaust fan. It worked better on the 15 watt laser, this 45 watt has a really strong down draft fan which really fights against this…

These downdraft tables work better:

Yes I listen to what you guys were saying and I made my own version haven’t had a chance to use it yet but it seems to work pretty good :blush:

I think that’s the best answer honestly. If you cut smaller parts on it you can cover sections of the table with scrap cardboard to direct a little more suction where you need it