I am working on a home made blade bed at the moment. I got some 1/8 flat steel bars cut to about 16 inches. Then I just made some boxes with slots to hold the blades and also magnets to hold it all in place. I will post some pics once I have it all in place
Guys I’m going to ask you stupid question: what makes the blade bed so good or why do we use it over a grill?
@3D_Laser as an alternative to the cut steel bars I have seen hack saw blades used…
@Chris_Hurley these beds are various ways to reduce flashback.
See #1 in this link:
http://www.jumbieindustries.com/blog/5-tips-for-laser-cutting-acrylic-lucite-perspex-plexiglas-etc
@donkjr I saw that too but didn’t seem to stable this thing will be as solid as a rock when done. A little heavy. If I had it to do over again I might spring for the aluminum rails instead of steel though they are way for reflective
I used hack saw blades ,thin,cheap straight and the teeth help hold object being cut,held together with pot plant hanger front bunnings
I have used my hacksaw bed for hundreds of hours cutting,the only downside with knife beds is cut stuff half dropping through the blades and catching the laser head ,hasn’t been a problem ,happened a couple of times ,thinking of adding fly wire under the hack saw blades .I have alternated the teeth of the hacksaw blades so that it holds what I am cutting very well .the only time I have used magnets is to flat en out warped plywood