K40 Build: Part 2

In this part I cover my receipt, unboxing, and teardown of my K40.  I bought from an eBay seller that advertised price included shipping and shipped from the US.  All turned out to be true as I had a huge orange package on my doorstep less than a week later!

K40 Build: Part 1

I was looking for a laser cutter/engraver to enable me to add a little polish to some of my projects and add new capabilities.  When looking at capabilities I knew I wanted one with all options: air assist, power Z-axis (table), good DSP controller.  Looking at the machines that have all of this capability and the prices start around $3K.  I started looking for a cheaper alternative and, like many others, decided to start with the "cheap Chinese laser" K40.  I went into this fully aware of its shortcomings, and planned accordingly.  I bought one off of eBay for < $800 delivered.