Really nice tool!. The result is spectacular. Want to see a lot of buildings finished in your layout. It will be spectacular! Nice video edition job as always. Thanks to share!
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
Things are in motion to start building structures!
@Dr.K_N.Scaler
Жыл бұрын
Great tool added to your arsenal! I'm glad you took a break from the other projects to break in the laser cutter. Keep up the good work!
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Looking forward to watching your channel take off!
@yootoob7048
Жыл бұрын
I've been considering laser vs knife cutter. Your experience has been helpful. The most serious concern that I have is that burning polystyrene puts off some very toxic gases which are harmful to both man and beast. How are you filtering the exhaust from your laser cutter?
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
I can confirm that the the gasses are pretty wicked. I have the cutter beside a window that I could power vent, but I would prefer to do the cutting outside.
@yootoob7048
Жыл бұрын
@@NScaleDystopia Keen the fumes away from kids and pets.
@kenshores9900
Жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks. Rail on!
@magicwoodjewelry
Жыл бұрын
Looks great 💥 Detail 👌
@MAT4T
Жыл бұрын
What a nice result!!
@kevinb9327
Жыл бұрын
👍 it has to be rewarding!
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
It was a relief!
@olivierdamiron7279
10 ай бұрын
Brilliant!!! The realism you achieved with this simple piece is just stunning. Thanks for sharing this. I have an early laser cutter that needs to make itself useful again, I recently got into N Scale trains, I want to do a little testing with this!
@NScaleDystopia
10 ай бұрын
If you're planning on cutting styrene - open a window!
@BPCustomCreations
Жыл бұрын
sooooo tempting to buy one myself!
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
It was VERY affordable... #nopressure
@CGngauge
Жыл бұрын
Yep... for my next layout.. Laser and 3D printer will be purchased for the same reason you did... The time it takes!! Although you still have to create all the drawings for the laser to use.. (Plus, planning on a city scape.. so that will require a lot more buildings than my current one. But as it's my first layout, I'm enjoying the process of the scratch building.) great tips and something for me to think about. Craig.
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
I'm impatient and anything that helps speed up the creative process is welcome!
@Tony_scale
Жыл бұрын
Really missed your scenery, it's really enjoy to see things like that from you again!
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
It's been a long time to get to this point.. I'm happy I'll be able to start building some structures.
@alexstratford278
Жыл бұрын
I'd suggest looking into cardboard, and acrylic for the lasercutter, as both of those may be easier to cut. However what you have now also looks amazing
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@neobaggins3718
Жыл бұрын
Diode lasers can’t cut clear acrylic. They can sometimes engrave opaque acrylic. You’re thinking of much more costly CO2 or fiber laser machines. About 10x the cost.
@DiegoRodriguez-nl6kr
Жыл бұрын
This work is another level! Maybe I'll try this with the láser printer of a friend 🤔
@jsmxwll
Жыл бұрын
Get an air assist for your laser cutter. Air assist will significantly reduce the scorching and some of the warping. I've cut a fair bit of styrene, though it isn't my primary medium, and a good air assist makes a night and day difference when it comes to scorching, a bit less for warping. Hope that helps.
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. I appreciate this advice!
@WeltenbauerClub
Жыл бұрын
Very nice. It looks great
@StevesTrains
Жыл бұрын
That project turned out great! Nice job!
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Again, I truly appreciate your introduction and review of the laser cutter.
@vincenthuying98
Жыл бұрын
Great idea to just let the laser score the styrene. Definitely will put it on the ‘hard drive.’ Love the simplicity of the building you’ve produced. And indeed, it takes some time to design the different drawings and files for the laser, before the cutting action can be confirmed. Nevertheless, the results in styrene really look stunning. The only question is, is styrene indeed a suitable material for the laser. I know acrylic sheets are and some brand name plastic sheets (can’t find the names right now). PVC and ABS aren’t suitable, because the laser action will produce hazardous fumes. Will look it up though. Cheerio
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
I can confirm that Styrene creates some nasty, toxic fumes.
@Albionviolinist
7 ай бұрын
Very informative and very nice work. How did you handle the corners of the buildings? The wall corners don't look mitered, but the brick line look continued on the corners, everything appears to line up. With a butt joint, you would have the end walls showing with no engraved brick/mortar lines. Really nice completed model. thanks.
@NScaleDystopia
7 ай бұрын
I made sure the font of the building was faced with the etched brick - when you spin the building you can see it's not on all sides.
@crushingvanessa3277
Жыл бұрын
My cuz just bought a laser cutter machine. Same thing, we had to test the speed and laser for cutting. Kind of works ok, was hoping it would etch surface detail but it makes to many passes and on recessed areas leaving gouges. The draw program for some reason won't let you make rectangles or circles. Makes them square and elliptical.
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
I design my cutting patterns in another program - it overcomes a lot of the limitations.
@crushingvanessa3277
Жыл бұрын
@@NScaleDystopia Strange thing is, he used it to make burns onto plywood made from jpgs he saved and it worked fine. The paint program is some trial period one. The shapes I made for it were vector drawings and looked good on the , so not sure why the program changed it. I figure there must be something in the settings. But it still doesn't makes sense to me.
@AriesTabletopModels
Жыл бұрын
Yet again watching your videos is such a treat. Obviously seeing you put some building together is amazing but I cant wait to see how you handle the bigger structures AND mesh those with the railroads. 12/10!!! Question about the laser cutter; were you ever able to get clean cuts rather than scoring? I was thinking of getting the same laser but having clean cuts through 1mm styrene would be perfeered over scoring lines.
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
Thanks - happily subbed to your channel! I haven't pushed the laser further to get the smooth cuts. The score/snap method suits me for now. I'll experiment as I go.
@AriesTabletopModels
Жыл бұрын
@@NScaleDystopia Thank you so much! Id love to see an updates on those experiments. From what i've found, you are the only one who used the laser to cut styrene on video.
@Zitropat
Жыл бұрын
I've seen some really tiny delicate intricate laser cutting on very thin white HIPS, like 0,2 / 0.5 mm thick, but I have no idea if every laser cutter can achieve that. Are you going to give the dystopian treatment to Toronto Union Station too? I learn a lot from your great skills. Thanks for sharing.
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
I will certainly add some dystopian details to the layout!
@Nera-whimwhams
5 ай бұрын
Does that styrene come in black? Diode lasers reflect off of clear and white materials, making them very difficult to cut, but it may cut fine if you try it in a darker color.
@NScaleDystopia
5 ай бұрын
Apparently you can get black - and I will look into making the change. I have a great supply of white and this process - score and snap - is working well so far.
@timf2279
Жыл бұрын
Wow has it been 8 months? The building looks great.
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
I had to check and confirm, but yes it's been 8 months...
@RobSlenderman77
5 ай бұрын
Have you tried using the laser to cut small holes in styrene? I model HO scale and I wonder if this would work to cut the black circular targets for a railroad crossing flasher along with the inside hole for the red lamp. The red lamp hole would be about 3.5mm in diameter and the outer target would be about twice that. Any thoughts?
@NScaleDystopia
5 ай бұрын
I'm certain they could cut the hole, but I would recommend using black styrene. White is much harder to cut because it's reflective
@chrisprice7285
6 ай бұрын
Use mdf, chipboard or laser board.
@brenmayhugh
Жыл бұрын
I watched that same Steve’s Trains video and bought that same laser. Good to see that you can cut styrene with it effectively. Thanks for including your final settings for the scoring of the plastic! Which laser type did you ultimately choose?
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
Glad to see there are other impulse shoppers... I got the Aufero Laser 2, with the LU2-4-SF Short Focus Optically Compressed Laser Module.
@RetroRoboland
Жыл бұрын
Really interesting video. I have a feeling your going to find a method/material to allow through cut, because… well you always seem to find a way. Coming along really well…
@jacobmunkhammar3775
Жыл бұрын
There are plastics (even types of styrene?) that are suitable for laser cutting. Also non-plastics, like board and card. It may be worth doing some research into this. (I have not started my router/cutter just yet, so I have no actual experience to share. Yet.)
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
I'm sure there are a variety of materials that would work really well. Styrene happens to be a material I like working with so I started experimenting with it first.
@NodDisciple1
Жыл бұрын
Can you make this stuff in 1/265, 1/285, 6mm Scale? I play Battletech and these are the main scales used for terrain. There's also a super small train scale used for terrain, but I forget the letter. Sorry. :(
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
Z scale is 1:220 or 6.5mm. Yes - it's possible to make things at this scale, and there is a fraternity of modelers that do so, but that level of jeweler precision is beyond my aspirations. 😉
@NodDisciple1
Жыл бұрын
@@NScaleDystopia K. :(
@ViralataCarameloBR
2 ай бұрын
Doesn't cutting styrene with a laser produce a lot of toxic fumes in the environment? Have you cut wood like MDF to tell us if it produces more or less fumes than styrene? A big hug from Brazil!
@NScaleDystopia
2 ай бұрын
Cutting styrene is certainly toxic and I wouldn't recommend it. I'm confident that natural materials such as wood or paper are overall better for you, it's just that styrene is my preferred modeling medium. Thanks!
@ChrisSgaraglino
11 ай бұрын
Why not use wood instead?
@NScaleDystopia
11 ай бұрын
I'm more comfortable using styrene, but wood would also be good.
@chrisscott8934
Жыл бұрын
Hi was just wondering how's your Toronto union station coming along
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
It coming along - other priorities have taken hold
@derailroad
Жыл бұрын
have you looked at a cricut? i have one and have not yet tried it on styrene
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
I did not. This was very affordable and it can cut thin plywood and mat board so I decided it was the right choice for me
@TheyMakeItLikeThat
Жыл бұрын
Great job on the graffiti, bro! Let me know if you want me to take that off your list of 100 things 😜
@NScaleDystopia
Жыл бұрын
A true gentleman.
@TheyMakeItLikeThat
Жыл бұрын
@@NScaleDystopia I do what I can 😜
@cuebj
9 ай бұрын
Hope you laser cut the styrene outside or with powerful ventilation and wore a high quality mask to filter out molecular chemicals, not just particles
@NScaleDystopia
9 ай бұрын
Admittedly... I took no precautions for my health. Moving forward I have changed my ways.
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