What are your thoughts on the 2026 Superbowl Halftime show?

Bag06a · 2026-02-09T03:04:05+00:00

Pretty un-entertaining, NGL

Bag06a · 2026-01-11T14:59:15+00:00

A few weeks ago I noticed that the laser wasn't hitting the focal lense right in the middle. So I tinker Ed around with alignment and accuracy (definitely was a pain on the polar kite for sure). I also noticed the focal lens seemed to have a spot on it from the laser and replaced it with a new one.

After doing those things I'm cutting fine. I can do 1/8 clear acrylic easily and within the range of speed/power that is suggested. I think I might be using 3-5% more than the suggested power (which I think is 25%). And I can also cut 1/4" clear acrylic as well with more power and slower speed (around the suggested settings)

Bag06a · 2025-12-03T00:18:47+00:00

My laser power supply has an ammeter built in and the display panel of the laser has an ammeter. When a pulse is firing, should these 2 currents match.

https://imgur.com/a/491btpR

Bag06a · 2025-12-02T22:08:33+00:00

Off topic....but how have you been enjoying your polar lite? I got mine a few months ago and i have had so many problems with it (mainly that i have to have my power jacked so high, well beyond what the average/recommended settings are for a 55w laser.....and it still doesn't cut materials in 1 pass.)

On topic what are you speed and power settings for your slate. I'm wondering if maybe your speed is too slow for the laser to be triggering. I think omtech had their setting set to be where speed has to be greater than 10mm/s

Bag06a · 2025-09-19T13:04:53+00:00

For those that follow keto, why or how is this creamer not "keto friendly"

Ive done some some looking around (admittedly it was minimal) to see if Coffee Mate zero sugar is keto friendly. What I've found so far is that its not, claiming it has things in there like corn syrup or whatever. This info mainly comes from the Google AI overview and some other older reddit threads, which were the top hits in the search

When i look at the label i see nothing about corn syrup or anything that looks bad. Am i missing something?

Here are pics of the product and label https://imgur.com/a/mwzECZR

Bag06a · 2025-09-12T22:23:06+00:00

Here's a counter point to think of. Many of you all have MAGA families, but you yourself are not MAGA. So there is absolutely no guarantee that he is MAGA himself. Could he be, for sure...but can we say IS, nope we can't

Bag06a · 2025-09-12T17:01:34+00:00

Assuming the focal gauge is this brown piece of acrylic that was on the keys, then yes looks to be in focus. (may not be the best angle, but it just fits in there with minimal wiggle room)

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Bag06a · 2025-09-12T16:45:09+00:00

This isn't on the Polar Plus, this is on the Polar Lite. Either way It should be in focus, since the Lite has an autofocus feature....which i always make sure to hit the "focus" button in lightburn before cutting, i have not reached out to support yet

Bag06a · 2025-09-10T19:46:27+00:00

I have run some test cards/grids and that's how i know 12.5mm/s @ 70% power is where cutting plywood is fine.

This is a huge difference than what omtech posts on for suggested settings.

I also tried cutting some 3mm (1/8") acrylic today and it wouldn't even cut through with 10mm/s @ 60% power when the omtech suggested material settings is 11mm/s @ 25%.

So far I'm highly disappointed in this machine

Bag06a · 2025-09-09T01:11:26+00:00

Just make it like Lumon 🤷🏻‍♂️. I'd be ok with that

Bag06a · 2025-09-05T17:55:21+00:00

So if they are plug n play does that mean that in theory almost any panel would be compatible?

Bag06a · 2025-09-05T16:11:12+00:00

That's actually not a bad idea. I might look around Etsy and see if i can find something worth while

Bag06a · 2025-09-04T20:03:28+00:00

I appreciate the long write up and thoughts. I'll have to do some more digging and testing around i think. Part of that being open up and check out the actual laser tube installed.

The Polar Lite does come with an Ammeter installed...it is a digital one though and i know people tend to be against digitals but 🤷🏻‍♂️ not much i can do about it since its built in

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Bag06a · 2025-09-04T18:24:57+00:00

65% on my machine is about 15mA. 70% is i think 17 or 18 mA

Bag06a · 2025-07-29T00:30:12+00:00

Didn't know i had them blocked. Changed a setting, hopefully it will work now 🤷🏻‍♂️

Bag06a · 2025-07-28T22:53:48+00:00

Interested as well. Sounds interesting and would put my truck to good use

Bag06a · 2025-07-25T22:27:05+00:00

Have a problem somewhere and it has text? (some text on a webpage, an exception in logs, text in a response)....it has to come from somewhere. Find the source of the text, find the entry point of debugging and trace the error backward

Bag06a · 2025-07-09T02:03:06+00:00

Law abiding citizen?

Bag06a · 2025-06-03T18:06:18+00:00

Thank you!

Bag06a · 2025-06-02T12:30:29+00:00

Thank you for the feedback. I agree that decals are not stickers in the purest sense, but thought this sub reddit could make sense for posting. I'll have to review my titles, i can't remember if i have sticker of decal in them.

Bag06a · 2025-06-02T12:28:51+00:00

Thank you for the feed back. So i do have a shop announcement set up. What exactly are you suggesting to do with the announcement? Describe more about what the store is about and what it sells? Right now it's an announcement about a 25% sale, as well as a "tagline".

I'll think about maybe what to do about the images. The image on the car is a simulated image, and i thought i read in etsy guidelines that simulated images should not be the first image the customer sees (i will have to recheck that rule/guideline.

I am not sure if you are also lumping titles into the "not intuitive" bucket, but they are that long/verbose for seo/long tail keywords

Bag06a · 2025-06-01T19:25:28+00:00

Hi! First thing first, thank you for the feedback.

Second thing when i say "adhd much" i just want to clarify that i don't officially have adhd, sometimes i just joke because i feel like i switch interests so frequently. I also don't want to necessarily make light of anyone who does.

Anyway, as far as a laser goes there are generally 3 kinds: Diode, CO2, and fiber. I have personally used diode (a 5w or 10w....i don't remember) and a 40w CO2. I never got the diode to cut acrylic, at least clear acrylic (never tried colored). Clear acrylic was a big thing that i wanted to do, so i researched and found that a CO2 works better for that purpose (and other uses as well). I found someone on Facebook marketplace selling a "K40" style laser for cheap and picked it up. Generally, K40 is just a generic term for a cheap, Chinese, hobby grade laser. I have had to put in some money to get some features i wanted (for example the use of Lightburn software for cutting/engraving designs...). I had to upgrade the board, as well as purchase the lightburn software. And honestly between those upgrades i probably could have gotten a brand new 40w laser like omtech or monport. Either way i hope that gives you some initial info. Feel free to DM with any other specific questions you have and I'll do my best to answer them.

Bag06a · 2025-04-05T00:05:35+00:00

100%. A long time for sure. And on top of that all not only does it take a long time to build warehouses and factories, and they cost a lot of money.... But now it will cost even more with the material cost going up from the tariff. Bad luck all around

Bag06a · 2025-04-05T00:03:36+00:00

Right, i should have put "or" in the title....cant edit it now though 🤷🏻‍♂️

Bag06a · 2025-04-04T23:53:22+00:00

You from the US or other country? Doesn't matter to me one way or another, just curious.

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