Aufero Laser Engraver, Laser Engraving Cutting Machine for Wood and Metal, 32-bit Motherboard LaserGRBL, LightBurn, Eye Protection Compressed Spot, 15.4'' x 15.4'' DIY Engraving Area (AL2 LU2-4-LF)

Easy to put together and great support. Very easy to learn how to operate I would recommend for anyone wanting to start engraving.

The media could not be loaded.  I will start off by saying, that I really like this laser. My first exposure to a laser was the Aufero Portable Laser, which left me impressed, with what an inexpensive and tiny laser could do. This laser is considerably larger than the portable laser offered by Aufero. The portable laser has a 7.1" x 7.1" work area, while the larger version has a work area of 15.4" x 15.4". The portable version comes with the LU2-2 laser head, while this larger version comes with the LU2-4-LF. The LU2-2 is great for engraving. It's not particularly powerful, so it does have a hard time engraving some wood. In particular I had difficulties getting a dark engrave on pine wood slices with heavy sap lines. The LU2-4-LF on the other hand, is extremely powerful. This laser head is able to not only engrave, but also cut plywood up to around 1/8 of an inch. It can also engrave black acrylic, powder coated stainless steel, and leather to name a few.I would suggest that if you are purchasing this laser to cut wood, a honeycomb mat would be a good idea. Without the honeycomb mat, You will experience charring on the back side of your work piece.This machine also does not come with air assist, but it does come with the tubing, and nozzles in order to hook it up. You simply need to purchase a small air compressor. The air assist is great to prevent charring on the top of the workpiece. This laser is also considerably faster than the smaller portable version.Another great thing about the Aufero lasers is, The laser heads are compatible between both models. You can easily slide a laser head from the portable model and put it on to the larger model in minutes. You can also purchase the laser heads individually on Amazon, which is great.Another thing that I really appreciate about the Aufero lasers is, they are very simple to set up. I would say that setup takes around 30 minutes. It's simply a matter of screwing together the frame, and connecting a couple plugs. This company makes it so incredibly easy to get started. I would say that you could assemble this laser, and have your first piece engraved within an hour.The Aufero lasers work with both Light Burn, which is a paid software, or Laser GRBL, which is a free software. Light Burn has the capacity to do just about anything that you would want to, while Laser GRBL is very simple, and very easy to use. If you're new to lasers, I would suggest starting with Laser GRBL, which has a very low learning curve, and then graduate to Light Burn once you are ready.Overall, I am a huge fan of the Aufero lasers. I have been impressed with both models that I have received. I love that you're able to switch out the laser head. It is also fantastic that you're able to buy the laser heads separately through Amazon. I would say that this is a great laser for someone, who is just starting out. It is extremely simple to use, and the price point is fantastic.

I've loved my Ortur Lasermaster 2 for several years now, but, it's been getting rather long in the tooth. As more companies hit the scene, such as Atomstack, Sculpfun, xTool, and more, they've been bringing more to the table while Ortur seems to be wallowing in their former glory. Finally, they did.....something.The Aufero Laser 2 is ​a rather different design than the typical extrusion based models. While the others keep getting taller, the Aufero is short and sleek by comparison,the rounded front edge and dual side mounted Y steppers being obvious differences. It's max motion is ramped up to a whopping 10k mm/m, around 3x the original spec for the LM2 (I see they've changed that spec recently.). And, it comes with an air assist nozzle, which is not something that I've seen on another model in the same class. Oh yeah, and, there isn't a bit of acrylic on it, and the measurement markings on the X and Y axis make actual sense rather than the silly thing Atomstack has going on. 0,0 is actually where the laser beam stops travel.For all it's good looks though, the Laser 2 falls way off the mark. The instructions for putting it together are poor, the hardware to assemble it is junk (I stripped two screw heads during assembly), and they didn't even bother with instructions for installing the air assist. For seasoned veterans like myself, getting around these issues is more annoyance than show stopper, but a newcomer would be in fits.But wait, there's more. Gone are the limit switches which Ortur is known for. The control board supports them, but not the firmware. Those rounded extrusions, while looking nice, eliminate the ability to make use of the ecosystem of add-ons already available for extrusion based engravers. The firmware itself is a mess. There is some weird 'power saving' mode it drops into after about 5min, which effectively turns the unit off. Getting it back out of this mode proved to be a problem. In Lightburn, it refused to do anything due to 'alert or jog' status. Reseting connections didn't fix it, power cycling didn't fix it, flashing the firmware again didn't fix it. Eventually, I went into LaserGRBL and cleared the alarm, which was due to the machine not being able to home. Again, annoying to me, death knell for a newcomer.To make matters worse, the L2 sports the same old LU2 5.5W laser series. In previous testing, the Atomstack A5 easily kicked the snot out of LU1 series, not to mention the A5 Pro and Sculpfun S6 Pro, which are all in the same output power range. It's no surprise that the same repeated here. The LU2-4-LF performed the same as the previous generation at cutting, needing two passes at 120mm/s and 80% power to get through 3mm plywood. This is compared to the rest of the pack who needed only one. At 420mm/m, even four passes were not sufficient. By comparison, all the other models for into the 720mm/m or better. At engraving, same story, the Aufero lost it's ability to keep up as soon as speeds got over 2000mm/m. In a speed power test from 1000mm/m to 10000mm/m, the Laser 2 lost all meaningful results as speeds got above 3000mm/m, less than a third of its top speed.Given the price point (500 at the time of this writing), there really isn't anything here to recommend buying this machine. Sure, it can go fast, but doesn't have a laser capable of taking advantage of it. The look is sleek, but has more drawbacks than anything. The air assist, well, nifty of course but it's inclusion isn't significant given the rest of the package. I wanted to love it, wanted it to succeed, but it's a turd., sorry.

This is a really good laser engraver and it’s very well priced. I’ve seen some that are more expensive. They don’t do half the things that this one does this one is very nice I like the color it is streamline and it is very nice for a small work station. The application that you have to download for this engraver works well on a Mac computer so you do not have to have windows

I have to say I was intimidated at first, but once I read through the manual and started to apply some hands on instructions, it wasn't near as hard to operate as I thought. My first test piece was a piece of wood, which came out very well, so then I tried another and this time I kept it. Have done a lot still then, but I do suggest until you are very used to it, that you do test pieces before you use it on something valuable. Works perfectly and is a very good price for how well it is made. Highly Recommend.

This engraver is really nice and it lasers very nice. I think its worth the price

There's a bit of a learning curve coming from 3D printers but this is fine for hobby use. Just I don't trust the glasses they send. Invest in some good laser blocking curtains, and good quality USA made eye protection. These lasers if they bounce off some and hit your eyes can permanently blind you. We have not evolved to resist lasers. I don't like the lack of safety layers is the biggest issue. Its just an open system which is heinous.

Like all laser engravers of this type assembly was pretty easy and took less then a hour. Everything moves smoothly and it makes nice clean cuts with no burning on the top. This is a nice engraver and I can recommend it. 5 STARS