After numerous youtube searches over the years on K40's, i was preparing myself for really anything and prepped to do a lot of work once the laser got in. unboxed the laser and was ready to do design another exhaust, align the lasers and do the few hours of work i've always seen... However, this was completely different.
The exhaust was a really great PC style fan that's in the machine itself and was a full metal enclosure, not the plastic external exhausts you see on most of them (the ducting is, but that's perfectly fine).
the pump hooks right to a threaded connector on the machine itself and turns on as soon as the machine comes on to keep the machine protected.
I got all of that work done and started aligning the laser.... on every corner it hit the same spot on the laser head itself... IT WAS ALREADY ALIGNED!
i then did a ramp test to gett he proper distance from the head itself and did my first few tests and honestly... from unboxing, setup, and sending files i was up and running within an hour.
The only things i'm adding onto this machine are an air assist, laser diode to see where i'm about to slice as well as an ammeter to see the actual power i'm outputting. But in reality, this machine is setup and ready to go right out of the box.
Uploaded a photo of my first test
1) the honeycomb bed does not come with this machine, but was only $20 on another website
2) i made a basic sketch and cut out the top piece above the cats head as a one test and then was in the middle of engraving a cat when I had to leave my house and obviously couldn't keep it going without keeping an eye on the machine.
2.5) i was running a bit too slow, but as a quick test, i'm throughly impressed.
3) from someone who owns other CNC machines, this was just fantastic right out of the box.
I would not hesitate to ever put down money on another one of these.
Bradley C Parson 
