Hardware setup

STEP 11: set-up the air-pump

The air pump is required to enhance the engraving process, the effect of using the air pump is shown in (1). The air pump shown in (2) will be placed inside the table as shown in (3). The air pump has a plastic tube that will be connected to the laser head using a tube connector as shown in (4). In order to connect the tube, we should make a way through for the tube which is done by drilling a hole in the table as shown in (5). Finally, we pass the tube through the table and connect it to the laser head as shown in (6).