I had to chop its head off - xTool P2

"Hydra" - the Hammerhead shark.
Carved in Ash wood.

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In this video I try a new woodcarving technique to create a blank for a Hammerhead shark sculpture.
This was done by cutting slices with a CO2 laser cutter provided to me by xTool. They approached me and asked if I was interested in a commercial collaboration. After a little bit of research I thought the machine was worth giving a try. I was not disappointed ! The machine itself is made of good quality materials and even though I don't know much about laser cutting I think I can say that the performances are pretty good. Here I cut in 12mm ash wood in one pass (settings were: power:100%, speed:4mm/s).
Their software, XCS, is quite simple to use but lacks a few functionalities that would help tremendously with workflow. Good news is that the xTool team is very available and open to any suggestions users might have. I have compiled a list of things that I think could be improved and will send it to them in a while.

Please enjoy this video and I hope you'll like what I created.
Cheers :) .

Chapters
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0:00 - Intro
0:08 - Wood prepping
01:25 - Cat !
01:38 - Blank prepping
05:38 - Carving
11:37 - Final reveal
11:44 - Plot twist !
12:06 - Final reveal (for real this time!)



Credits
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3D Model: Hammerhead Shark by AL DEZEL : https://sketchfab.com/Al-dezel
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Hip Hop Rap Instrumental (Crying Over You) by Chris Morrow 4
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