Twotrees TTS-55 Pro Laser Engraver 5.5W Laser Engraving Machine,Laser Cutter,500 mm/s Speed,0.08mm Laser Spot Engraver Machine for DIY,Wood,Metal,Acrylic,Glass,Stainless Steel

I wanted to experiment with laser engraving but didn't want to break the bank in doing so. This laser was the perfect solution for that! After only a few days, I have been able to successfully put designs and images on wood, slate, and even anodized stainless steel! This laser is NOT made for metal engraving, but it will certainly burn through the anodized layer to expose the shiny metal below. I feel that the value for the money on this can't be beat if you just want to dip your toes in the water. That said, the phone app is pretty flaky and a challenge to use (though I did get it working successfully). I ended up installing LaserGRBL on a laptop and operating the laser while connected to a computer. MUCH better experience! I do have a solid background in graphic design and imaging, so the image design side of things came naturally. For my very first try at using a laser, I am very pleased.

I recently started getting into laser engraving, and the Twotrees TTS-55 Pro has been an awesome choice. It’s easy to set up and works great on wood, acrylic, and even metal. The engraving is clean and detailed, and the speed is impressive without being overwhelming for a beginner. I’ve already made some custom signs and gifts, and the results look really professional. If you're looking to dive into a creative hobby, this machine is a solid and reliable pick!

I bought this engraver to try with some wooden nameplates for Thanksgiving, and some race medals. It was easy to set up and LastGRBL (the freely available control program) is pretty easy to use (though I should note I work in tech).I didn’t cut out the wooden leaves in the picture with the engraver, so I can’t review that feature (I purchased them precut elsewhere on Amazon), but I did use the engraver to burn the text, and as you can see it did a clean, accurate job. Each leaf took a few minutes to engrave (they’re about 3” across, for reference), and it was easy to align them after the first one by using a rough outline cut from cardboard, taped to the garage floor beneath the engraver (because then I could just drop the next leaf in the cutout and click go).The medals were a little less successful. You can see in the picture of back of the medallion itself (made of some typical, anodized cheap metal alloy) that even after many passes on different settings and heights (including some early, poorly aligned attempts), the text was not clear enough on the back of the medal to really be worth anything (you can barely see it). A friend told me that painting the back of the medal black before engraving may have fixed that problem, but I didn’t try that. Instead, I bought self-adhesive black metal plates (the circular plate pictured, used for making phones work with magnetic mounts, etc.) and engraved those. They came with a thin plastic-like coating on them, and I engraved through that to reduce scatter, then removed the coating after engraving. I will note that doing so produced some likely toxic smoke, so I wore a respirator mask while engraving, but the resulting text was pretty clean (though not as nicely contrasted as the wood).All-in-all, I was pleased with the value of the tool, as it is substantially cheaper than the next level option, and is probably quite suitable to light-duty hobby engraving (especially on wood or leather, I would be careful with plastic or other glossy materials, and you may have mixed results with metal, as I did). I have purchased some additional accessories for it (the rotary stage and risers) to attempt to engrave through the coating on some commercial steel vacuum tumblers. We’ll see how that goes! (I haven’t used it for long enough to speak to the durability of the moving parts or laser diode).

This is my first engraver and I'm excited to get going in this hobby. The assembly was pretty straight forward and the directions were easy to follow. The size is perfect for what I want and the parts are of high quality. The machine looks great, happy with purchase.

The engraver was easy to put together and started out great. I engraved a few peices quite well but on my 4th engraving the graphic was extremely hard to see. I troubleshooted but the laser is still engraving extremely weak. I also saw other reviews that had the same issue with the laser not working after a few engravings. Very disappointed about this, now I have to find an alternative.

First and foremost took me awhile to get it together, the instructions were not the best, l went over the instructions several times and l still have a few things left over, not including the tie wraps, I'm not a rocket scientist but it sure would have helped, took a couple days to get it assembled after getting home from work, now l have to work on learning the adjustments for different items, that should take another couple days, sure would have helped if it was already assembled but l guess you can't have your cake and eat it too, and the video l don't think was for my model but l could be wrong on that one too

Well made , good for home projects, Assembly need patience for beginners, watched some put together videos and functionality, works good , get better and better with experience , my first engraver i like it

It was easy to get this and put it together. I will update the review after making some stuff. But the box it comes in is fairly small. Great packaging.