Bambu Lab R1 is a 55W CO2 laser cutter built around automation. It handles optical alignment, material positioning and surface tracking for you, with a 600 × 300 mm work area, clear acrylic support, and optional conveyor processing up to 3 meters.
This is Bambu’s first standalone laser cutter. The H2D put a diode module in the printer, and a lot of people did not want soot in that box.
The useful part is the mirror alignment. On a CO2 laser, that usually means thermal paper, test shots, and tiny screws. R1 clips a sensor onto the toolhead and does the alignment automatically in about a minute.
The work area is 600 × 300 mm, speed goes up to 1000 mm/s, and a lot of the motion-control thinking comes from Bambu’s printers. Thick cuts need the longer-focus lenses, which are sold separately.
One thing worth knowing: add the riser or conveyor and it is no longer a closed Class 1 machine!
the automated alignment is the genuinely useful part, agreed, that's a real chore on every CO2 laser I've seen. the line that'd stop me though is "add the riser or conveyor and it's no longer a closed Class 1 machine" - that's exactly the setup most people doing anything bigger than small acrylic pieces would want, the conveyor is half the pitch here. is there a fume extraction and interlock spec for that configuration, or does going beyond Class 1 mean the safety story becomes "here's a vented room, good luck"?
Love that the automatic mirror alignment turns a fiddly thermal-paper-and-screws ritual into a one minute toolhead sensor step, lowering the real barrier to CO2 lasers for makers.
About Bambu Lab R1 on Product Hunt
“CO2 laser cutting with Bambu-style automation”
Bambu Lab R1 launched on Product Hunt on October 2nd, 2026 and earned 134 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #8 on the daily leaderboard. Bambu Lab R1 is a 55W CO2 laser cutter built around automation. It handles optical alignment, material positioning and surface tracking for you, with a 600 × 300 mm work area, clear acrylic support, and optional conveyor processing up to 3 meters.
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Zac Zuo
Hi everyone!
This is Bambu’s first standalone laser cutter. The H2D put a diode module in the printer, and a lot of people did not want soot in that box.
The useful part is the mirror alignment. On a CO2 laser, that usually means thermal paper, test shots, and tiny screws. R1 clips a sensor onto the toolhead and does the alignment automatically in about a minute.
The work area is 600 × 300 mm, speed goes up to 1000 mm/s, and a lot of the motion-control thinking comes from Bambu’s printers. Thick cuts need the longer-focus lenses, which are sold separately.
One thing worth knowing: add the riser or conveyor and it is no longer a closed Class 1 machine!