I heard that here they run about $7,500-$8,000 U.S., about half what I paid for my Epilog Legend 24tt.
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I heard that here they run about $7,500-$8,000 U.S., about half what I paid for my Epilog Legend 24tt.
The mirrors that you buy at any store are bottom reflective. Top reflective optics mirrors as used in a laser are specialized items with few manufacturers.
Most any laser with 25+ watts will cut double sided tape. I will apply it to material to be cut ahead of time and cut the part and tape together for easy application. I have also cut just the tape in...
I'd guess that the head is stopping and returning right at that spot so there's a slight pause on the left end of the image, causing too much heat to build up. You can try adding a vertical 1 pt....
That is a laser application.
There are other issues.
One is the cutting bed below the carriage bar on a vinyl plotter, that provide the correct surface for the knife to penetrate the vinyl without poking through the backing....
The 30 watt will cut your 2mm material wood fine. For engraving the power makes little difference between the two.
If however, you may eventually want to cut thicker material, you'd need more...
What settings are you using? With 40 watts you should be using a speed of 50% or more and less than 20% power.
This came out recently and may be just the thing for you. I don't know anyone that has one yet, but have always found my Epilog to be a good machine with great support.
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The easiest solution is to cut a piece of sacrificial inexpensive material such as mdf or even card stock as a jig. Cut it with the same file used for your parts.
Tape it to the table in the...
Just for a starting point, with 6mm acrylic on my 45 watt I cut at speed 8 power 100%, engrave at speed 100 power 50.
It's been a long time since I saw one, but by the logo it could be an old Anagraph plotter.
You are asking for a lot of information that would take more time than I have.
Much of this has already been covered by other posts, if you search, but I'll list the materials that I cut most...
I cut corrugated cardboard, card stock, poster board all the time, the fumes are no more problem than burning wood in your fireplace.
I contacted a ULS dealer, and he told me that the parts including tube are very hard to find, and expensive (tube $2,700 and that's only 25 watts).
What would you think a 1995 ULS 25ER is worth? Someone is selling one and I've considered it as a backup. Says it just had a new tube. Also, are parts and support still available, and will it run on...
I create my puzzles using the Corel X3 smartdraw tool. It will smooth out the bumps automatically, for the most part, leaving just a little cleanup to do manually.
To avoid the duplicate cutting I...
Depending on the lens focal length you need as much as 2" more than the height of the part to fit it into the maximum space with the laser floor dropped all the way down. If the z stroke is 8", and...
That dimension should be listed in the specs for any machine you are considering. My Epilog will hold items 8" tall. Look for the Z-Stroke, or on many Chinese machines "Up and Down work Plate". The...
Photoshop won't draw in vector format, you need to use Corel or Adobe Illustrator which are vector based programs.
Whatever program you use initially, the best file type to import is tif. Then run...
I have done it on my Mutoh. Yes, it's hard on it, the blade simply bounces up and down very quickly to poke the material as the head moves, rather than dragging to cut. It is a feature though, and...
With proper settings you should get a nice white etch, less power and more speed is best.
If you do need to paint fill, etch through a mask like paper transfer tape, and paint with special glass...
The one I paid for was $2,300, but since the price has been reduced to $1,100.
Epilog doesn't do recharging, they only sell a replacement.
The symptoms were different each time. The first...
Tell the customer to convert to polylines before exporting it for you.
Also, always select "Reduce Nodes" in the Import dialog. Also have a look at the "simplify" function on the property toolbar,...
On mine the manufacturer advertised 11,000 hours. My first tube died at just 500 hours while on warranty, the second lasted about 2,000 before dying a couple of months after the warranty expired....
For the small size you need, you can get a reliable U.S. built system for $10,000 or less. If you go for that Artcut, buy 3-4 of them so you have backups, once you start doing production work...
The "interference" is the internet connection interfering with the laser job. What seems to be happening is that when I activate the wireless connection in xp the
DSL works great, but while it's...
I'm pretty clueless about networks, so I don't see how that helps. Our router has an empty port that I can connect the PC to, but I don't want to have the laser running through the network. If I wire...
I am connected as recommended by Epilog via a crossover ethernet cable, directly between the PC and Laser. This is for best speed and reliability. With only one ethernet socket to get online I have...
Has anyone tried vector scoring stained glass on the laser instead of using the usual hand cutting wheel? I tried it and it did work for straight lines and gentle curves, but for a more drastic curve...