Search:

an update: the supplier in the UK has been really good - so far. Lena has been able to give me a copy of the (completely useless) manual and has also found out that my machine was supplied with the...

I've joined the forum you sent the link to Dave. Just awaiting approval from the Admin for my account.

I'm in East Lothian Dave.

Hi Dave,

Many thanks for the fast response and the link. I knew this was the best place to look for help!

Best Regards,

David

Hi folks, I'm really in need of some assistance and i know this is the most likely place for me to get it.

I received a Chinese 50W laser engraving machine for Christmas from a member of my...

Hi folks,
I just want to thank all of you hard working people for sharing your experiences with these spindles and VFD's. I firmly believe that without reading every one of the pages and pages of...

Thanks for that. Their prices look really pretty good. I will try and sort out what one i need. Can't wait 'til my spindle arrives now!

regards,
David

Thanks for the reassurance on the chinese spindle Hemworth Lad. I'd heard a lot of people saying that the chinese VFD's are total crap so i'm trying to source one over here for cheap. Where did you...

Have you found someone to do these yet? I may be interested - how many do you require?
Regards,
David

make that seven collets - 3mm,1/8",4mm,5mm,6mm,1/4",8mm.

Unfortunately i imported it from Germany about two years ago so i don't think i have much chance of getting anywhere under warranty.
I have just bought a 2.2kW water cooled spindle from china so,...

The bad thing of it is - i have never run it at full speed and i have always taken relatively light cuts. The Kress has never been 'pushed'.

I would have to say that the Kress was used for only 250 - 300 hours max. cutting mostly acrylic and light ply.
The bearings gave absolutely no sign of collapsing i.e no tightness or strange...

Hi folks,
After perhaps a hundred small projects i've killed my Kress FME 1050. The bearings collapsed and caused the motor to 'burn out'. bummer.
I can't really justify another £160-£180 on...

Hi, i'm also trying to cut Dibond using a homemade CNC router. I'm trying to cut 6" square plaques but when i cut lettering areas ike the centre of 'O' come flying off. Any suggestions?

Many...

thanks for the info. Corian is REALLY difficult to get hold of over here. Apparently, any offcuts have to be returned for recycling and only registered users can obtain it. Sounds like a load of...

I'm very new to all this and would really appreciate your help.
I'm into trying litho's but keep having bother cutting them. To start off i tried cutting a few using Lazycam which came with my copy...

Hi everyone! It's nice to be able to try and help someone else out for a change. I work in an engineering/ fabrication shop and our main customer is the local cement plant. from time to time, we...

Hi, i'm trying to make a few lithophanes using photographs imported into Lazycam.
My question is, can I import the image and raster it in the xy plane and cut it, then return to the start point,...

Thanks for your help - i knew this was the place to come for advice. I managed to start a trial cut of an image file yesterday but have not been able to complete it yet - daughter sleeping next to...

Sorry folks - false alarm! I managed to sort it out. I stupidly had min z and max z values the wrong way round in lazycam. Have i got a red face? You bet i have!

Thanks anyway!

Regards, ...

Hi, I'm very new to this so please take it easy on me if i'm posting on the wrong forum! I have just (2 weeks ago) built a CNC engraving/milling machine which i'm using Mach3 to control. Although a...