Hi all,
New the forum, first post ...
I'm trying to buy a 600mm x 900mm laser, and have quotes from multiple places (G Weike, Perfect Laser, Light Object, Novakon, GCC, etc.). I am leaning towards getting a Chinese laser directly; I've heard horror stories but also good stories and I'm fairly technical. They are so much cheaper...
But I have a question about the red dot laser -- some machines use a beam combiner, but others (I think the G Weike and Perfect Laser?) mount the red laser on the side of the head, which means it's hard to keep it aligned to where the cutting will actually occur.
Does anyone know what the tradeoffs are? E.g. does the beam combiner take some power away, or something? Is it not really a big deal to see where cutting will happen exactly?
Thanks! The discussions here have been really helpful.
Mike