Thanks for the info. (And sorry for the slow reply. Life got complicated.)
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Thanks for the info. (And sorry for the slow reply. Life got complicated.)
Has anyone tried engraving oyster shell (esp. pearl oyster) with a fiber? They engrave nicely with my CO2 lasers but a friend (who wants to engrave shells among other things) is trying to decide...
There was just a HUGE(!!!) dump of email addresses and passwords in the last day or so. Many of us are getting emails with our address and a password that was used with it (but hopefully was changed...
Yep, that's what mine does. Better than my old one but not as nice as it could be! (If you are not using Lightburn I strongly suggest you try it. And the Corel macro works great - only sends what you...
Dave Sheldrake (who is VERY knowledgeable) said, "Beam profiles change in DC tubes when they get hot, the window to operate a DC tube efficiently with a stable beam is only +/- 1.2 - 2 degrees. ...
Well, in Fiji they mean you pay duty of 3.5% (of the value of the equipment) and then you pay another 30% of the value plus the 3.5% duty. They compound it here.
Obviously, you should see if Epilo has any advice. However, it sounds only too much like a bad motherboard to me. My mini went through three of them. :-(
If you get rid of Win 8 (hopefully it actually is 8.1 as 8.0 had MANY problems) you may have fewer problems. (Even Microsoft has said Win 8 was a mistake.)
Here in Fiji, we pay duty (5-32%) and VAT (9%, figured on top of the duty) on the "value plus shipping". (We supposedly only pay duty and VAT on 75% of the shipping if it is invoiced separately,...
The Gast compressor that Epilog sells to go with the Mini18 has been very good for us.
For those who do not think in metric, a tiny app by Josh Madison called Convert is the ticket. It is pinned to my taskbar and converts almost anything to anything. It has more than 20 categories...
I was pretty happy with my Epilog at 45 watts. However, jumping to 80 and then 100+, even with DC tubes, has made many jobs much much faster and easier. I cut and engrave a lot of curved items...
In my limited experience, you really have to run the actual job on a machine to see how long it takes. That said, if you are pushing things out the door as fast as you can make them, the Trotec...
I have seen that my Chinese lasers are unable to run (fire) as fast as my Epilog. In doing inlays, the Chinese lasers need to run relatively slow to get clean deep "cuts" for the inlays. However, my...
I think Lightburn has an offline mode as well.
Incredible machine! Best Wishes! (BTW - you might find Lightburn a better program to use than RDWorks.)
Yes, the free trial of 30 days is still on. Somebody in the beta test group did the macro I think. (I'm using X7 and it works for me.) I have the macro and instructions if you want it. :)...
In the Chinese laser world, most people design with one program and use a different one to control the laser. RDWorks is free and okay for controlling the laser but is not very powerful when it comes...
Personally, I have found Lightburn (lightburnsoftware.com) to be so much better when it comes to adding images (among other things) I no longer use RDWorks at all. There is a really good macro...
Since it is a free download, it is worth trying to see if it properly connects to your machine when you pick Ruida for the controller.
John, glad the RDW macro works for you. I had nothing but trouble with it. On the other hand, "manually" exporting from Corel and then importing to either RDW or LB takes only a few seconds so the...
Personally, after years of using Corel and RDWorks, switching to Corel & Lightburn was a breath of fresh air. And the macro that puts just what is selected in your Corel drawing straight into...
You might look at Lightburn. It may or may not closer to what you want in ordering things, but it does a lot that RDWorks does not and has a nicer interface. The developer is very responsive and...
If you have a Ruida controller, I would suggest using Lightburn (from Lightburnsoftware.com). A very skilled (and responsive) American programmer created it. It has 30 day free trial (with NO...
+1 for Lightburn. Technically it still is in beta but it is more polished than RDWorks. There is a constant stream of new features and bug fixes. The developer is very responsive. There is a Corel...