Joe Pelonio
02-05-2017, 6:29 PM
I only got to run 500 pieces of a 2,000 piece order before my tube died. I had expected to be working today with the game on my little 19" shop TV, but now I'm in the family room with the 50". Tomorrow I will have to call my customer, then Epilog, and Bell Laser for prices on a replacement. Despite one replacement on warranty in 1994 and another I had to pay for in 1996, this one has lasted close to 11 years. It's been getting weaker the last couple of years (speed 6 to cut 1/4" compared to speed 12 when new) but now it won't cut through 1/16" ABS at any speed, and on speed 2 it barely makes an invention in 1/4" acrylic. If Bell is cheaper, I go by their place every day on the way to work and back. Has anyone ever used them for a new tube or recharge? And now it's snowing hard, so I may be telecommuting tomorrow.