Allan Wright
02-21-2007, 10:12 AM
My business is model airplanes, I currently have my product cut by a friend in the business on a Universal laser. I pay him by the piece, and design and prototyping is difficult because I have to drive 3 hours to use the laser, and it is only available to me select weeknights when he's not using it for it's primary purpose.
I'm considering getting a used entry-level machine, as my budget is in the $6,00-$7,000 range at the moment and I need at least 18"x12" and 30+ watts (optimaly 24"x12" and 40+ watts). I've read the horror stories about the Chinese lasers, but I see that one company, a4dableww.com seems to be selling them on Ebay and from the contacts I have made with people who have bought from him there (or apear to have bought, you never know if there are some shill buys there to make it all look legit) seem to be happy and he has seemed to resolve problems.
I don't need to engrave, just cut mostly. My question is, has anyone here bought from a4dableww.com and what was their experience? Right now I'm still beating the used market looking for that rare $6k-$7k machine, but until then I thought I'd investigate this option.
I'm considering getting a used entry-level machine, as my budget is in the $6,00-$7,000 range at the moment and I need at least 18"x12" and 30+ watts (optimaly 24"x12" and 40+ watts). I've read the horror stories about the Chinese lasers, but I see that one company, a4dableww.com seems to be selling them on Ebay and from the contacts I have made with people who have bought from him there (or apear to have bought, you never know if there are some shill buys there to make it all look legit) seem to be happy and he has seemed to resolve problems.
I don't need to engrave, just cut mostly. My question is, has anyone here bought from a4dableww.com and what was their experience? Right now I'm still beating the used market looking for that rare $6k-$7k machine, but until then I thought I'd investigate this option.