Tim, have you watched the Randy Allen procedure on re-setting your home position on an Epilog? I watched it yesterday on U-Tube. It was pretty informative. You might watch it to make sure you did...
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Tim, have you watched the Randy Allen procedure on re-setting your home position on an Epilog? I watched it yesterday on U-Tube. It was pretty informative. You might watch it to make sure you did...
The only part you are missing is one more flat headed cap screw. Remove the bracket from the bottom of the table. Then mount the bracket with two screws to the Z axis Velmex slide. Then re-mount...
Shawn, after you finish your alignment, put a spot of nail polish on the heads of all of the SHCS that are used for alignment. You don't want to fill the socket for the Allen wrench, but you want to...
I think you need to replace the X axis belt. When you replace it, also clean out the drive gear and the idler pulley.
I think you have something in the drive train that is off. Epilogs usually use flats on the shafts of the drive motors and each one of the drive gears have two set screws to hold them in place. The...
According to the ULS 25 E Service Manual, you blew out a varister.
VARISTOR
This device will burn up and short out if there is an over voltage or voltage spike situation. This will
prevent the...
My guess is your 28 VDC power supply is going. The 28 VDC runs both the laser and the muffin fans. If you remove the cover over the power supply, watch the power supplies fans to see if they turn...
The theoretical explanation does not take into account size of any of the optics. It is a fact of beam dynamics, and can be limited or enhanced based on the real life environment that it is in. ...
Lee, as hard as it is to believe, the larger the beam diameter on a laser, the smaller the focus spot size. So you might be seeing the effect of beam divergence. As the beam gets further from the...
Colin, that system should have a power supply that is outputting 28 VDC. If it is only putting out 24 VDC, you have a failing power supply.
Larry, if he can't get through the cap with all the power he is using, maybe he is trying to engrave the wrong side of the sheet. I don't know, but the new caps take very little power to get...
Try flipping the sheet over!
Oh you are right Dan. Trig is so much easier to use than bright!
David, if you put a piece of anodized aluminum into the engraving area. Then send a black filled rectangle over to the machine at the recommended speed and power settings from your manual. Hit...
Joe, I have found 1/3 of the way down into the material seems to give better cutting ability on many materials.
Cheryl, the laser is the silver box that runs along the back of the machine, under the cover. The UL laser has two fans on it, that blow and suck air directly out of the back of it. I wouldn't...
We were up in Somerset, WI. at Preeco Laser a couple of months ago. They had one laser machine that had two laser tubes on it. One came in from one side of the machine. The other came from the...
All you need to do is sell the vector cutting as a "coined edge". Those Summits are famous for the coined edge vector cut. Great machines, they don't seem to break.
You can contact Epilog and have them give you the pre-set/ default parameters from your machine. Just give them the serial number and firmware revision of your Helix, and they can pull up the...
You can also check Grizzly Industrial Supply. They carry similar inexpensive dust collectors. http://www.grizzly.com http://www.grizzly.com
The Penn Industry dust collection blowers seem to be a...
Jim, 52 is nothing. My Mom is 83 and she doesn't need glasses. She drinks right out of the bottle.:D
Stephen, I would think optics and/ or alignment would cause the decrease in power to the piece rather than just tube. A real quick test to see if the laser is crapping out or the optics/ alignment:...
Russ, I'm not sure I should get involved, but I was never one to know when to say when.
You bought a 10 to 12 year old machine, used. You set it up, then start having trouble with it. When...
A Very Merry Christmas to all of you Creekers.
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So Dan, your laser outputs power like your chainsaw. Full throttle means you are outputting full horsepower?
That is true if you are outputting CW (continuous wave). But most systems run by...