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They just sold me a $1,100 new x motor. Yikes.

I still don't get how it can have a bad motor and cut but not engrave. I ran a "engraving test" last night using cut lines, I put 400 lines .01"...

I stumped the Trotec technician, I might have to pay someone to come down and look at the hardware. It's a Speedy 100 and this weird problem just started where anytime I engrave anything it kicks...

Just moved my Speedy 100 to a new location, still venting outside but it's unfortunately on a wall shared by a parking lot. I'd like to build a "little something" to help mitigate the smell and...

Didn't see a recent topic, are there any users on here that can speak to the quality?

All hail our lord and savior Trotec, of course, I've had a Speedy 100 for several years now but I can't afford...

As silly a product as it is, I'd gotten rather attached to Laser Dark (to darken wood engraving) but it seems kinda expensive for a can of spray paint and I'm interested in using colors as well. I've...

Same, I charge for design, setup, lasering and post-production (assembly, packaging, ect) rates separately in an itemized list. It comes out to being a lot more than 60 an hour but that's just how I...

Lasers were also a lot more expensive then, I try to stay compeitive with local businesses in my area. A chief competitor has around 70k tied up in new 80w Epilog machines and charges $80. I paid...

Still sort of new at this, I've got a 45w Speedy 100 I do a fair amount of engraving and cutting on for clients and due to the limited size and wattage I low-ball at $60 an hour on the machine. My...

Just a local hardwoods store, it's convenient (2 min drive) and cheap enough. I've never tried any other so I wouldn't know how to gauge it, looks great on both sides but I hit something, presumably...

I have a 45 watt Trotec Speedy 100, roughly two years old. Can't tell if the tube is going bad, I'm just having poor luck with wood or that wattage is just too weak, I honestly don't cut 1/4 very...

Well more with me than the machine, engraving unusual shapes and positioning them accurately within the files and on the bed.

I have a Speedy 100 I've mostly been using for production cutting but I'm tip toeing into engraving and I'm more than a little paranoid because I keep getting jobs on sentimental or expensive goods....

I can back this up as well, as a graphic designer working primarily in digital fabrication all I use is Adobe Illustrator and Rhino 3D. I've heard of Corel of course but I've never seen a reason to...

Howdy,

I came on here a few months ago for advice on a 40w machine and after chatting I decided to continue saving for a 75w as I need to do more cutting than engraving. I'm approaching that goal...

I appreciate all the replies. This was the quick solution I needed.

I have some wooden toys I'm working on that move using 1/8" dowels cut to very particular lengths, some are really short even down to 1/8" long. I can't seem to cut them cleanly or accurately by hand...

Hmmm, just when I thought I could finally settle on an Epilog for my first laser. I hope this (new product?) is out of my budget. Indecision is killing me.

So once a month I borrow a truck, buy some 1/8 baltic birch sheets and spend an hour cutting them into 12x20 blanks for laser cutting. The boxes I make with these blanks have a lot of cuts which tend...

I appreciate the valuable advice, from all of you. I'll give the Chinese laser some more thought, 18k is a lot for 40w and it doesn't sound like that 4" lense is worth while. I don't need to cut 1/2...

Well the highest wattage on the Helix is 75 and that's pretty unattainable at 25k. The 40 watt I'm looking at now is 17k.

That's hard for me to answer, Matthew further down the page recommended buying a machine with enough head room and that's what I'm thinking about. Right now I cut 1/8 baltic birch on a Chinese import...

Reliability, long life, I'm also a stickler for American made products and I plan on moving to a city in Colorado not far from their factory. To afford that I'm okay with limiting myself to a smaller...

So I've reluctantly switched over from buying a Chinese laser to an Epilog. Right now I'm eyeing either a Mini-24 60w or a Helix 40w. I'd prefer the larger Helix but I'm concerned that 40 watts won't...

Have any of you heard of someone using a laser engraver to create screen printing transparencies? I have two big items to budget right now, a laser engraver and a large format laser printer, the...

That makes a lot of sense, thank you.



Even baltic birch? What wattage do you think would be ideal? Cutting wood cleanly is sort of the cornerstone of how I'd like to use a laser cutter in my...