Trotec Speedy 300 Review - A Twisted Engineer's Perspective

[Keith Winter]

Congrats on the new Speedy 300 Dan!

[Mark Ward]

The dimensions of the Speedy 300 it says are: 1090 x 890 x 590.
Now a standard door size width in the UK is about 762mm but the width of the Speedy 300 is 890mm. Does the fan(?) part that sticks out of the back of the machine come off to make it smaller to get through a door or am I going to have to be making a wider door way for it?!

[Dan Hintz]

You flip it on its side to get it through doorways, Mark. Or in my case, you make use of your previous demo work from installing a CNC machine where you rip off the entire door casing/framework and use a jigsaw to cut a wide hole along one side

That fan part is actually the laser cartridge and you generally don't want to remove it... doing so means you'll have to realign the beam, and that's not a fast process.

[Mark Ward]

Aaah good thinking. I currently have a builder in now putting up a stud wall and was about to ask him to make the doorway 900mm just so I could get it in

I presume that 2/3 blokes should be able to lift the machine between us then (quickly just doing a few more press ups), your reference of needing an engine hoist has me slightly worried

[Jiten Patel]

Mark, a 300 should be able to be lifted with 3 people. I managed to to it when we have a loaner 300. Now the 400, that's a different ball game. We have 6 guys, and one of the them looked like he was going to have a heart attack and S&*% himself at the same time. It's a heavy beast.

[Mark Ward]

Jit, I hope you took the "overseeing" role when the 400 got delivered then, ha!

[Jiten Patel]

I didn't pay all that for a machine to carry it! Not a chance! That's like me paying my staff and doing their job!

[Mark Ward]

Well my Speedy 300 has been delivered today, it's an absolute beast. Just before I call in the back up to help me with moving it I wondered if I'd missed anything "easy" that can be removed to save weight. I have taken off the glass lid and also the metal front and unscrewed the machine from the base, is there any other weight saving I can do that isn't going to compromise or invalidate anything? I can't spot anything myself but thought it worth asking just on the off chance!
My back is already aching at the thought of the lift to come

[David Somers]

Mark,

Could you run down to a rental shop and grab a hand truck? Then you are only trying to lift it straight up long enough for the truck tines to get under it.
hopefully you aren't talking about going up stairs? If so, use straps to help keep your backs upright?
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[Mike Null]

Dave

They have to lift and rotate it 90 degrees to an upright position to mount it on the trolley. 3 men are the proper tool.

[Mark Ward]

I played it safe and got 3 mates round, it wasn't too bad with 4 of us, all nicely through the door and back on the trolley again now.

[John Bion]

Hi Dan,
Perhaps I am blind - but I can't find an updated version of your report. Have you done one or are work pressures still on the boil? Looking forward to reading it when finished. I had an interesting couple of hours with Trotec today, very tempting but the ££££ signs flashing before my eyes like an '80s retro sign will keep me awake for the next two nights
Kind regards,
John

[Dan Hintz]

John,

I have not posted an updated version yet, awaiting some free time. Actually, I handed in my resignation earlier this morning, so I will have a couple of weeks of "free time" before I start my new position. Of course, taxes are due smack dab in the middle of that, so we'll see where life leads me. I could post a more recent revision, but I don't think the amount of changes in it are worth getting people excited about it yet.

I'm also deciding if I want to include my initial list of software bugs/annoyances in this one, but I will likely hold off on those for part II.

[John Bion]

I'm also deciding if I want to include my initial list of software bugs/annoyances in this one, but I will likely hold off on those for part II.

HI Dan,
thanks for your reply. Well... I do hope your resignation went well - these sort of things can sometimes go a bit south . I also hope the new position does you well.
Your comment re: software will be very interesting. That is just the sort of nitty gritty report we are all waiting for.

If you have a tax ‘problem' you ought to have bought the Speedy 500 not the 300

Kind Regards, John

[Scott Shepherd]

Dan make sure you're running 10.2. It fixed a lot of minor bugs in 10.1.