So, I have recently acquired an Epilog Summit laser. Try not to laugh.
I had used it a few times and it vectored perfectly, but weakly. But didn't fire at all when rastering. The previous owner had experienced the same thing, and we both assumed the tube needed a charge. I knew this going in, obviously.
I had the tube recharged by the guys at Evergreen last week. It came back strong, but now I'm getting some strange results on the machine.
Here is the abridged version of what is going on:
The machine will fire in alignment mode, but it takes some coaxing. Holding the left door trigger, it takes hitting the right door trigger 2-5 times to get it to fire. Sometimes I even have to wiggle it for 4-5 seconds before anything happens. This doesn't seem right.
I did get the machine (I believe) reasonably well aligned, but it took about 2 hours. I don't think it is affecting anything (because the beam is aligned to strike the lens in the lower portion) but the main mirror over the lens is starting to flake at the top.
The machine will raster basic shapes and words BUT it starts late (consistently missing the top 10 to 15% of the design). And it seems to cut out intermittently at speeds over about 70 to 80%.
Vectoring also starts late for the most part. I got a few shapes to cut all the way around, but for most the laser started firing after about 5-10% of the design had passed. Also, I don't know if it's related to my problems, but some of the corners of the boxes seem rough and the circles had some uneven points. Could just be that I'm used to a machine that cuts better though.
I'm kind of at a loss as to where to start troubleshooting since this machine is relatively new to me, and also old enough Epilog doesn't support it any more.
I've reached out to Evergreen to see what they think, but in the meantime I thought I'd appeal to the community here for help. I know at least a couple people are still running these machines. Right?
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