The good news is that all of the people who ask us to engrave some piddly little job for two bucks will probably buy a GF laser so they can do their own engraving AND hopefully engrave for all of their friends.
The good news is that all of the people who ask us to engrave some piddly little job for two bucks will probably buy a GF laser so they can do their own engraving AND hopefully engrave for all of their friends.
- or not -
Many of my customers thru the years have bought their own machines to cut out 'the middleman'. Some do it for convenience, most because they think they'll save money. The logic of paying an employee $30k a year to run a machine to save them the $5k a year they pay ME escapes me. But nearly every customer I've had who bought an engraving machine still has me do their engraving. I do engraving regularly for 2 engraving shops, because they take jobs they can't do, or don't want to do themselves. A few of my customers have their own C02 and fiber lasers who don't use them because they create more waste than profit...
-- and the people with the piddly jobs who call someone with a GF? Good chance they, or the GF owner will be calling YOU..
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ELEVEN - rotary cutter tool machines
FOUR - CO2 lasers
THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
ONE - vinyl cutter
CASmate, Corel, Gravostyle
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Rabbit RL_XX_6040-60 watt Laser engraving/cutting machine Oh wait its a 3D Printer my bad LOL
Lasercut 5.3
CorelDraw X5
10" Miter Saw with slide
10" Table Saw
8" bench mount 5 speed Drill Press
Dremel, 3x21 Belt Sander
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
now that's funny... but still, GF has a long way to go to catch up to politics-- at least it DOES do SOMETHING...
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ELEVEN - rotary cutter tool machines
FOUR - CO2 lasers
THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
ONE - vinyl cutter
CASmate, Corel, Gravostyle
I thought this was interesting;
This guy lists the Glowforge as one of his tools in the description of his video.
Shenhui 1440x850, 130 Watt Reci Z6
Gerber Sabre 408
I received mine last week. As I have stated before I don't have any laser experience so I can't offer any comparisons on speed. I have only cut out 4 or 5 things, None of which took more than 20 minutes. The 20 min cut was this pencil holder from thingiverse. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:52386
What I can say is that so far it has lived up to my expectations. I opened the box and had something cut by the machine in less than 20 minutes. Super easy to set up, super intuitive UI. I have cut several things both from the GF catalog and from thingiverse. Importing from thingiverse was simple and all I had to do was set the proper layers from cut to engrave.
I had one issue which involved a project I purchased from their store. The UI did not recognize that the file was loaded into the software for some reason. GF refunded the purchase, fixed the problem and reloaded it into my files within 24 hours. It worked fine the next time.
If anyone has anything they would like me to try I am more than willing to. I don't have an easy way to do video but I'm happy to reply back with the results.
Woodworking, Old Tools and Shooting
Ray Fine RF-1390 Laser Ray Fine 20watt Fiber Laser
SFX 50 Watt Fiber Laser
PM2000, Delta BS, Delta sander, Powermatic 50 jointer,
Powermatic 100-12 planer, Rockwell 15-126 radial drill press
Rockwell 46-450 lathe, and 2 Walker Turner RA1100 radial saws
Jet JWS18, bandsaw Carbide Create CNC, RIA 22TCM 1911s and others
I didn't see the description anywhere just the video nice UVLS he uses tho
Last edited by Bert Kemp; 09-03-2017 at 3:00 PM.
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10" Miter Saw with slide
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8" bench mount 5 speed Drill Press
Dremel, 3x21 Belt Sander
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
Then it's pure wonder I could engrave this on a Chinese laser.sandkort.jpg
G. Weike LG900N 100W RECI RDWorks V8
Leiming LM2513FL 1kW Raycus fiber laser cutter
Wisely 50W Raycus engraver
What waiting for a glowforge will do to you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiBWv4Uh494
700mm x 500mm Ke Hui KH-7050 Laser
80W EFR F2
S&A CW5000 chiller
Chuck style of rotary attachment
"...don't know how much longer I can waaait, I think of all the things I can maaaake, I think of all things I can dooooo..."
I wish him well, and hope he makes all those things he's been dreaming of.
I have four of these darn contraptions, and no matter what I put in the things, they only make but one thing...
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ELEVEN - rotary cutter tool machines
FOUR - CO2 lasers
THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
ONE - vinyl cutter
CASmate, Corel, Gravostyle
I'm now seeing some people reporting NoGlow NoForge, as theres broken tubes, damaged packaging, bent pins and other problems. I think maybe will will see a rise in users here wanting to know how to fix these things
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8" bench mount 5 speed Drill Press
Dremel, 3x21 Belt Sander