The machine has been working tolerably well of late so long as I keep the lns clean and the cutting height correct. Yesterday I changed the cooling water and I am using ditilled water to cool the laser tube.
However; I heard a slight cyclic noise when the macjine was operating and now the origin seems to have shifted by about 6mm. Very irritating as previously I could place work on the table against my origin stops easily. Now I have to locate the origin manually.
I have found that cutting 2mm acrylic gives a really nice finish and I have not had any problems with the platic welding itself back together s I did with polypropylene.
I have improved my knowledge of Coreldraw, in particular, with respect to lining the obects to the edge of the page. I find this makes it easier to position the work for cutting.
I have been cutting mainly paper, card and MDF but have also lasered a design on th back of my mobile phone and then filled the dessign with acrylic paint to give a better appearance.
However; I heard a slight cyclic noise when the macjine was operating and now the origin seems to have shifted by about 6mm. Very irritating as previously I could place work on the table against my origin stops easily. Now I have to locate the origin manually.
I have found that cutting 2mm acrylic gives a really nice finish and I have not had any problems with the platic welding itself back together s I did with polypropylene.
I have improved my knowledge of Coreldraw, in particular, with respect to lining the obects to the edge of the page. I find this makes it easier to position the work for cutting.
I have been cutting mainly paper, card and MDF but have also lasered a design on th back of my mobile phone and then filled the dessign with acrylic paint to give a better appearance.
I too have one of these Chinese laser cutter and been plagued with problems from the start. Today, just 4 days after receiving it, I have discovered a crack in the glass laser tube and water leaking out...not good !
ReplyDeleteI will follow your blog with avid interest to see how you get on.
Sorry to hear of the cracked laser tube! Did you replce it or fix it?
ReplyDeleteThere is actually a dispute going on still via Ebay resolution centre right now. The vendor has offered to send a new tube, but will not fully address all of the problems (Y axis jammed, poor wiring standards, not CE compliant and other niggly things) The machine would be worth the money if it worked "out of the box" but it falls far short of that mark !
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What software have you finally settled on and did you resolve the speed issue?
ReplyDeleteI have CorelLaser which allows CorelDraw to output to the laser directly, LaserDRW and Coreldraw X7 Suite.
I am using Coreldraw X6, although I also use Techsoft and then export as dxf file and import into Corel. This is because my knowledge of Coreldraw is developing. If I want to cut fine detail fast, I tape the work down with masking tape to stop it moving. Hope you get your tube sorted soon. BW
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