Recommend me a Laser cutter.

[Gasgasbones]

Cheers fellas

Such minefield. I suspect most come from china at some point ? But as the saying goes you generally get what you pay for. I certainly dont mind doing general maintenance but I dont want to be faffing about daily with constant problems as I need it to work for me. I need it basically to plug in and play, be of good quality and have a good spares and phone backup from where I get it from.

Quite liked the look of this one http://www.mantechmachinery.co.uk/la...d-laser-cutter
Any one know about these ?

Youtube brings up tons of the cheap looking ebay stuff but not much else it seems apart from some big industrial ones !

[Jess]

I suspect most come from china at some point ?

That it was made in China tells you almost nothing about the quality, TBH - China produces some great stuff as well as total rubbish.

Quite liked the look of this one http://www.mantechmachinery.co.uk/la...d-laser-cutter
Any one know about these ?

I'm pretty sure it's a Chinese import. You can tell from a few things - the graphic formats it supports, the Chinese character examples work, the control panel and the mention of 'imported' bearing and mirrors.

Youtube brings up tons of the cheap looking ebay stuff but not much else it seems apart from some big industrial ones !

I heard Epilog and Full Spectrum Laser a lot. As I understand it, Epilog's the Rolls-Royce. Full Spectrum Laser produce something a little more affordable.

One of the less obvious differences is the software that you get with these. There are a lot of complaints about Mochidraw (the stuff that comes with the Chinese ones) but I've seen a few spirited defenses.

Also, if you need features like grayscale engraving, I think the Full Spectrum will and the Epilog definitely can, but the Chinese ones I've seen can't. (From what I've seen, the Chinese ones lack the hardware features you'd want for this - the DSP board has no control over laser power and Mochidraw doesn't support it anyway).

I think what you really need to do is to go see these working.

[komatias]

Mine has RDworks and works fine withe changes to the power output, you can grey scale no problem. The contorl board inside the machine is specifically made for elaser work and seems very reliable.

Before commiting, do your own research.