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Freeking great day for a cigar this afternoon...
Anyway thanks - we'll give that a try tomorrow. Can't see the picture, by the way but...

Ok - to answer one of the questions you had - the tube is 4' long for sure and it is marked as rated 100w.
So - how do I tell him to make a dark engrave on a maple board or some such at a higher...

ok. I'll tell him. he reads the hell out of books and the internet, but never posts anything. :)
John

Hmm I'll mention that to him. where would one install such a thing?
PS to the OP.... sorry for the hijack.

Yeah I will - there is an extender cover sticking out the side... the tube is big around, and i saw a label on it with a power graph saying it was 100w tube, but the maker of the machine sets the...

I'm just a hobby guy. Friend is too, but he's got money like I got debt.. :) so yeah, I'm on lens 2 and lid cable 3, in 2 years with the glowforge..

I dunno - keep the tube working longer? I'd guess the tube is over 3 feet / 3.5 feet?
What settings do you use, if I might ask? I'm gonna go smoke cigars with him saturday.

it's an 80 watt tube - he showed me the tube in the back that says it's rated 100w.
but he's doing like 170mm/s and 27% power on the cutting board he let me make. Faster than the glowforge I have,...

I've a friend with an Aeon... can do 1200mms... but how do you get a good dark engraving on maple or baltic birch at 350mm/s?? Every time I see him run it goes maybe 170mm/s?