Chinese lasers - they're here !!!

[Khalid Nazim]

This is good news. I am ready now to fire up the laser.

Thanks again Rodne.
Regards

[Diane Bloomingdale]

Help please....

I purchased a 50w Shenhui laser and it came with the flat rotary with knurled roller bars just like yours. I have the laserworks 6.0 software and I can not get the rotary to work. We know its a setting, but we are new to this type of machine.

I clicked enable rotary device, I have it pluged into the y axis, rotary table turned when I turn on the laser and it is resetting , I set diameter, circle pulse is at 1000, but rotary table does not move when I send work to it. Exactly what setting to I need to set for rotary table to work.

Thank you in advance to any help you can give me
Diane

[john banks]

Even without a change in settings the rotary should rotate when you use the up and down buttons and have it plugged into the y axis (change the plugs with the power OFF).

[fred sanchez]

Quick question we have a Thunder laser mars 120 at work and someone lost the little focus tool. Cant seem to locate the file to cut one out by any chance does anybody have the file?

[Ross minetti]

Im getting excited I have been in contact with my receivers and my laser cutter is only days away from Australia and in 8 days it will be here in my shed. WOOHOO cant wait

[Ken Shea]

Waiting is terrible, never get used to it, hope the days go quick for you Ross

[Keith Winter]

Hi Guys,

I know this is an old thread, but it's packed full of info. Thanks for this Rodne, George, and everyone else that contributed!

For everyone that ordered a Shenui during the thread and those that got Chinese lasers even more recently I have three questions.
1) Do you still have to drive a grounding spike into the floor on the newer ones / is there still a shock risk?
2) How do you like your Shenuis now after having them for awhile? Would you order one again?
3) If you ordered another Chinese laser Shenui or other, what would you do/order differently this time?

[Graham Facer]

Well I for one would not order a Shenhui again. Maybe its just bad luck but too many issues and also been looking at threads where GWeike machines have a 'toolkit' with useful diagnostic stuff (like resistors to check power supply without tube). Given that they (chinese lasers) are all really very very very similar, I'd chose the other option just because (and Shenhui couldn't ship my brother a replacement tube that worked for love or money - poor packing).

If I had to do again I'd get spare bearings (x4)/belts/2 x PSU's/ and maybe even a 2nd controller. And I'd make sure it had a ma gauge built in for power. I might also see if they had better tubing for the cooling lines too (original stiffens up) and had a good mounting system for the tube - mine is ok but I think better exist.

[John Noell]

1) Do you still have to drive a grounding spike into the floor on the newer ones / is there still a shock risk?
2) How do you like your Shenuis now after having them for awhile? Would you order one again?
3) If you ordered another Chinese laser Shenui or other, what would you do/order differently this time?

1-I already had a grounding rod in reach and used it. How can a DC tube-based machine made in China NOT have a shock risk?
2-I like it and yes, I would go with them again (unless I won the lottery, in which case I would probably have a Trotec Speedy 400).
3-Get a spare tube and power supply with the initial order. (And maybe a different size machine with a better exhaust system.)

[Martin Smithjr]

How did you guys actually purchase Shenhui lasers? I sent them a couple inquiries and never got a response.

[Wilbur Harris]

johnlaser@163.com

That's the fellow I dealt with and it seemed to go well - better than I ever expected. I ordered the laser, paid, filled out some paperwork for the shipping company, and the laser showed up. Wasn't as quick as buying from Ray Scott (which I genuinely recommend) but I got exactly what I ordered in a shorter time than I imagined.

[Bert Kemp]

Martin are you looking to buy a laser? Do you want to import or buy one thats already here and ready to go?

How did you guys actually purchase Shenhui lasers? I sent them a couple inquiries and never got a response.

[Martin Smithjr]

Bert, I want one that's ready to go. I'll look at rabbit laser. I'll probably wait on getting my shop space up and running to avoid a bunch of wasted effort. Thanks for the tip.