Considering my first laser

[Inge Palmar]

I also in progress of finding the "right" laser cutter/engraver for me. My head are spinning regarding different type of machines.
Looking for worksize around 400x300 or 500x300.
Until now, I have was going to go for the gweikes Storm 500. Now I found out there is another company Shenhui that have qood machines.
Well, I got the impression of it that toy do. I saw their SH-G350 series that looks interesting. And I see many of the members has Shenhui machines.

I love to have som input from you, is Shenhui the way to go?

I are going to cut and engrave on wood and acrylic.

regards
Inge

[Bill George]

I have the G.Wieke Storm 500 and it works fine. No dongle needed, software is not the same as LaserCut 5.3 but less featured. I do all my work in Corel, export to DXF or BMP and into the LaserCutEngrave 3.3 that came with the machine. The tube was suppose to be upgraded to a 35 watt but was a little underpowered. I ended up replacing the tube with a new 40 watt from LightObject dot com, the power supply in the laser was rated at 40. Paid about $2400 for the machine plus shipping from Automation Technology a advertiser on here. Shipping was very cheap, less than $200 to go 300 miles or so.

[Michael Kowalczyk]

Totally agree. I was planning on getting a 25W but ended up getting a 60W and am very glad I did.
No matter what you get, you will always want more though.

just ask scottie on the enterprise. He is always giving it all she has for the captain. I would recommend nothing less than 60 watts