Importing a Chinese laser cutter! (400x600mm 80w reci)

[Jason Hakki]

Just letting everyone know my machine has made it across the ocean, made it through customs (thanks to the broker) and is being trucked to my hometown. Should be delivered Monday or Tuesday with any luck.

So far the whole process has been straight forward. The broker made things easy and applied for an import number I did not have. It's been quite a few weeks now since I ordered, but I'm very happy with the process and Blanca still continues to answer my questions.

I'll update with photos when I take delivery!

[Bill George]

I have inquired about a price on a 20 Watt fiber from Rayfine, hoping to get more info. Not sure if I need one but interested.

[Jason Hakki]

So today was the big day! It showed up. The crating was done well, the machine was packed with lots of foam and there was no visible damage. I did not have time to set it up today but a quick glance showed that it looked to be in fine condition. Hoping to go through it tomorrow and hopefully burn some things!

A few photos of how it showed up!

I have not actually seen it run yet, but so far Ray Fine my expectations have been met and exceeded. Even shipping and customs went smoothly. I half thought I might end up getting ripped off or having issues with a company that dropped off the face of the earth as soon as I paid, but they have been great.

Anyhow, if anyone has any questions about my experience feel free to PM me.

Cheers! 14925624_1099462566769164_7671620091334654329_n.jpg14632940_1099462606769160_9143405293858184885_n.jpg

[Bill George]

Looks pretty nice. Save the plywood it works great for laser art projects.

[Jason Hakki]

Thanks Bill!

Today I filled the 'chiller' with dimineralized water. Hooked up the air pump, etc. Connected it to my laptop and opened the software. I was honestly amazed, it ran on the first try. I'm new to RDworks. Anyway, first attempt I was out of focus so I brought the table up and eyeballed roughly where I thought it should be and ran it again. And it cut!

Here are the pictures. The veneer was a bit lumpy so the etching wasn't perfect, but this is just fine tuning now.

Now...what to cut! I think my business needs some keychains to give away, I might cut a bunch of those.

[Jason Hakki]

First cuts!
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[John Lifer]

Looking Good, Jason, you give me hope mine will work as well out of the 'box'. If you haven't, go to YouTube and watch a few of the RDWorks learning lab by the guy Russ in the UK.
At least a few will give you a good working knowledge of the program, a lot of his videos is him complaining about his eBay laser. But he does had several that are good as tutorials.
And with plugin from corel, it should be easy going. Yes, not as easy as say a Epilog, but not difficult either. YouTube is my best friend lately. Learned a lot about Corel.

[Jason Hakki]

John -

That's funny, I'm actually subscribed to RDworks Learning Lab. I've sort of stopped watching his videos, though. He has good information, but he just draws it out way too long to keep my attention.

Thanks for the tip!

I haven't even explored the corel plugin option. What advantages does it have?

[David Somers]

Jason,

My experience with the plugin is that depending on the complexity of the job you save some time in saving the file, exporting out of Corel, and importing into the full version. It goes into the plug in faster. On big jobs I dont think you save time.

On the bad side, there is no way to save your common settings. In the full version you can save those common settings so they become your defaults. In the Plug in you have a relatively small window to work with. On the full version you can work full screen. That can help on a smaller screen like the laptop I use.

Dave
Glad to hear things are going well so far!!!

[Jason Hakki]

Okay yeah I can see how that could save time now. I will have to keep that in mind for when I get a large complex order.

[David Somers]

Jason,

Remember that with either version, plugin or full version, once you have a job in RDWorks you can repeat it by simply hitting the Start button in the window again. So if you are repeating a job again and again (like I am currently doing) you can simply leave it up and rerun it once you have replaced your material.

[John Lifer]

Ha, yeah, that's why I said there were a few to watch....he gets off on some tangents very easilybut he did,very quickly,convince me to avoid the generic Chinese eBay machines. My luck is not good. And David answered better than I could on the plugin.

[Jason Hakki]

Definitely a smart guy. Does things very methodically. Just very typically British!

Cheers, thanks for the heads up.

[Jason Hakki]

My laser cutter developed an issue with the power supply intermittently not working. It never fully stopped working but it needed to be replaced. Blanca was super helpful getting me the right power supply and within a week I had a new one delivered to me at no cost to me. I'm blown away, things don't ship this fast within Canada half the time. The customer support for my laser cutter has been really top notch. Thank you RayFine and most importantly Blanca!

[Brian Book]

Hi Jason ..... good to know that RayFine has Good Customer Support .... I'm hoping I never have to use it

Brian