Triumph Laser - getting an error in EzCad2

[Paul Husing]

You will find DHL tracking to be not updated. I have had China shipments at my door and the tracking said otherwise.

Bill, I spoke with DHL today and the package was not released on 2/12 when it was scheduled for pick up.

I just made an ebay purchase that I will be picking up in Kentucky tomorrow. New 20W machine $4k. The "brand" appears to be Ving. The seller sells under several ID's at varying prices, ship costs...but did offer local pickup so that's the option I exercised. Hopefully it's good enough to get us caught up until a new source arrives.

Thanks to everyone for your support & advice and I'll keep ya posted on the new machine.

[Kev Williams]

Bill, I spoke with DHL today and the package was not released on 2/12 when it was scheduled for pick up.

I just made an ebay purchase that I will be picking up in Kentucky tomorrow. New 20W machine $4k. The "brand" appears to be Ving. The seller sells under several ID's at varying prices, ship costs...but did offer local pickup so that's the option I exercised. Hopefully it's good enough to get us caught up until a new source arrives.

Thanks to everyone for your support & advice and I'll keep ya posted on the new machine.

So, how's it workin' out?

[Paul Husing]

So, after some setup, troubleshooting, adjustments and refinements, the new ebay machine is producing. The Q-switched source is a lot different than the MOPA, way different results with identical settings. The Q-switched (maxphonics source) seems to have more power, so we need to back it off and do less loops. We end up with more of a deep engrave instead of a nice anneal. Also got another MOPA source installed on the original machine and it's back up and running. It was in fact a bad source - nothing else was changed, just the source.

At this point I am looking for a CO2, 80W max. I'd like to get the largest work area possible but I'm not finding any "in the USA" now, just direct ship from China so customs and import headaches would apply. Considering another from ebay with a 700x500 bed @ 80w in the $2500 ball park.

If any new info has been found on CO2, I would love to read it. I'll continue reading the threads here and make a purchase very soon.

Thanks again for all of your help!

[Paul Husing]

So, how's it workin' out?

So, after some setup, troubleshooting, adjustments and refinements, the new ebay machine is producing. The Q-switched source is a lot different than the MOPA, way different results with identical settings. The Q-switched (maxphonics source) seems to have more power, so we need to back it off and do less loops. We end up with more of a deep engrave instead of a nice anneal. Also got another MOPA source installed on the original machine and it's back up and running. It was in fact a bad source - nothing else was changed, just the source.

At this point I am looking for a CO2, 80W max. I'd like to get the largest work area possible but I'm not finding any "in the USA" now, just direct ship from China so customs and import headaches would apply. Considering another from ebay with a 700x500 bed @ 80w in the $2500 ball park.

If any new info has been found on CO2, I would love to read it. I'll continue reading the threads here and make a purchase very soon.

Thanks again for all of your help!

[Kev Williams]

There's a bunch of 500x700 x80/100watt machines sitting in Anaheim California for $2250, sold by about 6 sellers with different names (5 of the 6 have 'freeshipping' in their seller name)-- pics of the machines look okay, I'm thinking they're probably okay machines-- My view of such machines, like the fiber's I've bought, are less of a gamble for ME, because I'm makaniklee inklinde enough to figure out what makes them work, how to troubleshoot, and how to repair the things. Even the electronics, which I'm not all that bright about, don't bother me with Chinese machines because the whole units are cheap, even if warranty service ends up non-existant... my biggest worry with one of these machines would be simply that I KNOW it'll need a complete optics alignment and likely a good check of the squareness of the gantry setup. Aside from that, all these machines use the same off-the-shelf stuff as the next one...

[Jerome Stanek]

I have bought from Goldraydigital and they shipped my laser super fast. I would buy from them again as they did support the chiller that had a bad fan.

[Paul Husing]

I have bought from Goldraydigital and they shipped my laser super fast. I would buy from them again as they did support the chiller that had a bad fan.

Yes, I did look at some of the machines that Goldraydigital has on ebay. There's another by preenex that I'm going to try. With a bunch of add ons (chiller, supplemental exhaust fan, rotary by Mansfieldcustoms and a bunch of voltage/current/PSI monitors) I'll be under $3k and have it in 1 week. There are supposed to be some additional access doors that open to work with larger pieces. I bought a spare tube as well.

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[Chris DeGerolamo]

So, after some setup, troubleshooting, adjustments and refinements, the new ebay machine is producing. The Q-switched source is a lot different than the MOPA, way different results with identical settings. The Q-switched (maxphonics source) seems to have more power, so we need to back it off and do less loops. We end up with more of a deep engrave instead of a nice anneal. Also got another MOPA source installed on the original machine and it's back up and running. It was in fact a bad source - nothing else was changed, just the source.

At this point I am looking for a CO2, 80W max. I'd like to get the largest work area possible but I'm not finding any "in the USA" now, just direct ship from China so customs and import headaches would apply. Considering another from ebay with a 700x500 bed @ 80w in the $2500 ball park.

If any new info has been found on CO2, I would love to read it. I'll continue reading the threads here and make a purchase very soon.

Thanks again for all of your help!

Can you elaborate on the process to install the new source, aside from the obvious disconnect DB's etc.? I am in the same boat with our Raycus... Thanks in advance.