I am considering the purchase of a laser for my home away from home. I have owned an Epilog for 14 years and it will continue to be my primary laser and do the bulk of my work. I have a cabin in the mountains about 5 hours away from my residence. I want the second laser for the cabin so I can stay longer than a week at a time without having to return home for work. The primary tasks required of the second laser would be cutting 1/8" and 1/4" acrylic as well as occasionally raster engraving simple black (not grayscale) vector images.
I am not concerned about the second machine taking longer or even significantly longer to run a job. What I do require is that it has the ability to use CorelDraw files. Accuracy and repeatability don't need to be outstanding, but generally within a couple hundredths of an inch. Bed size just needs to be at least 12"x12". Budget is an issue, so a second Epilog is out of the question.
Does anyone have any experience with the Grizzle laser? Or perhaps the Boss 1416? Or any others that would meet my needs?
Thanks