Well as this is my first post on this forum, so i think i'll qualfy under the "dont be too hard on the Newbie" rules (they do apply here don't they?)
So 'cmon who amongst you hasn't looked at some of these chinese websites or alibaba.com and thought 'bugger me (and i mean that in a non-kiwi way) aren't they cheap! so what gives?
I've read a lot of posts re Stepper v Servo, water v air cooled, local tech support, laser manufacturer etc, etc..
Now i know a lot (well looking at the list its probably a 95% -5%) of posters are from the USA so i can understand the predominance of Epilog / ULS et al but from down this neck of the woods its not so clear cut (surely newbies are allowed at least one pun).
So what interests me, is; How many problems do you get with an American built laser system that your average tech couldn't nut out?
Most electronic systems nowadays are simply repaired down to LRU (lowest replaceable unit) which is, of late, getting larger as technical skills drop off, so i imagine the Chinese built equipment is largely a reverse engineered US design so surely the same applies?
I appreciate the laser tube itself would be a specialist product that would have to be returned to the manufacturer but the motion sysem / power etc not too complicated?
So a chinese system with US Laser / Optics could be a feasible option? i ask this because there is such a huge difference in cost between two comparable systems that it would be fiscally irresponsible not to question why that is.
I understand GCC are Taiwanese and from what i read they are quite well recommended.
so if anyone has any experience with the "Hyundais" (Yes i know they are Korean but grant me this one) of the Laser engravers, i'd like to hear about it.
Cheers,
Buschy