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Dom 04/01/2021
Good value. However, I had a few issues. The software that it uses to print is very limited but works and if you like to use a mobile to simply send a photo to the laser for printing via Bluetooth it is great. The wires arrived broken so I had to crimp new ones. This wasn't too much of a problem as I had the stuff and knowledge to do this. Another problem is that the rails were badly scratched although this is only cosmetic. The third problem is that the laser mount/guide is not attached straight. It appears to be glued at an angle. I had to put tape inside the guide, one high up inside the guide and lower down on the other side so as to make the laser straight, so it is at right angles to the wood or material. It is also very difficult to line up a print on the material and I will make a base with markings to help sort this out. The guide rails don't appear to be exactly 90 degrees and this causes issues when trying to line up a print on say a coaster. I would buy it again and am looking to buy a bigger version. The laser is significantly more powerful than my current 1.6 Watt one and I'd guess it's about 7.5 watts. A photo that took me 7 hours with my old laser takes about 3 hours with this. To cut 3mm plywood I need to make 6-8 passes on 80% power and 30-40 ms burn time. On 100% power, or longer nurn time, it tends to burn too much. Its size significantly limits what can be made and impacts the time to make things. This is because, rather than being able to make all sides of a box on one piece of wood at the same time, I have to make each side individually. Considering the power of the laser and the strength of the guide rails and motors, it is very good value. I am now looking to buy the bigger Neje one and with the 40 Watt motor. Looking for a diode laser that can cut 3mm plywood with one pass, if that exists. So, with all the issues I've had, I still give it 5 stars as it does deserve 4.5 stars as it is such good value.
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Q: where are the springs? how does the suspension work?

Asked by patdee on 2019-11-24 07:12:07

Dom The springs are inside the damper, where the oil goes. However, mine were not strong enough to carry the weight. You can get stronger springs or just stretch these ones. I stretched mine and that worked well until I put metal gear housing and then it became too heavy again so I had to put stronger springs.

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Dom Hello, It can be made to work with the B version with some slight modifications. In order to fit the larger motor I had to slightly file the upper plate that sits above the shaft as I couldn't get the pinion teeth to reach the gear, even though it has some movement of a few mm to adjust this - it just wasn't enough. I also had to put a smaller gear as that was hitting the same upper plate. There are some upper plates available that avoid these problems - they are slightly different and have a gap above for the gear. I also had a problem with the steering - it had too much slack on the left-hand side. I used the original steering rod and attached it above the upper plate using longer screws and plastic spacers.I didn't take away the metal one - this just sits forward of it; hard to explain without pictures.

2020-07-22 07:53:16 Helpful (0)
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