![]() The wife was pleased about the machine working, but said it was too loud!! The V cutters supplied with the machine did the job, and I did err on the side of caution and ran them at 200mm/min, which was a bit less than the speed suggested by the Inventables, who supply the Easel software.Īs the machine is in my study, the noise went all through the house. Lucky for me I had done some more homework, and found a very helpful young fella on Youtube called James Dean, of James Dean Designs, who had done a tutorial on fitting a Z probe onto the 3018. Not really knowing what I was doing at this stage, I was a bit apprehensive watching the spindle spinning up to 8000rpm, and then moving down towards the MDF. For the number of items I would do, that seemed fine.Ĭreated a few designs in Easel, and got ready to give it a try. The free version does give you 30 days access to all the pro features, and then I think you get a few days’ month access to all the pro features at no cost. There is a free version and a pro version which you need to pay for. Got it all together and started testing the engraver.Ī candle was the suggested software to use with the engraver, but many posts I saw by people were suggesting Easel was the better way to go. Did not have too many issues, and it did help when others had done YouTube videos of unboxing and assembly. Unpacked the box and checked all the parts, which seemed to be there, and proceeded to do the assembly. Knowing the quality of some units is an issue, I was prepared to give it a go, as I had plenty of time on my hands, having recently retired.Īll you need to know before buying a laser or an engraving / cutting machine Purchased it on eBay for the grand total of AU$229.96, delivered to the front door. Suggested the present should be an engraver of some sort, so did some hunting around and settled on a cheapie 3018 Pro, with a 2. ![]() ![]() As I am getting old, the family are always having issues, trying to get me a present for my birthday.Ģ019 it was a DJI drone, which I managed to drown, which is a bit sad, and very costly as well.Ĭovid stuffed the birthday last year, so a bottle of Scotch had to do, but it was not 15-year-old single malt.Ģ021 came along another birthday, more Covid issues.
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