-
I want to thank all the members that have upgraded your accounts. I truly appreciate your support of the site monetarily. Supporting the site keeps this site up and running as a lot of work daily goes on behind the scenes. Click to Support Signs101 ...
Router or Laser Cutter
- Thread starter gbahue
- Start date
In my own opinion....
go with router 1st. I think you would turn a profit much fast with a CNC router than a laser at the out set. though the learning curve may be a "bit" longer. Even if your not selling router cut items specifically, it will help your shop be more efficient. i.e. cutting sign shapes/profiles, lots a repeat parts, cleaner more accurate cuts etc.) Which will turn into Higher quality, faster turn over, faster payment.
Then once you've made a nice chuck of change, you can quickly pay off the router. or go get the laser and get into the custom gift biz...
Good Luck!
go with router 1st. I think you would turn a profit much fast with a CNC router than a laser at the out set. though the learning curve may be a "bit" longer. Even if your not selling router cut items specifically, it will help your shop be more efficient. i.e. cutting sign shapes/profiles, lots a repeat parts, cleaner more accurate cuts etc.) Which will turn into Higher quality, faster turn over, faster payment.
Then once you've made a nice chuck of change, you can quickly pay off the router. or go get the laser and get into the custom gift biz...
Good Luck!
MrKoob
New Member
A Laser actually can be used for ADA Signage, but it requires a lot of calibration at the beginning. The general consensus is to consider a Rotary first. They're usually cheaper and are good for determining if you will need a laser system down the line based on demand. OADesign is correct about the Signage Use. One completely unrelated point, I recently saw a Roland Rep demonstrate a garment application for their EGX line. They were using an EGX-300 for building "Rhinestone Templates". (sorry, chasing a rabbit)
GIUSEPPE
New Member
Cnc Routing Egx-300
Hi,
I am trying to do a simple 2D engraving job which I have been medling to get the best suitable result for quite some time now. The problem I have with the software that came with my Roland CNC EGX-300 is that is limited in some cases. In order to do a brass or aluminium block for hotfoil printing I have to use the 3D engraving software so that I do not loose from the printing surface. I bought carbite cutters with an angle of 20 degree for profiling and around .4mm thick, and I would like to go to a depth of about .9mm.
I have tried soft material first like plastic which is used for signs so I do not break the cutting tools since I do not have that long experience in the cnc area.
It seems though that the router first starts cutting deep into the material and then start upward to the surface. I want the procedure to be the opposite, cutting various times downwards especially when I will be using brass or aluminium. Anyone can help me with this task?
Thank you in advance.
Hi,
I am trying to do a simple 2D engraving job which I have been medling to get the best suitable result for quite some time now. The problem I have with the software that came with my Roland CNC EGX-300 is that is limited in some cases. In order to do a brass or aluminium block for hotfoil printing I have to use the 3D engraving software so that I do not loose from the printing surface. I bought carbite cutters with an angle of 20 degree for profiling and around .4mm thick, and I would like to go to a depth of about .9mm.
I have tried soft material first like plastic which is used for signs so I do not break the cutting tools since I do not have that long experience in the cnc area.
It seems though that the router first starts cutting deep into the material and then start upward to the surface. I want the procedure to be the opposite, cutting various times downwards especially when I will be using brass or aluminium. Anyone can help me with this task?
Thank you in advance.