Hi Zax,
Thanks for the feedback. I think I'm with you most of the way although you've got me when you talk about solid state diodes etc! How do these differ from what I have on the Epilog?
My main reason for fitting the laser to a home brew machine was to increase the x axis and narrow down the y axis. I will mostly be looking at cutting 1200mm x 300mm x 6mm plywood.
Am I correct to assume that smoothness is a priority over power with a laser set-up? I am thinking that the motors only need to smoothly move the X and Y axis around with a manual height set for the Z axis as there is cutting force involved. My concern is the axis speeds - when I watched the original machine running it moved at tremendous speeds whilst cutting.
Any other advice or thoughts would be gratefully taken on board as I don't want to start pulling the Epilog to bits and find that it was a waste of time.
Cheers
Nick |