XYZ-Tech (Exlas) machines and my experience.

[bpoulin]

So far I'm extremely pleased with the whole process, Mike at XYZ-Tech has answered more questions than any CS person should have to lol. The shipment was uneventful but for all US customers be prepared to pay about $800 more for your shipments to clear customs. That has nothing to do with XYZ-Tech, but fees, and that you need to have 2 types of bonds on the import, and lots of other things, anyone who wants details, email me I'll send you a copy of my invoices so you can see in detail what US customs charges are. I would suggest if you are going to order multiple pieces of equipment, do it all at once to minimize your customs charges. I ordered 3 pieces of equipment. The Exlas 1280 Laser, 4040 CNC router engraver, and a 32" vinyl cutter.

My only regret is that I didn't get a larger CNC...

I had to unpack the crates and run and move out of my old house and into my new one. So photos are just the first of many. This is fresh out of the crate, and looks superb!!! Packing was awesome, looks like maybe bamboo sheeting with steel square tubing for the crate of the pallet. No noticible rust or damage from the trip. Doors open and close just fine. Tomorrow I will go through the electronics and check connections. Later this week, if nothing else goes wrong, I will have electrical done in the shop and will be able to fire these up for a test run by Friday. More info and photos to come tomorrow evening.
Workshop

Crate

Exlas 1280

Unwrapped 1280

XYZ-Tech 4040

[bpoulin]

Sorry for the long delay, moving is taking more time than it should.

220v 50/60Hz filter
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Back Panel 220v input, air, water and USB cable.
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Control Panel
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Electrical panel 1
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Electrical panel 2
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I will post more after the camera charges back up.

[GuiBerlin]

try it !!!

Originally Posted by bpoulin Sorry for the long delay, moving is taking more time than it should. 220v 50/60Hz filter DSCN0434 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Back Panel 220v input, air, water and USB cable. DSCN0447 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Control Panel DSCN0438 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Electrical panel 1 DSCN0437 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Electrical panel 2 DSCN0436 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! I will post more after the camera charges back up.

[bpoulin]

I can't wait to try it, but alas, the bad weather has put off running the wire from the meter to the shop. Saturday looks like a dry semi warm day. If we get the wire ran then, we can call the elect company Monday for a hookup time/day. Trust me the minute I have elect out there I will do something with it.

[GuiBerlin]

I am sure you will :-)


(by the way, very nice pictures of that old farm on your Flickr account )

[bpoulin]

So I got power to the laser on sunday, and spent monday and tuesday (only a few hrs a day due to prior engagement.) setting up the software. Warning to others, Lasercut 5.3 isn't windows 7 friendly. It will work, Mike and Tony at XYZ helped me get through the install and driver install for the dongle. But it's not as simple as plug and play. The biggest hurdle I had was last night when I first tried to align the laser. I couldn't get it to fire. Mike walked me through a bunch of comon problems, and finally I found the problem, a plug on the power supply had wiggled loose in transit. After plugging it back in, no more problems! I spent this morning aligning the laser, that took about 2 hours by my self. It would have gone quicker with a helper. The machine was actually very close to aligned right out of the box, but I'm a perfectionist. I spent the rest of this afternoon burning random pieces of wood laying around the shop, and playing in Illustrator designing stuff. I'll post pics later, it's getting late tonight. I found a wonderful scroll pattern that I need to find a bigger piece of wood for. The design is too small for a 2.5" piece of scrap wood. Videos and Photos to follow tomorrow.

[kiwisox]

Hi i am new here i also received the 1280 i got my machine shipped to New Zealand took a Few hours to get set up was not a problem couple of things to adjust but nothing major i had an issue with the laser tube with air bubbles appearing in the tube and causing it to crack got a replacement on the way
the must have started small and gathered into one big bubble causing a part of the tube to over heat and crack the laser cut 5.1 was easy to get going
just trying to fiqure out how to use the rotary attachment now my new tube should be here next week gonna try out engraving on all sorts of surfaces and will post pics and i also heard about windows 7 issues so i use and xp pc for running the machine was easy to do

Sox

[bpoulin]

Sox: I had to tilt the tube so the side closest to the power input was down and turn the chiller on and off until there were no bubbles on start up. That's when the bubbles break free. Then once the bubbles were all gone I re-aligned the laser and now I have a TINY bubble, aboout half the size of a pin head that is stuck, but that's the only bubble.

[kiwisox]

I got the new laser tubes machine is working nicley
i am having trouble with the rotary attachment i can engrave small objects
but once i go to a bigger object such as a bottle or glass
the words strech and i cannot find or work out how
to change the settings for using the rotary attachment i seen a post
where the settings where changed but i could not find it
in the laser cut 5.3 software

any help would be welcomed

[kabli]

Hi bpoulin
Congratulation on your EXLAS, I hope you will like this machine, we did order EXLAS 1280 one year ago, it is running perfectly nice, we do have another old EPLOG, believe me you can do allot with this machine , but you have to be careful with cooling the water.
a friend ask me to cut 80mg, paper as a business cards, I thought it will not be a good idea, I was wrong, it comes very nice cutting and clean, I put power as 10, and speed as 100.
i would like to add the photos, but i dont know how.
i add it in my facebook,
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1226550125

i hope you can see it

if you need any help with your new machine, I would like to help, (in my free time)

bye

[EXLASer]

Hi Kabli just show some pictures we made,
thick white card paper(thickness of a regular business card).Cut out the little squares and leave the grid behind.
The idea is to procuce cut quality as clean as clean and sharp as possible,with minimum burn mark.
16% power of 80w laser tube,speed200mm/s
mike

Originally Posted by kabli Hi bpoulin Congratulation on your EXLAS, I hope you will like this machine, we did order EXLAS 1280 one year ago, it is running perfectly nice, we do have another old EPLOG, believe me you can do allot with this machine , but you have to be careful with cooling the water. a friend ask me to cut 80mg, paper as a business cards, I thought it will not be a good idea, I was wrong, it comes very nice cutting and clean, I put power as 10, and speed as 100. i would like to add the photos, but i dont know how. i add it in my facebook, Welcome to Facebook - Log In, Sign Up or Learn More i hope you can see it if you need any help with your new machine, I would like to help, (in my free time) bye

[diegope]

Hi guys
I'm thinking of buying an exlas 1280. I'm curious to know how has your experience been so far.

All details welcome..

Thanks!

d.