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<blockquote data-quote="Kmccord" data-source="post: 2736808" data-attributes="member: 99039"><p>When you do purchase one, since 90% are Chinese based and to stay in your price range, more than likely it will be ordered from a Chinese store. You can get them on Amazon, but some of those manufacturers will not provide 24/7 lifetime support if purchased through Amazon. I purchased a Cloudray 60w MOPA JPT M7 Fiber Laser, with a 60w MOPA you can do color on stainless steel, that is the only reason I purchased the 60w MOPA. They had a black Friday special with 400.00 off the 6799.00 price, ordered it on the Cloudray website, for the USA based warehouse. I will advise you to order one based on a USA warehouse, that price you see, on Cloudray website, includes the Customs Tax and shipping. If you order off a non USA Warehouse, you will be hit with at the Customs, you will have to pay to get it out of jail and could be very expensive along with the hassle. Be prepared to using EZCAD2 lite or upgrade the controller to Lightburn, you will need to have yourself familiar with the program, I would suggest YouTube Laser Everything, Alex has a ton of tutorials on how to setup and operate a fiber laser. I have mine, have not engraved a barrel yet, but have plenty of stainless steel Milk Barn pipe to practice on, it takes a little while to understand all the different settings you will need to do for engraving, you have speed, frequency, power, hatch type fill, etc., that you will need to understand to achieve the desired output. Definitely practice a lot on scrap barrels, once you engrave a customer barrel, there is no going back. You will definitely need the ventilation, especially when burning through Cerakote or polymers, that is fairly cheap you can purchase inline fans and use drier vent ducting to move the fumes from the work table to the outside. Good luck, take a deep breath and be ready to study a lot and practice a lot to get the results you need, the first issue is understanding the software you will be using.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kmccord, post: 2736808, member: 99039"] When you do purchase one, since 90% are Chinese based and to stay in your price range, more than likely it will be ordered from a Chinese store. You can get them on Amazon, but some of those manufacturers will not provide 24/7 lifetime support if purchased through Amazon. I purchased a Cloudray 60w MOPA JPT M7 Fiber Laser, with a 60w MOPA you can do color on stainless steel, that is the only reason I purchased the 60w MOPA. They had a black Friday special with 400.00 off the 6799.00 price, ordered it on the Cloudray website, for the USA based warehouse. I will advise you to order one based on a USA warehouse, that price you see, on Cloudray website, includes the Customs Tax and shipping. If you order off a non USA Warehouse, you will be hit with at the Customs, you will have to pay to get it out of jail and could be very expensive along with the hassle. Be prepared to using EZCAD2 lite or upgrade the controller to Lightburn, you will need to have yourself familiar with the program, I would suggest YouTube Laser Everything, Alex has a ton of tutorials on how to setup and operate a fiber laser. I have mine, have not engraved a barrel yet, but have plenty of stainless steel Milk Barn pipe to practice on, it takes a little while to understand all the different settings you will need to do for engraving, you have speed, frequency, power, hatch type fill, etc., that you will need to understand to achieve the desired output. Definitely practice a lot on scrap barrels, once you engrave a customer barrel, there is no going back. You will definitely need the ventilation, especially when burning through Cerakote or polymers, that is fairly cheap you can purchase inline fans and use drier vent ducting to move the fumes from the work table to the outside. Good luck, take a deep breath and be ready to study a lot and practice a lot to get the results you need, the first issue is understanding the software you will be using. [/QUOTE]
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