NLAlston
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Had just completed the turning, finishing and assembly of a nice pen - as a gift for one of our dsughter's co-workers. After the fact, I thought that it would be nice to personalize it with that person's name. So, I went about that process, with my NEJE 1000mw laser engraver. I noticed that the laser didn't seem to be that bright, and chalked it up to my imagination - that is, until I moved along with it. No matter WHAT burn time I selected, I wasn't getting any mentionable results, at all.
Thinking that my chosen font might have been an issue, I created another version of the name, with a different (bolder) font, and sent it to my engraver. I i, then, initiated a carving preview, which revealed a VERY dim light on the blank. It was so dim that it could hardly be seen. When I did hit the button to carve, the light did get a little brighter - but would not engrave.
It just so happened that I'd ordered a spare unit, a while back, which arove within the past two weeks. I pulled it out, set it up, and THIS engraver (same model, from the same manufacturer) engraved like nobody's business. My first unit didn't smoke anywhere like this one (same settings).
To be honest, I didn't expect any kind of longevity out of these engravers. I mean, I paid less than $70 (each) forvthectwo that I have. But I DID expect it to have lasted a fair bit longer than THIS. I, not long ago, read a post (somewhere, here) about an owner (of the very same machine) having engraved 200+ pens, with his engraver. It's been less than two months, that I've had my first engraver, and I've ONLY tried to engrave on four pens (only ONE came out passable).
I'll be contacting the company, to see how they will handle this. I'll have to check, and see, what the warranty is (if any) on the laser heads. I did contact them, shortly after receiving my first unit, due to the glasses having one cracked lens. They wanted me to take a picture and sendit to them - first - before they would consider proceeding with anything. But, if I were going to try and beat them out of anything, do thy REALLY think it would be for a pair of those GLASSES?
I've tried to photograph them well enough to show the crack (which spans the entire mid-width of one of the lenses), but it was never revealing enough to show that crack. Consequently, I've just resigned myself to leaving it alone, and (now that I have a good pair, with my recent machine) using my secondary pair. But, hopefully, they won't send me through changes on making matters right with the (apparently) burned out laser head.
Thinking that my chosen font might have been an issue, I created another version of the name, with a different (bolder) font, and sent it to my engraver. I i, then, initiated a carving preview, which revealed a VERY dim light on the blank. It was so dim that it could hardly be seen. When I did hit the button to carve, the light did get a little brighter - but would not engrave.
It just so happened that I'd ordered a spare unit, a while back, which arove within the past two weeks. I pulled it out, set it up, and THIS engraver (same model, from the same manufacturer) engraved like nobody's business. My first unit didn't smoke anywhere like this one (same settings).
To be honest, I didn't expect any kind of longevity out of these engravers. I mean, I paid less than $70 (each) forvthectwo that I have. But I DID expect it to have lasted a fair bit longer than THIS. I, not long ago, read a post (somewhere, here) about an owner (of the very same machine) having engraved 200+ pens, with his engraver. It's been less than two months, that I've had my first engraver, and I've ONLY tried to engrave on four pens (only ONE came out passable).
I'll be contacting the company, to see how they will handle this. I'll have to check, and see, what the warranty is (if any) on the laser heads. I did contact them, shortly after receiving my first unit, due to the glasses having one cracked lens. They wanted me to take a picture and sendit to them - first - before they would consider proceeding with anything. But, if I were going to try and beat them out of anything, do thy REALLY think it would be for a pair of those GLASSES?
I've tried to photograph them well enough to show the crack (which spans the entire mid-width of one of the lenses), but it was never revealing enough to show that crack. Consequently, I've just resigned myself to leaving it alone, and (now that I have a good pair, with my recent machine) using my secondary pair. But, hopefully, they won't send me through changes on making matters right with the (apparently) burned out laser head.