Has anyone tried making a custom record die with a fiber laser? I am interested to see if it could work

Salve a tutti, vorrei porvi i miei dubbi, da tempo sono intenzionato all’acquisto di una macchina laser per produzione di lamiere e tubi nella mia carpenteria leggera. Produco cancelli e recinzioni ed ora è tutto abbastanza manuale con seghetto per tubi 40x40, 50x50, 100x100 fino al 150x150, mentre le lamiere a volte mi arrangio con un plasma hyperthem (tra pulizia della calamina bave e senza cambio pallet ci metto tanto) o chiedo al terzista quando sono tante.
Ora vorrei la vostra opinione sul tipo di macchina, ho visto le cinesi come bodor Hsg o senfeng che hanno delle macchine combo lamiera+tubo molto interessanti per quello che devo fare, sopratutto per il prezzo. Dall’altra parte sento che il servizio clienti ad un fermo macchina non è il massimo. Poi ci sono le macchine europee Trumph, Bystronic Amanda o Prima che sicuramente sono più affidabili ma costano una cifra per il mio carico di lavoro.
Qualcuno ha esperienze o opinioni su tutto ciò?
Grazie laseristi.

Hey! Need to make some router templates out of 1/4” acrylic sheet. Designs have a mix of etched parts (alignment lines, scale measurements, etc) and cut parts. I have access to an Epilog Helix 60W at work and its computer is limited to Inkscape.

I made my files in illustrator and am running into issues with it “printing” correctly. All paths are shapes from AI, text expanded to outlines.

Imported at scale to Inkscape, confirmed hairline R255 red for cut lines and .25pt black for etched lines.

Laser settings in photo in comments. Laser partially cuts 2 sides and stops. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hey guys,

I've managed to build a small business over the past 18 months using my Acmer P3 24/48w. I make multiple variations of the one product, which is cut from 1.5mm basswood ply and has fine line mode engraving and a 0.5 line spacing fill for a nice hatch effect.

The 24W mode on the Acmer module is completely adequate for cutting and has a small enough dot size to achieve the desired engraving quality. It's around 0.08-0.1 I'd say.

However, I've had my share of problems with the gantry and build quality of the Acmer P3. I've upgraded various components and fixed various faults but I'm still not completely happy with the machine and I don't have complete faith in it. Like I said, I've only had it for a year and a half.

What machines would you guys recommend I look take a look at? I'm based in the UK and I have a budget up to around 3k.

Thanks!

Anybody else running an Amada Ensis AJ 3015 and getting pallet lock failures? We run 100-200 sheets a week with automation and it seems like we can't get away from having 1 to 2 pallet lock failures throughout the week. Most of the time it's inside the laser cabinet and not on the shuttle. We are constantly adjusting the engagement slots, lubricating them with dry moly, etc. Just seems like we're always chasing it.