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Galvo CO2
First, I'm not new to laser engraving having an industrial 80W MOPA laser I've been using for years. I purchased the 45W galvo CO2 from lasersonly.com mid-December and while the initial communication was good, once I started asking question about the 100mm lens as far as having a profile sent to me went unanswered. Like another review, the machine itself is different than pictured. There's no motorized Z-axis nor this fancy LED-like screen on the front panel of the machine shown on the website. The shipping crate arrived damaged but luckily, the machine itself was fine. The issue began with both 100 & 300mm lens that was unable to engrave clearly. It wouldn't even fire at 5% power which was a suspect. Once it did try to engrave on wood, the lines would come out very thick, filling any shapes were inconsistent, and the engraving's focus would not change with wide range of adjustment. These should change within mm's of adjustment but it was almost identical at almost 0-100mm difference. I contacted them initially and they offered to call some number that's not even the same State. Then I read some of the reviews here which prompted me to do my own investigation. Once I started doing my own research and reading here, it's the same symptoms people were seeing. The faint preview line was another issue. Without disclosing what the issue is as that's really not my job but a part that's inside is incorrect. I had to spend $250 for this part to get the laser to even focus. Not something most people with no knowledge would be able to guess. Then the faint preview line also needed to be fixed with an external red laser dot source with a bracket for the preview which I'm working on now. I'm 99% sure this machine is not tested before being sent out as there's almost no way this machine could engrave properly the way it was sent. It engraves but very thick with no focus.



