Maximum Engraving speed of legend 32

From:	James (TILER02)	12 Sep 2006
To:	ALL	1 of 13

4838.1
Does anyone know the maximum engraving speed of an epilog legend 32? I just called tech support and they would not answer that question. :O

From:	Stunt Engraver (DGL)	12 Sep 2006
To:	James (TILER02)	2 of 13

4838.2 In reply to 4838.1

James,

I would think there are two maximum speeds:

1) Maximum speed, according to software/hardware specs.

2) Maximum speed at which high quality engraving can be run, which could vary from job to job.

David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri
DGL Engraving
Port Hueneme, CA

EDITED: 12 Sep 2006 by DGL

From:	PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)	12 Sep 2006
To:	James (TILER02)	3 of 13

4838.3 In reply to 4838.1

The major factor for asking about speed of a machine is the material being engraved and the power of the machine.

Epilog has a great speed comparison chart versus money you can earn in a year if you buy their machine.

I rarely run my machine at 100% speed. and of course you need to be engraving the full width of the machine to realizie the maximun savings...

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Mark
In the Great Northwest!

From:	James (TILER02)	12 Sep 2006
To:	PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)	4 of 13

4838.4 In reply to 4838.3

The speed does not really matter per se. I have had this machine for a little over a year. It runs fast enough. I have never set this machine up in Photograve. In the setup it asks for the speed of the machine. I do not know what this is, and Epilog will not tell me.

My machine is a 100 watt machine, I run full speed a lot.

From:	UncleSteve	12 Sep 2006
To:	James (TILER02)	5 of 13

4838.5 In reply to 4838.4
Don't know and just guessing, but in the Photograve help it may just define "speed" and give you an example or parameters to figure it out like a line x" long an y" wide or similar. In other words, if Epi won't help go to Photograve for the answer.... ;-) "Don't believe everything you think!"

From:	Boz (CHEDDARHEAD)	13 Sep 2006
To:	ALL	6 of 13

4838.6
I just looked it up in the Epilog Legend 32 spec sheet. I believe it hasn't changed for many years. The maximum engraving speed on the Epilog system is 100% speed setting. I'm glad I looked it up. I thought the Legend 32EX went all the way up to 110%, but I got that confused with Spinal Tap's amp that went all the way up to 11 for volume. (devil) Robert H. Bosworth ACCESS Business Solutions, Inc. Hudson, WI. 54016 (715) 386-8021 www.usedlasers.com

From:	Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY)	13 Sep 2006
To:	James (TILER02)	7 of 13

4838.7 In reply to 4838.1

I guess that no one knows, Be the first!

Draw a vector line 10 inches long, set the power to very low and the speed to 10%. Time it, and calculate it. (Seconds / 100 will give you the seconds per inch at max speed. Then 1/seconds per inch will give you inches per second for max speed.)

Then for gosh darned sure, post it.

Philadelphia, PA (Really Bensalem)

When you finally understand it completely... it changes.

From:	Dave Jones (DAVERJ)	13 Sep 2006
To:	Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY)	8 of 13

4838.8 In reply to 4838.7
I think I read somewhere that the speed and power settings in the Epilogs are not linear. So 10% setting for speed is not actually 10 times slower than 100% speed. They do that so that the 100 settings you can use from 1 and 100 give you more than 100:1 range in speeds. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere in the Epilog manual.

From:	Pedaler (ROYBREWER)	13 Sep 2006
To:	James (TILER02)	9 of 13

4838.9 In reply to 4838.1
James, The Legend 32 has a max speed of 100 inches/second. I could never tell how PhotoGraV uses the max speed parameter; I could never tell the difference between setting the max speed to 100 or leave it at the default 33. Roy Brewer http://www.engravingconcepts.com Epilog/Xenetech distributor

From:	Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY)	13 Sep 2006
To:	Dave Jones (DAVERJ)	11 of 13

4838.11 In reply to 4838.8

That would be unique and beneficial. New Hermes got around the problem of not being able to slow down the machine with a one byte number by making vector 1/10 the bitmap speed.

Everyone has their own method of getting around issues, but it gets confusing. (Why not just send out two bytes?) Even if it is an 8 bit processor it can be done.

Philadelphia, PA (Really Bensalem)

When you finally understand it completely... it changes.

From:	PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)	13 Sep 2006
To:	James (TILER02)	12 of 13

4838.12 In reply to 4838.1
According to the specs provided to Engravers Journal in a laser system comparison buyers guide. the Legend 24 EX and 32 EX have a max carriage speed of 120 ips. The 24TT is rated at 80 ips. May 2004 issue .... ... .. . Mark In the Great Northwest!
EDITED: 13 Sep 2006 by PENINSULATROPHY

From:	Pedaler (ROYBREWER)	14 Sep 2006
To:	PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)	13 of 13

4838.13 In reply to 4838.12
Mark, Although he hasn't fille out his profile yet, I'm almost sure that James has a Legend 32 which is slightly slower than the Legen32 EX. Roy Brewer http://www.engravingconcepts.com Epilog/Xenetech distributor

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