Hi, I’ve just received my 1st cnc Laser, the 20w Vigotec VG-L7X from Banggood. Took about 15mins to assemble, instructions aren’t too bad for a Chinese product, and it comes with safety goggles in the box. No problems connecting to the machines wifi hotspot and using their own Vigoworks software eng…

[image] Vigotec VG-L7 (BX20) - other Software possible? Solid State Lasers A few days ago I got my new Vigotec VG-L7 (BX20). But the software works not well. I have problem to import g-code and dxf-files. According to the description, it should be possible to use other sof…

No it appear not, hopefully someone might come up with a solution. I guess if all else fails I could swap the control board.

My plan us to swap the control board to a basic GRBL Board probably from SainSmart. I have been very let down by this laser and the BangGood app/website. I guess I should have expected as much perhaps for simply $200. Also, don’t bother joining any Facebook Groups, everyone is a stuck up prick haha……

Hello John; I have a VG-L7X and initially had the same problem. I decided the DXF files were too big so I used Qcad to select smaller portions of my source DXF file and layout the elements I wanted to cut. I converted my source files so mm units of measure and maintained the units in every DXF file…

Hi Tim, Thanks very much for taking the time to reply I’ll give Qcad a go. I was thinking about swapping the rails and belt to give me a slightly larger work area as well.

When larger images are imported, there is often an error message that says something about scaling the image to fit the work area. I just say continue or OK and the image imports and then I rescale it using the hand scalers on the right of the software display. I have been able to engrave JPG images…

Ho litigato 2 giorni con i dxf, con Qcad ho davvero risolto, grazie veramente!!

Hi ilaria_ercoli! This forum is now (and for the foreseeable future) available entirely for free and without any advertisement. This means that there is no source of funds to pay for automatic machine translation. The common language on this forum is English, even though it is not the first language…

Hi Tim, Would you be able to expand on your process and parts used to expand the work area on the LX7? Thank you!

Here is a little more detail on the modification I made. I have tried to attach photos but can’t tell if the attachment worked. I purchased two Items from Banggood: Machifit 100-1000mm black 2040 v-slot aluminum profile extrusion frame for cnc tool diy Sale - Banggood.com 5m 2gt-6mm pu open timin…

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