The laser arrived at the end of april. Getting it through cuatoms was hair raising, but in the end not especially difficult. I had never imported something this way, so I was tense mostly because I did not know what is normal, and what is actually a problem.
When it arrived the box was absolutely massive! I was quite concerned as they were taking it off the truck, I had an image of a bad youtube video where the lift jack operator goes flying and the package crumbles. Thankfully they rolled it off without any issues, and even brought it right into the garage. After they left i was glad, it was HEAVY!
The box was reinforced with steel tubes, even so one of the upper tubes was crushed. I was pretty concerned, but after getting the top and sides off, the only visible dmage was a crack in the top window.
Next problem promptly arose… The pallet this was on was almost a foot tall. The unit itself weighs about 300kg. How to get it down without a disaster?
We had some spare garden ties, and i salvaged some plywood and built a ramp. It has wheels, which wasn’t clear in the pictures when i ordered, but it was essential. Two of us carefully guiding it, we maneuvered it to the ground and into its final position.
The first few days were spent just trying to figure out what went where, and what some of the mystery parts were… the unit came with no actual instructions.
The supplier is great though, and responded to my questions with a combination of answers and videos. Turns out all the machine didn’t some with was water.
First pulse test went well, then it was time to walk away for a bit and figure out the software.