Craig Gardner Posted December 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 A BIG THANKS TO ASCAP29 excellent advice i played about with the machine on saturday wasted 6 dog tags sussing it all out but the advice on the contrast and brightness was spot on. i made up 4 sample lighters 10 id tags and put them on disply this morning and i done 7 tags and 2 lighters and didnt waste any. this seems to be a neat wee machine but i agree slow and not sure how well the lighter will wear as it does not engrave deep like my pantograph but looks like a great quality finished item. i use star zippo style lighters they only cost a quid and i got a tenner on each lighter the day i normaly only charge £6 with a name or initial engraved on it. THANKS AGAIN ASCAP29 CRAIG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pussycat Doll Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Why Not Have a Look At Gravograph's New M20pix Machine Out Now This Machine Not Only Engraves Onto Flat Items But Aloso Raised Our Curved Items Somthing That The Roland Machine Could Never Do,Also The M20pix Will Engeavr Photos With Greater Detail,It Costs More But It Will Engrave Text Aswel ,Some Customers Love The Idea Of A Photo On a Zippo Somthing The Jewller Might Not Be Able To Offer Them And You Get The Sale. See It At Trophex In January. I had a trial of the Gravograph M20 Pix and unfortunately was unimpressed with the quality of the picture engraving against the Roland Metaza 70. I wanted samples of what could be achieved as the demonstrator had only just picked up the machine and we thought he might not know how to use it to its full advantage. Unfortunately we never received any further samples, so went for a Metaza 80 instead. Had a demonstration of that a couple of weeks ago and was very impressed with the quality of the engraving too - much better than the 70. Took delivery of it this morning and can't wait to have a play over christmas. Thanks to everyone who offered help and advice. Wishing you all a very merry christmas and a happy new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 on the cheaper items, i wouldn't worry too much about wearing where the image is concerned but on dearer items you could try doming the product. have a look at this, it may interest you if you're thinking long term. http://www.lipchip.com/product_detail.php?id=3 this is the top end application, this stuff is designed to dry very quickly but if you want something cheaper that takes longer to dry then you can buy the doming compound from mastergrave. careful how you mix it though, it has to be bang on or it never dries this may also interest some of you in other areas of our trade. rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I am one of those unfortunate people who have had an item engraved by this proccess. Item was a square pendant that hooks onto a mabile phone. For sentimental reasons I wanted a picture of my wife to carry around (yeh I know I'm sad). First class job and very appreciative of the very busy bloke who did it but, It wore off after 2 weeks. Perhaps the Glaze trick may have saved it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizla Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Where did you get it done Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted December 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 hi again i am getting along ok with this wee machine now and it is doing a few jobs each day so i am glad i bought it but the software that came with it was dr metaza. and that works ok but after looking on the web i see that most people use dr metaza 2 where can i get this software it doesnt seem to be on the download section of rolands website only a metaza 2 update which dont seem to do anything with dr metaza. thanks craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldEngraver Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 hi craig I have an mpx 60 and it came with Dr Metaza 2 What version are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 hi craigI have an mpx 60 and it came with Dr Metaza 2 What version are you using? dr metaza is what came with it it apears to be the older version as i have seen screen shots of dr metaza2 and it is different looks like it has a few more features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k4mrc Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 this made me laugh - Following the Trophex exhibition, we are running a series of sales offers on the Metaza engraving machines. The Metaza MPX-70 is now available at £995 + vat and the MPX-80 at £1595 + vat as well as other package deals. hope you enjoyed the show and look forward to seeing you next year. there getting even cheaper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain Cheall Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 there getting even cheaper! I still want about £1500 for my MPX60 which still gathers dust on the shelf. Pants machine, pants software and pants aftersales back up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 what did you think of the salesman's pants then iain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain Cheall Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Actually they were well pressed as was his shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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