if you ordered a basic, you have a basic. the plus was released later, after the crowdfunding.
Iāll have to make a post in #beyond-the-manual about this at some point. Settings will depend on the exact material you use but typically fast and low power.
The first one - we have machines with it turned on already, and depending on any problems we find, weāll keep adding more customers.
Your current settings still work!
As you know, weāve been waaaay late on this. We twisted our hands about delaying further to search for lower cost options, but after already spending a large measure of time, decided that nothing better was coming soon and decided to launch. Weāre not pricing to make money - itās just expensive for us.
Each QR code is unique - we look up the piece of material in the cloud to find its settings. So we can update settings, we can change material formulation and settings, and so on.
Yes - for better or for worse you canāt switch tube power when you replace the tube.
Definitely not - weāll replace like with like.
I donāt think weāve ever commented or will ever share the individual components of the linear system - all weāve ever said is that the Plus and Pro linear system is upgraded relative to the basic.
For the rest of your questions, Iām going to defer on sharing the business rationale or the design constraints around them.
@takitus is on point with his answers, as usual.
Unfortunately, we donāt expect this to be true.
Youāll see a 1.4x or 4.2x top speed depending on which one you purchased, as well as all the rest of the changes (margin, clean corners, etc).
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Dan,
Iām just confused why a Fedex ground shipment from a reshipper is more expensive than the shipment directly from you also using Fedex ground by almost double. Something doesnt seem right there
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If I have to send my unit in for warranty work and get a refurbished replacement can I be assured I will not be downgraded from 45 to 40?
The reshipped I used was literally just a friend of mine. Unless heās hiding a secret business from me I donāt think thatās the case.
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Yes.
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Here is 1400 vs 1000 with the basic. Full power and 100. 270 lines. Iāll try 1200 next. 1400 is noticeable faster. I think it might look good for solid engravings, but you lose most of the shading. It is noticeably faster.
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Wow this is amazing!! When I saw that last monthās didnāt come with a update I figured you guys were working on something big. Definitely delivered!
Does anyone happen to have a video of the pro going full speed now? Really curious how it looks until mine gets the upgrade
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@dan I have a few questions about the upgrade.
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With quadrupling the speed on the pro, what kind of impact will that have on the mechanical components. Will they wear out 4x faster? I know I always get worried when Iām scoring something with a lot of twists and turns at full speed. I cringe every time I hear the step motors jolting the machine head back and forth to make the tight turn. Iām just curious as to the long term impacts of this.
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If we assume a linear relationship between speed and power how does increasing the speed effect the actual engrave. For example (with the above assumption) if I engrave something now at 500 speed and 100 power, Iād get the same results at 1000 speed and 50 power. Since we canāt magically get more power out of the tube will quadrupling the speed decrease the end results of the engrave depth and effect?
Well that answered one of my questions. Thanks for the post!
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Well this isnāt very impressive but it does bring up an interesting fact that I had not considered. This is at 1000,2000,3000,4000 speed and full (pro) power:
(yes - I just grabbed your avatar for something to engrave, seeing as you suggested the idea!)
Probably need to start another thread about this, but a couple of interesting points - for small engraves, the faster speeds result in slower prints, and why is the fastest (last) print not lighter than the others?
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It canāt get up to speed when it has to decelerate and reverse direction so quickly due to the tiny size of the artwork, so youāre not really testing the speed at that point. It looks like it tried to widen the turnaround space on the last one to accommodate the higher speed setting, but the engraving is just too small for it to result in a speedup.
I wish I had access to this feature! I have a bunch of maps to print and they take 2.5 hours each. I donāt run them at full power, which means I could increase speed and get the same engraving depth. I just donāt have the option yet.
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Yes, I understand whatās happening - just never thought it would be that dramatic. Would be fun (for certain types of people, (i.e. me) to calculate the ābreak evenā point of various speeds vs. width of the design element. 
I already have a ātest planā in mindā¦
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Youāre my kind of nerd.
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Theyāre designed to take that level of use.
Itās unfortunately not that simple; youāll need to experiment to see what works. That said, generally, faster means shallower (or turning up the power).
We were surprised too! But the math checks out. 
You see really big improvements with large engraves (so the cost to speed up is spread over more space) and āminimize marginā set all the way to the left (so youāre engraving during your speed up/slow down).
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Any chance of upgrading the lens? So the engraving can be more detailed?
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@dan Very cool. Hopefully we can all get in on this beta. What is the criteria for rolling this out? I hope itās not going to be the same as Snap Marks which I and many others never got to experience. That was super disappointing and made me wonder if my machine was somehow inferior to others as it had noisy calibration data.
The faster, the longer distance for acceleration.
Do the test on a wide but short engraving
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