VE810 Series 4 User Manual
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The Front Panel
The front panel controls all of the movement and speeds of the Vision VE810. Below is a picture of the
front panel. The function of each button and knob are explained below.
XY Speed knob
- This knob controls the engraving speed of the VE810. Turning the knob
clockwise will increase the speed and turning the knob counter clockwise will decrease the speed. You
can change the engraving speed depending on the type of material you are engraving and the type of
cutter you are using. If you are using a diamond drag cutter (non-rotating), you can generally run the
machine at higher speeds. If you are using a rotary cutter, you will need to adjust the speed depending
on what type of material you are cutting. Harder materials, such as acrylic and engraver's brass, will
need to be engraved at slower speeds. Softer materials such as engraver's plastic can be engraved at
higher speeds. A rule of thumb for setting the engraving speed is to start off engraving at a slow speed,
then gradually increase the engraving speed while the machine is engraving. Increase the speed until
you get to a speed where it sounds like the machine is working freely. If your speed is too fast, the
machine will sound like it is working very hard, or putting a heavy load on the engraving spindle. If this
happens, you can possibly dull the engraving cutter or the engraving quality will not be very good.
Fortunately, engraving speeds presets for most materials are sent to the engraver with the job file. There
is much less trial and error as a result.
Z Speed knob
- This knob controls how fast the spindle will move down into the material.
Clockwise is faster, counter-clockwise is slower. Typically, you can leave this all the way clockwise,
unless you are engraving into hard materials such as acrylic or deep engraving into metals. In cases
such as these, slow the speed down (counter-clockwise). Again, this is part of the presets sent to the
engraver after a material is selected in the Vision software.
Spindle Speed knob
- This knob controls the rotational speed (RPM) of the engraving
spindle. Turning the knob clockwise will increase the RPM, and turning the knob counter-clockwise will
decrease the RPM. You would change the RPM of the engraving spindle depending on the type of
material you are engraving or for different sizes of engraving cutters. The harder the material you are
using, the higher the RPM you would use. Also, the larger the cutter you are using, the higher the RPM
you would use. A rule of thumb for setting the spindle speed is to start out at a higher RPM. You can
gradually lower the RPM while the machine is working. Keep lowering the spindle speed until the spindle
sounds like there is a load (or drag) on the spindle. When you reach that point, you should turn the
