I am looking to buy the XR. I have never owned a table before and would like to know the pros and cons on Langmuir as a company, and the XR as a model. Like I said, being new to the industry I want to make sure I’m purchasing a quality product.
Thanks!
Think about you only get one key contact to bail you out it seems.
While i dont have an XR but contemplating getting one i can say this. Their table is priced better than anyone else and it does quality wotk based off of various pics and videos of peoples projects.
Now on to the biggest plus I have found and it puts Langmuir far above others and that is support. They offer direct support on the XR but more more importantly this forum exists that has a huge amount of knowledge to solve problems. To me it is like having support 24/7/365. All it takes is searching of topics and a little reading and most problems can be solved. If you dont see what you are looking for post the question and someone will offen respond pretty quickly. Plus you can get answers on various subjects such as Fusion and Sheetcam for example. Where else will you find that kind of support available plus a quality table.
A lot of problems exist for any table and many of them are because of user error and again this group helps poeple navigate beyond these issues in a easy and timely manner.
As always this is just my two cents worth but things to think about to compare Langmuir with others.
Support has been great. Software is very easy to use and that’s a big deal.
As far as the hardware there is a lot to like and a few things that are maybe a little too “built to a price point”. The table structure that holds up the water table is very sturdy and robust. The water table itself has a very rugged welded tube around the top. We slide 4x8 1/2" (about 650 lbs) plate on this thing no problem. It will handle what they say it will. Driven ball nuts seem to work well and are of good quality from what I can see. My only gripe is the way the bearing surfaces on the gantry (X) and tube rails (Y) are, well, not that precise. The actual bearings are fine but they ride on a powder coated surface that wears through to bare steel (X) and on painted tubes that are definitely not precise (Y).
Not sure that a hardened bearing surface riding on powder coating is optimal. And, in my case, the tube rail bearing just happens to ride on the welded seam of the tube. Again, probably not optimal. However, the XR produces good parts for us. And I guess that’s the point.
If you need the work envelope, are handy enough to build and maintain (not that hard) and need something short of a real commercial duty table (or are prepared to replace things that wear out faster than they would on a $40K table) then I’d say go for it.
I have the XR and I think for the price its a BARGAIN!!!
Sure there are things that could be better but remember what I said its a Bargain!
I think its well built does a great job and 90% of the problems that people have are brought on by themselves.
If you buy this and think you just jump into fusion and whip up a drawing and 2 mins later your cutting parts your wrong.
This takes time and you have to put many hours in to get it right, do that and you will not be disappointed.
Just my 2 cents!
