I haven’t been able to cut much with mine yet due to time and some cutter issues but I’ve had a decent amount of time to check the table over. I did cut a full fire pit file today as part of the last stage of testing and it went flawlessly. I have some slight tweaking to do but its being picky. My thoughts on the table so far. Build is solid whether you consider the price point or not. I’m very impressed with the continued tech and execution that langmuir delivers. As modded above, plan on either adding drain holes to all pans so that the table drains completely or plan on pumping the table out like i plan to do. My solution is just pump into an ibc tote. I have one and its not in my way so the drain solution as what came with the table is fine with me. Some may find this an issue though as 65 gals is more than what you are likely going to want to contend with using 5 gal buckets and don’t expect to get buckets out from under the table because of clearance. Assembly is easy following the instructions. I only needed help (from my wife) to hang the two long side pieces and this could be accomplished by jacks, boards, etc. The all-thread that holds the two gantry end plates together could be problematic for someone by themselves. I kind of got lucky but I highly recommend planning on having someone help out with that just that you’re not fighting anything. Not hard, just have to keep everything aligned while tightening down. Make sure you don’t confuse the x and y2 limit switches. The lengths are different but not a lot different and in my case I had them swapped. This caused some racking issues at first and I only picked up on it because of firecontrol. Luckily no harm and although doable, swapping the y1 or y2 switch out after its assembly and on the rack is tedious. Lots of proper tongue placement was necessary. Assembly took me 3 days in total picking away at it at night. I have some issues with firecontrol occasionally asking me to update my table driver the 1.3 when it is 1.3 but is showing driver 1.1. Not sure whats going on there but I just close firecontrol out and it automatically detects the correct driver the second time. Only issues with packing was some scratches on the long large side piece that is on the very bottom of the long crate. Some padding should be added here as “selefane?” wrap is not enough here for that one piece. Only cosmetic but i know I’m not the only one with that issue. I had some damage to the end of one of my gantry tubes but it ended up being on a part of it that does not affect how the table traverses and was on the very end anyway. Out of sight out of mind now with the tube inserts. There again, ultimately cosmetic. The table does give you a feeling a quality when you touch, listen, and operate it and that feedback is important for anyone but especially folks like me. I absolutely hate when something feels cheap. I don’t care how well it performs. Not that the other tables weren’t quality but this table really feels, sounds, smells, and even taste like quality. In the case of the XR, the value is far beyond the price point and I would expect Langmuir to increase their prices at some point. Not saying this will happen, just my thoughts as someone who appreciates a quality product and company. The homing feature is very nice as well. I have not re-read this so I apologize for the likely errors, confusion, and oversights. If you are considering the table and have the funds. Buy it.
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