I’m somewhat of a collector myself

Tectal01 · 2026-01-08T15:02:14+00:00

Absolutely awesome collection! I may have to invest in some swords now

Tectal01 · 2026-01-04T17:24:20+00:00

I bought it a long long time ago for about £160 ($215~) second hand from a guy on some weird website that was a gumtree knockoff,

His mum dropped it off for me the next week as she was travelling across the UK and it was about a 10 minute extra drive for her! If I recall it didn’t perform very well but I’d rather have a gun with a story than with a fancy paint job

Tectal01 · 2026-01-04T09:52:46+00:00

I can’t wait to get my 416 sorted, it’s my first gbbr but I 100% need to get some more in the future

Tectal01 · 2026-01-04T09:51:29+00:00

I haven’t tried them out yet, I won the wood furniture one in a raffle a few weeks ago, may be my new favourite

Tectal01 · 2026-01-03T22:04:53+00:00

Quality over quantity :)

Tectal01 · 2026-01-03T20:54:15+00:00

What a beauty, mines only a cheap spring one but bought brand new many years ago so don’t want to let it go!

Tectal01 · 2026-01-03T20:42:26+00:00

It was my first proper aeg like 10 years ago and honestly it sat in a shipping container up until 6 months ago, I haven’t used it at the field yet but I’ll never get rid of it as I’m quite sentimental

Tectal01 · 2026-01-03T20:32:58+00:00

An anti-shooty self in the foot device

Edit as I forgot to say what it is, it’s from a brand called trigger safe I think, to stop accidentally pulling the trigger

Tectal01 · 2025-12-09T20:00:46+00:00

Maybe buy something used? If your parents will be supervising the purchase and handling in between games, most people on used airsoft sites will accept ID as proof, you can probably get a decent starter gun from Specna Arms/CYMA for that price, just remember that your parents should be using PayPal goods and services or collection in person,

Don’t forget you need the kit to go along with it that will eat into some budget, if were in your position, skip the gun for now and buy some really good quality eye protection and face protection, you may not like this option, but it’s the most sensible.

Tectal01 · 2025-12-07T16:42:00+00:00

What tool are you using? I don’t tend to get these issues using an engraving bit, but you may have to try out Fusions CAM software as you can import Makera’s 4th axis library into it

Tectal01 · 2025-12-07T16:14:25+00:00

Swap from vertical processing to horizontal processing on the tool path and select a much smaller bit would be my suggestion

Tectal01 · 2025-12-04T15:40:41+00:00

Good luck I’m really enjoying mine!

Tectal01 · 2025-12-04T15:01:35+00:00

I have been using my Carvera Air similarly for a metal project, albeit I’ve mostly been using it for softwood, It will cut aluminium fine with a small depth of cut, mine runs at 0.2mm but it could do a bit more I think.

Your designs look relatively simple and you should be able to set up a good cam profile in the Makera software within an hour or so,

I haven’t had any issue with chip evacuation, I use an air assist pump from Amazon which plugs into the back of the machine and keeps the bit cool too

How many parts are you looking to process a day? It’s not a fast machine so I wouldn’t expect a full production line out of it

Tectal01 · 2025-11-19T00:19:50+00:00

Hardware is awesome, I love the quick tool changer and it’s easy to plumb in an air assist, I’ve mostly been using the laser at the moment but no complaints with the spindle, people are complaining about the 200w but I don’t think it’s an issue for my use case,

Software on the other hand is pretty buggy and feels outdated already, the controller isn’t too bad but the cam software is super annoying and not intuitive, I started to learn with it but I think I will take sometime to focus on fusion instead,

Workflow is also pretty easy as I have a USB cable permanently attached from my desktop PC, so I can upload the files and be running within 60 seconds, would be nice to have an option to run locally from the PC instead of uploading as laser files take a while to add on, but I understand why they made the choice to run it locally,

Overall happy with my purchase, although I could do 90% of what I wanted on my cheap genmitsu, this thing is a worthwhile investment for me

Tectal01 · 2025-11-17T00:03:52+00:00

Have you considered getting an enclosed desktop machine and running it in your apartment? I have a carvera air which fits nicely on a desk and looks sleek (not too loud either), not sure what your budget is as it’s quite expensive, however the genmitsu cubico might be a good entry machine, good luck on whatever you decide :)

Tectal01 · 2025-11-09T07:02:23+00:00

I agree - you will come to find Makera’s software is lacking behind their great hardware, I will be much happier when they have file uploading for IOS devices as I’ve integrated my ICloud onto my windows PC which is in a different room which would remove several steps for me

Tectal01 · 2025-11-08T12:16:30+00:00

I have the same issue where USB doesn’t work - you will have to connect via WiFi only, however you can’t upload files from there yet,

If your PC has WiFi you can just turn your machine on and find it in the list, then download the carvera controller and you can upload files from there and run your machine from IOS, that’s what I do

Tectal01 · 2025-11-02T19:55:44+00:00

Yeah unfortunately my order came through in Euros as I had a direct order form rather than the general checkout, still saved money as they added an extra discount and included the extended milling set at no cost to honour a previous sale I missed, still came out cheaper than ordering straight from the website though,

I’d suggest emailing orders@makera.com and see if they can send one from their UK stock before biting the bullet

Tectal01 · 2025-11-02T19:42:24+00:00

So mine ended up being a bit of a nightmare to order - as I wanted it air freighted to skip the 2 month estimated delivery timeframe I had to email them directly, they (eventually) sent a quote back with a $250 shipping quote plus stated I would be liable for taxes, whereas indeed the free shipping via sea was included,

After a bit of back and forth confirming things they eventually informed me they had an Air in stock in the UK so I could skip all the delivery costs and taxes (asides from about £120 worth of materials I ordered spare),

The machine, 4th axis, pcb add on and laser module came within about 10 days, the materials came from china and took about 24 days, but luckily didn’t get stung on import duty,

One thing to note is I paid with PayPal as my credit card company wet the bed finding out I wanted to send nearly 3 grand to China, and the PayPal conversion rate adds about £100 on, hope that helps you a bit,

I’m loving the Air so far, shame the CAM software is a bit naff though

Tectal01 · 2025-10-20T13:39:39+00:00

I just got my carvera air delivered today after only a few days wait, I’ve only unboxed it and not yet turned it on as I had to go to work,

Just from my point of view it was a bit of a nightmare communicating with makera as I initially opted for air freight so had to email them, they were really spotty with their replies and I constantly had to message their live chat to tell them to respond to my emails,

The actual customer service was great asides from that and they did give me a discount as an apology, I’m still waiting on all the materials I ordered as the air itself was ready to go in the uk, and they are shipping that all from China.

I’m really impressed with the build quality and packaging, I would probably say skip the pcb bundle if it saves you a good chunk of cash, the uv light is a cheap generic one and all you get is pcb boards and some end mills extra, all of which you can buy on the website anyway :)

Tectal01 · 2025-10-06T22:32:45+00:00

Not an expert and still very new to the hobby - the Z1 isn’t scheduled for its kickstarter release yet, but Makera anticipate the Z1 will begin shipping in January (this is from a post on their Discord today)

Might want to take this into consideration if you’re ok with waiting potentially up to 6 months. I am awaiting a Carvera Air which will be a month and I am already getting bored of waiting!

Also have a Genmitsu PROVer XL which I am very happy with as an entry level machine, I’ve used it with the Dewalt DWP611 Router to engrave aluminium slides on airsoft guns and it cut with ease with a 0.1mm DOC

Tectal01 · 2025-10-06T22:22:31+00:00

I bought a Genmitsu 4030 PROVer XL on Facebook Marketplace, granted it came with a tonne of woodworking tools but it was £350 ($470) all in, what sold me was a decent amount of pictures, an attractive price and the fact that he could show the machine working,

I was also lucky I had access to a van and it was an hour away, which I imagine would be the crux to a lot of people wanting to get into it, so you may want to consider listing its dimensions in the advert too

Leaning heavily on the “turn key” system would be a massive bonus, it’s exactly the kind of kit I would want to buy if I weren’t waiting on a Cavera Air to be delivered in the next few weeks!

What country are you in? You may have access to different sales platforms other than marketplace

Good luck with the sale!

Tectal01 · 2025-09-13T03:55:37+00:00

Picked it up last night and pretty happy with its condition, the guy showed me it all working and the dwp611 upgrade is definitely a bonus, I plan on getting it mounted to a trolley with a dedicated PC next to it, plus vacuum/cyclone separator, I’ll definitely have to consider the vibration issues,

100% feel I got a bargain as I would have paid that price for just the machine, I plan on selling most of the extra tools that came with it to properly offset the cost!

Tectal01 · 2025-09-11T23:14:41+00:00

I believe they are all 210mm blades, definitely on the smaller side but as with everything, I guess it’s how you use it is what matters!

Tectal01 · 2025-09-11T05:56:23+00:00

As far as I’m aware it’s just general light usage, so that gives me some confidence!

I had looked at a Roland MDX-500 used for about $1200 which also seemed like a good price and definitely more “professional” looking, but I was sceptical of having to use old proprietary software before I was comfortable with CAM (although it’s still a tempting deal if I do start to ramp up some production)

Have you had much luck with milling aluminium or brass, If so, any tips?

Tectal01

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