Does anyone have an edger that they just love?

**Pegdesign** · 02-23-2014, 12:48 PM

Hello!
New member here. I am wondering if anyone has an edger (small office use) that they are very happy with and would recommend?
Thanks in advance for any responses!

**LENNY** · 02-23-2014, 03:22 PM

u need to be more specific!

**Barry Santini** · 02-23-2014, 03:35 PM

I luv my Santinelli/Nidek ME1200. But I also luv my i
okd Essilor gamma cause it does glass and close recuts so well.

**Pegdesign** · 02-23-2014, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by LENNY

u need to be more specific!

Small private optical. We send out drill mounts. Just do about 7 jobs daily. Looking for an edger with a small footprint as lab space is extremely limited. We do not need to do glass. Just want a dependable, low maintenance machine with predictable reliability and good quality results.

**optimensch** · 02-23-2014, 06:24 PM

We've been running a kappa ct essilor edger for over 7 years and it has been a work horse. Still humming along and does a real nice job with a little maintenance here and there.
We do all our drilling on a briot manual drill - we have a HUGE set of carbide drill, end mills etc.. and do some pretty intricate stuff with that.

**Wild bill** · 02-23-2014, 11:25 PM

Essilor kappa....next question....

**standarduck** · 02-24-2014, 04:19 AM

Originally Posted by Barry Santini

Essilor gamma

I've used a lot of edgers, and I regard this one as 'old faithful' - it's pretty quick, very reliable and, as Barry said, good for recuts (I have lots of clumsy patients...) And the footprint isn't too bad either :)

It's also very simple to use.

**scriptfiller** · 02-24-2014, 08:21 AM

My 14.5 year old NOP 6e. You don't have to take off a bunch of covers to replace parts, just open er up and get to work. Dry cut edgers "seem" to be more reliable to me. 5-7 minute complete job cycles, what's not to love!

**matt2939** · 02-24-2014, 10:53 AM

I recently got a coburn excelon edger. I love it. So far there has been zero slippage, drill jobs have come out perfect, and the 3 year warranty is a nice piece of mind. It also has a small footprint. I would highly recommend looking into it.

**standarduck** · 02-24-2014, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by scriptfiller

My 14.5 year old NOP 6e. You don't have to take off a bunch of covers to replace parts, just open er up and get to work. Dry cut edgers "seem" to be more reliable to me. 5-7 minute complete job cycles, what's not to love!

I prefer not to have to replace parts!

**MakeOptics** · 02-24-2014, 11:20 AM

Avoid the new essilor machines like they are riddled with plague. Nothing but heartaches, proprietary software, locked or DRM riddled files, and maintenance.

**mdeimler** · 02-25-2014, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by matt2939

I recently got a coburn excelon edger. I love it. So far there has been zero slippage, drill jobs have come out perfect, and the 3 year warranty is a nice piece of mind. It also has a small footprint. I would highly recommend looking into it.

Everything he said, same exact deal here...love the excelon.

**Jacqui** · 02-26-2014, 08:48 PM

Horizon III is my go to machine. Unfortunately it's plastic only, so I have a Weco 440 for glass.

**mike.elmes** · 02-26-2014, 10:20 PM

Had a weco for 5 years but switched to Kappa CTD Essilor(does drill and groove) for 7 years & loved it. Now on my 3rd year with a Mr Blue (essilor) am pretty happy with this one but dont use the special bevel too much. Lots of custom drill mounts. My store is a store about the size of yours. If you dont want to do the drill mounts, go Kappa, Gamma or the newer mr. Orange

**vikings827** · 03-18-2014, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by mdeimler

Everything he said, same exact deal here...love the excelon.

Which model do you have?

**vikings827** · 03-18-2014, 11:18 AM

Hi Matt. Would you mind telling me the model you love.

**MikeAurelius** · 03-18-2014, 11:26 AM

I just received a WECO 450, and oh em gee. Wowza.

It doesn't have the drill option, and since I only do glass, it didn't matter, but whoa. Mind. Blown.

I already had very good quality coming off of a WECO Zet-90, but the 450 is miles beyond that.

**TEC** · 03-18-2014, 04:29 PM

Santinelli LE-9000 3D fit, Works great for my small office and have had no maintenance cost in over 8 years. Good Luck on your decision.

**matt2939** · 03-18-2014, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by vikings827

Hi Matt. Would you mind telling me the model you love.

I have the HPE-7000 with the HAB-8000 auto blocker. You can probably get your best deal on it around Vision Expo East/West. I think I got about a 20-25% discount for VEW.

**David_Garza** · 03-19-2014, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by TEC

Santinelli LE-9000 3D fit, Works great for my small office and have had no maintenance cost in over 8 years. Good Luck on your decision.

1+ Bought a refurbished unit from another local optical in 2008 and the unit is still running strong/fast and reliable. You can get these used for 8-15K.

**mdeimler** · 03-19-2014, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by vikings827

Hi Matt. Would you mind telling me the model you love.

Excelon XD edger and HPE 7000 blocker

**9520g** · 03-19-2014, 08:25 AM

My topcon ALE5000 is great, would not trade for it for anything in the world. I think its the most underrated edger in history.

**vikings827** · 03-19-2014, 09:44 AM

Has anyone had experience with the 4000 Excelon?

**Manual** · 03-19-2014, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by vikings827

Has anyone had experience with the 4000 Excelon?

We've had the 4000 for about a year now. We usually cut anywhere from 20-40 jobs a day on it. It's a little on the slow side but it's accurate and we haven't had any issues with it so far. It doesn't have many bells and whistles but it's a good edger for the price, in my opinion.