Vision MAX Pro Product Review

Vision Engraving Systems,
Phoenix, AZ, touts its new MAX Pro comput-
erized engraving machine as its "most versatile
machine to date." That's a very big claim for any
company to make, but after trying the system
recently, I would tend to agree. Designed spe-
cifically for the jewelry and gift engraving mar-
kets, this innovative machine can handle a heart-
shaped silver locket, a tapered glass vase or the
inside of a ring as easily as it can engrave a lug-
gage tag or plaque plate. And although jewelry
and gift engraving is MAX Pro's claim to fame,
it can also be used for some industrial engrav-
ing applications like engraving legend plates
and marking small machine parts, capabilities
that expand this system's versatility even fur-
ther. Coupled with Vision's proprietary Vision
Pro software, the MAX Pro engraving machine
is one of the most user-friendly rotary systems to
date, which adds to its appeal.
Vision Engraving Systems introduced the
MAX Pro to their line of computerized mechani-
cal (rotary) engraving machines in 2006 as a so-
lution for engravers who needed an easy-to-use
system to engrave flat, deep, round and odd-
shaped items—exactly the type of products you
find in the jewelry and gift market. I had the op-
portunity to do a hands-on review of the system
(conveniently, just in time for holiday gift-giv-
ing!) and found that the MAX Pro Engraver pret-
ty much lives up to all the claims surrounding it.
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The Basic Package
The MAX Pro Engrav-
er is a mid-price range en-
graving system with a base
cost of $13,995. For that, you receive a machine with a T-slot ta-
ble for engraving flatwork, a self-centering vise for holding jew-
elry and other small, odd-shaped items and a complete cylindri-
cal attachment for engraving round work like glasses and vases.
You also receive Vision's top-of-the-line engraving software
package, Vision Pro 7.0, which comes standard with numerous
fonts, graphics capabilities (like automatic vector tracing and
multiple fill routines) and many helpful software "wizards" that
walk you through job setups for specific engraving applications,
such as inside-ring engraving. The latter is something I found es-
pecially appealing because you don't have to remember the steps
or refer to the manual; the software does it all for you!

The MAX Pro engraver from Vision,
Phoenix, AZ, allows for engraving of
flat, deep, round or odd-shaped items
in one compact, easy-to-use machine.
The standard spindle on
this unit is an 11 / " top-
64
loading rotary spindle.
Copyright © 2007 by Davis Multimedia Intl., Inc.
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As printed in June 2007, Volume 32,
No. 12 of The Engravers Journal.
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