setup and alignments

[stan kern]

The manuals supplied with the laser are so so ,is there a way to test to see if you're getting the best cut/or burn.It comes with disk with crosshairs so you can fire the laser and this disk set in the last mirror shows alignment,how about focus?

[Gary Hair]

Stan,
The easiest way to ensure focus is to laser a line on a piece of material that is slanted. That allows you to laser from the lower end to the higher end and see where it's sharpest - that's where it's in focus. This is harder to describe than it is to do or show, hopefully it makes sense.

Gary

[Norberto Coutinho]

The manuals supplied with the laser are so so ,is there a way to test to see if you're getting the best cut/or burn.It comes with disk with crosshairs so you can fire the laser and this disk set in the last mirror shows alignment,how about focus?
see this.... http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=134863