Jeff Wilkins
06-03-2011, 4:38 PM
Hi folks,
If someone out there has a Spirit GX and is willing to take a video of how to properly align the beam that would be great or if you have pictures and could walk me through the process. I think I did it correctly, I used the tape method and put masking tape over the holes and made sure the beam hit the middle of the circle opening the best I could. I did not turn the machine on so I guess I cannot assume the red beam and the actual laser beam are aligned. How do I do the 10% laser power test to mark the tape???? safely :)
Issue #2 - it seems the laser loses power / focus from left to right across the bed. This hasn't happened before and just started. Thoughts on this, or how to fix it. For example, I am cutting masonite and it will cut through 1/8in at 3.6s 100p 150ppi on the left side of the table but in the same run, the beam diameter seems to increase and not cut fully through on the right side. This happens after about 12in of x travel.
Thanks
jw
If someone out there has a Spirit GX and is willing to take a video of how to properly align the beam that would be great or if you have pictures and could walk me through the process. I think I did it correctly, I used the tape method and put masking tape over the holes and made sure the beam hit the middle of the circle opening the best I could. I did not turn the machine on so I guess I cannot assume the red beam and the actual laser beam are aligned. How do I do the 10% laser power test to mark the tape???? safely :)
Issue #2 - it seems the laser loses power / focus from left to right across the bed. This hasn't happened before and just started. Thoughts on this, or how to fix it. For example, I am cutting masonite and it will cut through 1/8in at 3.6s 100p 150ppi on the left side of the table but in the same run, the beam diameter seems to increase and not cut fully through on the right side. This happens after about 12in of x travel.
Thanks
jw