Michael Arruda
07-30-2013, 10:44 PM
Hello,
I have been working with my Red Sail M500. The mirrors were pretty bad, so I just replaced them with HDD platter material. Before and after the mirror swap, it seems there is less power than there should be. I try cutting through 1/8" Luan plywood and it just doesn't make it through. Settings are 100% power, 9 speed. Scorches the wood pretty well, but still doesn't cut all the way through everywhere- when you flip it over, you can see the black outline where it cut through, but not completely- there are plenty of fibers on the bottom that were not cut and must be broken to separate the pieces.
Any idea why I would be experiencing such low power output from a 60w laser? Tube or PS needs replacement, controller not sending the right fire timing, what?
Thanks,
Michael
I have been working with my Red Sail M500. The mirrors were pretty bad, so I just replaced them with HDD platter material. Before and after the mirror swap, it seems there is less power than there should be. I try cutting through 1/8" Luan plywood and it just doesn't make it through. Settings are 100% power, 9 speed. Scorches the wood pretty well, but still doesn't cut all the way through everywhere- when you flip it over, you can see the black outline where it cut through, but not completely- there are plenty of fibers on the bottom that were not cut and must be broken to separate the pieces.
Any idea why I would be experiencing such low power output from a 60w laser? Tube or PS needs replacement, controller not sending the right fire timing, what?
Thanks,
Michael