Kev Williams
07-16-2014, 5:44 PM
-- continues...
As I recently noted, I busted 2 lenses by dropping them. So I've been really really really careful lately.
So the other day, before my xformer blew out, I fired up the machine to cut some cardboard for shipping. I hit the start button, and the laser looked like a flamethrower! I've had flames shoot UP from what I'm cutting, but never DOWN out of the lens! I hit the pause button about 2 seconds later, and a stupid miller flew out of the lens housing! How he even survived to fly out at all amazed me--
I restarted, cut my cardboard, no problem. Then later I cut a batch of nameplates. Then yesterday I did tests after doing my 220v re-wiring job.
So I'm needing to change the lens housing for a different job, and when I pull out the one I've been using, I find this:
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This is the flat side of the lens. The oval shape and other 'markings' where charred black on the lens when I pulled it out. The lens cut out the sheet of name badges like that, but it did seem the power was down, guess that's understandable. I cleaned the charcoal off afterwards...
If things come in three's, then maybe I'm done busting lenses, since this is the third one. It's one thing for me to drop the things and break them, but to have fried moth butt do it, well--- That's just more of Murphy's Law at work.
At least I did buy a spare... :)
As I recently noted, I busted 2 lenses by dropping them. So I've been really really really careful lately.
So the other day, before my xformer blew out, I fired up the machine to cut some cardboard for shipping. I hit the start button, and the laser looked like a flamethrower! I've had flames shoot UP from what I'm cutting, but never DOWN out of the lens! I hit the pause button about 2 seconds later, and a stupid miller flew out of the lens housing! How he even survived to fly out at all amazed me--
I restarted, cut my cardboard, no problem. Then later I cut a batch of nameplates. Then yesterday I did tests after doing my 220v re-wiring job.
So I'm needing to change the lens housing for a different job, and when I pull out the one I've been using, I find this:
293188
This is the flat side of the lens. The oval shape and other 'markings' where charred black on the lens when I pulled it out. The lens cut out the sheet of name badges like that, but it did seem the power was down, guess that's understandable. I cleaned the charcoal off afterwards...
If things come in three's, then maybe I'm done busting lenses, since this is the third one. It's one thing for me to drop the things and break them, but to have fried moth butt do it, well--- That's just more of Murphy's Law at work.
At least I did buy a spare... :)