Laser Problem

[David Sabot]

We have a GCC Spirit 45w laser that is giving us some problems.

This is the image I am trying to engrave. It is just a solid black rectangle

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This is the output
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You can see it starts to engrave then peters out.

I suspect a laser power issue, such as the tube going. If I turn the machine off for a while and start it up, I can get it to engrave again, then it peters out.

Any ideas?

[Nick Cicala]

We have a GCC Spirit 45w laser that is giving us some problems.

This is the image I am trying to engrave. It is just a solid black rectangle

416946

This is the output
416948

You can see it starts to engrave then peters out.

I suspect a laser power issue, such as the tube going. If I turn the machine off for a while and start it up, I can get it to engrave again, then it peters out.

Any ideas?
looks like your tube is bad, How old is the machine? where on the table are you trying to engrave from?

[David Sabot]

The machine is about 5 years old or so. We were engraving on the top left corner, closest to the mirrors. I suspect a problem with the tube, but wasn't sure if it could be a power problem...