shenhui and laserworkv5

[Marc Pod]

My control board just went dead. Only red led D1 on cb is on.
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[Steven Cox]

My control board just went dead. Only red led D1 on cb is on.

When I first got my laser the control board also went dead after only a few weeks, Check the plugs on both the board and the motherboard that they aren't loose, that's all it was with mine.

[Marc Pod]

First thing to check were cables. LCD display was full of strange chinese signs just before it went dead but laser was still working.

[john banks]

You can still operate the laser from the PC in the meantime I expect?

[Marc Pod]

You can still operate the laser from the PC in the meantime I expect?

yes, laser still works and I can control it from PC.

[Marc Pod]

New c-panel is already on it's way from China.
Is is possible to fit 80W RECI tube on SH-G350D?

[john banks]

Option to fit a box to cover the high voltage end if it is too long? I think the RECI tubes are a bit shorter, Rodney has the "normal" 60W and the RECI 80W so may be able to advise the diameter and length differences if you cannot find them readily in documents?

[Rodne Gold]

Length is ok , its thicker so you may have issues , you might have to redo the tube mounts so the output is in line with the optics system.

[Marc Pod]

Length is ok , its thicker so you may have issues , you might have to redo the tube mounts so the output is in line with the optics system.

Ok. thanx. Redoing mounts is not a problem. I proly also need a new power supply?

[Rodne Gold]

Yes , you do need a matching PS .. just be careful with the mounts , you need to lower them , check you actually have enough clearance to lower so that the output optic of both tubes are in the same place - the 80w reci is actually shorter (as far as I remember) and about 1.5x thicker , I'm not at work right now so cant give exact dimensions. We had/have plans to swap out our 60w in the 600 x 900 machine to an 80w reci.

[Rich Harman]

The 80 watt Reci is about 1150mm long.

[Marc Pod]

Received new control panel. works like charm.
Lenght of 80W reci is ok. What is diameter of tube? Thanx

[Marc Pod]

Got lenght and diameter from Shenhui 1200mm, 80mm. With modification of tube holder I can fit it in my laser machine.

[Nick Foley]

Forgive me if this is obvious.... but...

How do I make Laserworks cut my graphic at the location I place it on the laserworks page, instead of at whatever location the laser head currently is sitting? Example: My machine has a 900x600 cutting area, so my page is setup to those dimensions. If I place text at 200, 200 (Zero point being upper right), the text doesn't cut at 200,200... it cuts with the green square of my text bounding box directly underneath the current laser position.

My first assumption was that the "Position:" drop down options (Current Position, Anchor Point, Machine Zero) were what controlled this behavior... but after testing all of them repeatedly, I see that this is not the case.

Any help?

[Rodne Gold]

Go to "user" in the tabs above the object/layer list , "read" (the buttons below) - go to the other parameters section , click on "return position" , select "origin" , then "write" (buttons below)
Use the preview to see what the laser is doing...