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by Diysurgeon
Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Problem cutting
Replies: 8
Views: 9519

Re: Problem cutting

Bit the bullet and collected a new tube from one of HPC engineers. Met up with him in Essex to collect the tube and drive back to Norfolk. Fitted it last Wednesday. Took a little while to align the mirrors and laser as the new tube was a smaller diameter. As the old tube was 150w and the new one is ...
by Diysurgeon
Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Problem cutting
Replies: 8
Views: 9519

Re: Problem cutting

Hi Dave Thanks for your reply. I cleaned all the mirrors and the lens. I also checked the alignment. The tube is just under 3 years old. The chiller does give an error message E02. Which results in the water temperature dropping to around 4 or 5 degrees. This has been like this for around a year. Th...
by Diysurgeon
Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Problem cutting
Replies: 8
Views: 9519

Problem cutting

I have the 1290 150w laser. I have been cutting some tree shapes from 6mm Ply and MDF. My problem is the depth of cut is inconsistent. Parts of the tree profile it cuts all the way through and other part only about 2/3rds of the depth. I have tried various speeds and power settings. It has started d...
by Diysurgeon
Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Laser pointer not working
Replies: 7
Views: 8445

Re: Laser pointer not working

Glad you got it sorted. Yep mine is working now as well.
by Diysurgeon
Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Laser pointer not working
Replies: 7
Views: 8445

Re: Laser pointer not working

Strangely enough had the same problem this week. Found the black wire broken. it was about half way along inside the plastic chain link. Could the the same problem.
by Diysurgeon
Sat Nov 26, 2016 5:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: testing laser power
Replies: 4
Views: 5402

Re: testing laser power

Thanks for the link.

Regards


Mike
by Diysurgeon
Fri Nov 25, 2016 7:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: testing laser power
Replies: 4
Views: 5402

Re: testing laser power

Just as a matter of interest do you have a link for this gadget? Just curious.
by Diysurgeon
Thu Nov 24, 2016 8:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: testing laser power
Replies: 4
Views: 5402

testing laser power

Is there a gadget out there that you can use to test the power of your laser is operating at? In other words something you put in the path of the laser and it gives you a reading in watts.
by Diysurgeon
Fri Aug 26, 2016 1:07 pm
Forum: Help or advice required please
Topic: Windows 10
Replies: 1
Views: 2865

Re: Windows 10

Problem solved. Right click on the icon, select properties, click on advanced and click on "run as administrator".
by Diysurgeon
Fri Aug 26, 2016 11:25 am
Forum: Help or advice required please
Topic: Windows 10
Replies: 1
Views: 2865

Windows 10

I am having problems getting the software to run on windows 10 on a second hand PC i recently bought. I followed the instructions posted by someone and it works fine on my laptop which runs windows 10 but not on the PC. The message "Plug in softdog and restart the software" keeps coming up...