Align mirrors ?

[etienne delcuve]

Hi everybody,

have someone a trick or a link to align perfectly the mirrors (not inside the tube) on a engraver (rabbit like).
The mirrors are misalign after I dismantel my engraver to increase the graving
area.

thanks

sorry for my english

[SkipW]

Originally Posted by etienne delcuve Hi everybody, have someone a trick or a link to align perfectly the mirrors (not inside the tube) on a engraver (rabbit like). The mirrors are misalign after I dismantel my engraver to increase the graving area. thanks sorry for my english

Here you go! And your English is fine.

There is also parts 3 and 4 of this setup video on youtube.com The mirror alignment starts at about 5:40 minutes in this video and continues on video part 3 if I remember correctly.

YouTube - Laser Engraver Setup Part 2

YouTube - Laser Engraver Setup Part 2

Part 3

YouTube - Laser Engreaver Setup Part 3

YouTube - Laser Engreaver Setup Part 3

Hope this helps you.
Skip

[etienne delcuve]

Hi SkipW,
thank you for your reply.
I 'll go have a look on the videos

[SkipW]

You are welcome.

De groepering van de spiegel kan een pijn in de ezel zijn.

(mirror alignment can be a pain in the a$$... translation from Babel Fish translator)

Let us know how it goes.

Skip

[etienne delcuve]

thank you SkipW,
I have tried a little to align mirrors. It's not easy with this chinese engraver. the mirror mounts are bad. I thing i'll buy first new "customized" mirror mounts I found here:

http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/CO2-Laser-re...4.c0.m14.l1262

Before I dismantel the machine I was able to cut 3mm MDF wood in 1 pass.
Now, I must make 2 passes to cut 2.5 mm MDF !!!

On one of the mount (the first one, close to the tube), I only have 2 screws that you can turn with fingers. the thirth one is a "alen" screw, impossible to
setup unless I dissassemble the plate on witch the mount is fixed.
the others mounts have the 3 "finger" screw !!

I' ll try later when I received the new mounts.
thanks !

PS: In Belgium, a so little country, we have 3 langages: French (it's mine),
Nederland (same langage as Holland poeple) and Dutch (same as in Germany).
That you to translate in Nederland, I have understood but my favorite langage after French is English.

Merci beaucoup
Dank u well
vielen Dank
Thanks a lot