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Cad Jones
Posts: 13
Joined: Mon Oct 12, 2020
Location: Houston, Texas
Country: USA
Nickname: Cad
Laser Machine Make or Type: Red/Blk 500x700 Ruida RDC6442G w/ Z-bed & Red-Dot
Laser Power: 80w
Laser Bed Size: 700x500 (28x20)
Home Position: TR
RDWorks Version: 8.01.48
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 7 64bit
Accessories: Adjustable Z stepper bed
Want: Auto-Focus
Want: Laser / Red-Dot combiner
Want: Adjustable Lens for pass thru.
Want: Rotary
Need: New mirrors and lens.
Need: S&A 5200 Chiller

Just picked up a 500x700 blk/red with Ruida RDC6442G.

Looking to learn / share / upgrade.
Things I'd like to add / modify in order of priority:
Buy S&A 5200 Chiller.
Buy Rotary attachment.
Longer tube or cone for lens to allow pass thru with Z-Bed.
Add stepper motor to Z-axis bed.
Add auto-focus

Add laser / red-dot combiner mirror.

Thanks,
Cad
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Gene Uselman
Posts: 2181
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2016
Location: Suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Country: USA
Nickname: Gene
Laser Machine Make or Type: QC
Laser Power: 130W
Laser Bed Size: 900x1300
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: RDw .19 & Lightburn
LightBurn Version: Latest
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: Win 10 Pro
Accessories: I have a combining lenses, pin tables [homebuilt], honeycomb tables , wireless remote, Modifed Ultimate Air Assist, home built non-powered rotary device, PrusaMK4 and Mini Prusa printers.

Welcome Cad- a 5000 chiller has worked fine for my 130w for 4-5 years, we did a 3.5 hour engrave a couple weeks ago and the temp never budged. Auto focus has never been that useful to me, with a remote and power Z axis you can set the focus faster/better by hand, I do love the reddot combiner I got from LightObject tho- very accurate. I have plans to build a 20x20mm alum extrusion version of Russ' unpowered rotary if you like to build stuff yourself- PM me your email. Gene
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