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re aligning beam after moving laser machine
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021
by Toby Hope
I can understand needing to align after moving your laser machine , but i’ve been wheeling min across a flat floor maybe about 2ft and keep finding that whenever i do this i need to re align the beam
is this normal ?
Re: re aligning beam after moving laser machine
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021
by Dave Vigness
I have blocks against the wall, actually plastic pop crates, so that mine goes back in the same place when I move it our for cleaning and testing. Until I did, I was constantly having to tweak my alignment. It's a tin box. Not a light one, but still a tin box.
Re: re aligning beam after moving laser machine
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021
by Toby Hope
Dave Vigness wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021
I have blocks against the wall, actually plastic pop crates, so that mine goes back in the same place when I move it our for cleaning and testing. Until I did, I was constantly having to tweak my alignment. It's a tin box. Not a light one, but still a tin box.
ah great good to know it’s normal , maybe if i put it back befor running tests it would have been ok but as it was i started testing with it away from wall which meant i re aligned which of course meant i had to re align when put back
thanks Dave
Re: re aligning beam after moving laser machine
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021
by Dave Vigness
Before I put everything up on 4x4 runners, I was constantly tweaking as I bumped this or that. Put the laser, my DIY chiller, and my worktop on the chiller all up on a pair of 4x4's and with the upside down pop crates as primitive registration points against the two walls, I've only had minor issues. My laser thinks it's been bad, I make it sit in the corner...
Re: re aligning beam after moving laser machine
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021
by Toby Hope
Dave Vigness wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021
Before I put everything up on 4x4 runners, I was constantly tweaking as I bumped this or that. Put the laser, my DIY chiller, and my worktop on the chiller all up on a pair of 4x4's and with the upside down pop crates as primitive registration points against the two walls, I've only had minor issues. My laser thinks it's been bad, I make it sit in the corner...
haha mines in the corner from the start that’s prob where i’ve gone wrong lol
Re: re aligning beam after moving laser machine
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021
by Doug Fisher
I never realized how non-flat my basement floor is until I bought my laser. If you have to move your laser, put tape down to show the exact_position for each of the four casters/wheels on your laser so you know your "calibrated location."
Re: re aligning beam after moving laser machine
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021
by Toby Hope
Doug Fisher wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021
I never realized how non-flat my basement floor is until I bought my laser. If you have to move your laser, put tape down to show the exact_position for each of the four casters/wheels on your laser so you know your "calibrated location."
yeh i think between marking with tape and Daves calibrated bottle crate thing it might save me a bit of alignment time , thanks
