[Noisebridge-discuss] Laser cutter fully operational!!!

[Tony Godshall]

I promise I won't do that.


On Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 20:27 Ruth Grace Wong <ruthgracewong at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi Tony,
> Thanks, that's a great point. I just added it onto the wiki. We restrict
> editing on this page so there aren't any rogue people adding fake approved
> materials.
> Best,
> Ruth
>
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 3:38 PM Tony Godshall <togo at of.net> wrote:
>
>> Ha!  I went to edit the manual to make sure it says:
>>
>> "When you focus the laser, ALWAYS make sure the metal adaptor for the
>> air hose is facing straight towards you"
>>
>> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Laser_Manual#Focusing_the_laser
>>
>> But I have no permission to edit it.
>>
>> I guess I am not of sufficient status.
>>
>> togo
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 3:26 PM Ruth Grace Wong <ruthgracewong at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello everyone,
>> > Thanks for bearing with us through our laser cutter repair saga:
>> >
>> > - Ordered replacement laser head and air hose adaptor
>> > - Realized lens was broken and ordered replacement lens
>> > - Lens package was received at Noisebridge but we couldn't figure out
>> by who, and we still haven't been able to find this package
>> > - New lens is ordered to someone's home address
>> > - New lens arrives, is installed
>> > - Despite general maintenance and several re-alignment attempts, laser
>> is found to be weak
>> > - After discussion with the machine manufacturers, we figured out the
>> lens was installed up-side-down (it curves upwards instead of down like you
>> would think!), and laser is finally back to normal!!
>> >
>> > Lessons learned: When you focus the laser, ALWAYS make sure the metal
>> adaptor for the air hose is facing straight towards you. This is the second
>> time we've knocked it off and damaged the laser cutter due to the adaptor
>> facing the side.
>> >
>> > Huge huge gratitude to everyone who worked on this, including but not
>> limited to: Dany, David, Lady Red, Matt, R, me, Theo, Trent
>> >
>> > I will be hosting laser cutter safety training once a month, and
>> another laser trainer may be able to do the same, so hopefully we'll be
>> back to our biweekly training schedule soon. The next safety training is on
>> Sunday Feb 3: https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/258280209/
>> >
>> > Happy lasering & stay safe!
>> > Ruth
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>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Best Regards.
>> This is unedited.
>> This message came out of me
>> via a suboptimal keyboard.
>>
>
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