Black Spirit said:
[quote author=lamborgini8 link=1233046819/0#7 date=1233144684][quote author=Black Spirit link=1233046819/0#6 date=1233143854][quote author=lamborgini8 link=1233046819/0#5 date=1233138631][quote author=Black Spirit link=1233046819/0#4 date=1233131433]Thanks for the comments so far.
@Diachi - The dip is set to all "on" except 1 and 10.
@lamborgini8 - thats only a temp thing, i have much a bigger plate for the final product. I just wanted to fire it up. Couldnt resist
Cheers
Dave
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lol, nice!
I can’t help myself, being a temp job, it still needs to be mounted
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My lavewave green, can’t be repaired until after the Chinese new year, and the blue is not ordered yet, so basically a month of fun with red, (might add the BR) it needed to be mounted,
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Cool, how much did you get the red for? I have found a 500mW red on DL for around £250, not sure on the wavelength though.
How did you line up the laser with the galvos? The biggest problem I have that takes the longest to mark out is where the laser is going, how close its going and getting the laser head and galvos exactly in the right position. I suppose a few mm out wouldn't make a huge difference but I would prefer it to be lined up.
How did you line yours up?
Assuming I don't make anymore mistakes my scanner will be all mounted up tonight. It just needs a little bit of rewiring and its ready to be put into its enclosure.
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I made the red laser myself. So cost around 40$
In the picture, my laser and galvo's are not lined up, just trying to show the system. Ill get another picture if you want, with it alligned.
Basically, for alignment, I had the galvos finger tight and bolted on the plate, and with the system running, moved the laser around, to find the sweet spot. The laser, being alot smaller then the average dpss, i had 4 bolts, with three nuts, one to tighten the bolt down (upright), to the plate, and the other, to adjust height, the third, to secure the laser. Once it was fine, abit of thread locker to stop it from loosing. Only having one laser, I had it about 4inches away from the galvos.
Then priddy much, slowly adjusting the X and Y galvos, for the dot to hit the top mirror, and then centre on the bottom.
All that for a temp...its worth it ;D
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Ahh okay then, my build at the moment is a single 50mW green but if I have enough money in the near future, which is looking bleak at the moment, I want to build a budget RGB/RGV hense the red question.
I have my green mounted on a thin 2mm bit of metal that is just a little bit longer than the laser head. There are 2 screw holes central to the plate on both ends that I can use to adjust the height of the module and the pitch (up down angle). As for the laser being pointed at the galvos I used a metal ruler and pushed it againsed the galvo mounts and marked where the laser needs to meet the mirror and scratched down the plate so there is a perfect line across the plate thats lined up perfectly.
Then I just need to drill the holes in the metal base plate and mount the laser. With any luck it will be lined up, if its not I can drill next to the original holes on the back and front and use a washer so I can slide it into position and tighten the screws so it dont move.
Thinking about it, maybe a set square would be a good idea for this. That way I can make sure the galvos and laser are perfectly 90 degrees from the edge of the base plate.
Although, my DMX is now dead, so I cant get anything :
so it seems like a signal problem more than anything. So it outputs, but the output is useless, I've tried about 5 different settings as well.