yes, supposed to be round and full field. Great Job Jason! The beam combiner is a bitch to align I have one but I probably will make my own contraption. Was is the diode or somethin else?
sounds like we gots some business to do
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yes, supposed to be round and full field. Great Job Jason! The beam combiner is a bitch to align I have one but I probably will make my own contraption. Was is the diode or somethin else?
sounds like we gots some business to do
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It was the LBO alignment. I actually fixed it by accident. I was flexing the
plate which holds the LBO and watching the power come way up. Well, as I was applying pressure I cracked it loose. So I gave it a quick alignment by hand and the power immediately came waaay up. I found a spot where the power looked the best and glued the LBO down. I let the glue cure and turned it back on, still nice and bright. So I'm going to measure the power tomorrow and go from there. If it's a bit low, I'll break it loose again and realign. If it's good then it'll stay how it is!
As a side note, these lasers make an awesome platform for building a high power DPSS. If anyone has one of these that is broken, send
me a PM! I want one
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WOW...thats great. Im glad it wasnt the diode or the fiber. Cant wait for power information. Looks like we gots some celebrationinin to do!
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Power is just about 1W right now... I'll keep workin' on her and see what I can come up with
Did you happen to have a power reading on the laser right before it went tits up?
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yep, sorry to say...she was 3.2 watts...the bar is set real highOriginally Posted by GooeyGus
Power is just about 1W right now... I'll keep workin' on her and see what I can come up with
Did you happen to have a power reading on the laser right before it went tits up?but que sarah sarah what ever will be will be
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The bar is set high... but I'll get her up there. This one was a super rough alignment, so I'm sure she'll do it.yep, sorry to say...she was 3.2 watts...the bar is set real high
I literally snapped it loose, placed it where it looked bright and glued it. Give me a few more days and hopefully we'll be back to 3.2
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no hurry on my end...you have to come to bend to pick up your stuff so...it is your schedule. I appreciate you looking at it for me
Pat B
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well it's stable at 1.5W now, I got it as high as 2.3W by just barely touching the LBO mount, so more alignment is in its future. I also need to get some harder glue. I'm not too satisfied with the hardness of mine after it dries, for this particular application. Its perfect for pretty much everything, but not for an output mirror. even .01mm of flex and the power goes up or down.
EDIT: Hey pat, you dont happen to have a set of 808 goggles I could borrow, would ya? I have all the dangerous 808 spray shielded right now while I'm tinkering, but it would be nice to get my 'shields' out of the way :P
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If he doesn't I have a pair you can borrow, but I do want them back of course.
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nope, never owned a pair of goggles
Pat B
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