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Re: Am I the only one nervous about the alignment task?

PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:21 pm
by Liberty4Ever
awesomenesser wrote:As long as the laser is perpendicular to the lens face then it has to pass through the focal point. (I included a simple over exaggerated drawing)
So, we should adjust the alignment until the red shifted (not quite perfect) laser light becomes a (perfect) blue shifted laser light? My lens coating is more gold colored than green. Will that make a difference?
:mrgreen:


awesomenesser wrote:One thing that I did that was a big help was to use dymo printer labels. (They are basically thermal stickers)

I have Zebra label printers that print 4" X 6" shipping labels. They're 203 DPI thermal printers. I could print peel and stick thermal targets that turn black wherever a low power laser contacts the thermal label.