whmeade10 wrote:
Kellerkind wrote:i have no laser myself (yet), so please take my thoughts just as a educated guess...
- did you check your lens recently? as far as i understood they can get rather dirty even with air assist...
twehr wrote:Bill,
You are not totally alone. I also noticed a significant degradation of quality over time.
Since my laser was 2x #1, some things had changed, so I upgraded my X axis to the MakerSlide with new double bearing v-wheels. Didn't seem to help.
You and I have both put a lot of miles on our lasers and I am wondering if the belts are getting spongy. They appear to be tight, but maybe the rapid changes in direction are causing a bit of stretch. Have you replaced your x belt lately (or at all)? I have been so busy on the router that I have had little time to do further investigation on mine.
whmeade10 wrote:twehr wrote:Bill,
You are not totally alone. I also noticed a significant degradation of quality over time.
Since my laser was 2x #1, some things had changed, so I upgraded my X axis to the MakerSlide with new double bearing v-wheels. Didn't seem to help.
You and I have both put a lot of miles on our lasers and I am wondering if the belts are getting spongy. They appear to be tight, but maybe the rapid changes in direction are causing a bit of stretch. Have you replaced your x belt lately (or at all)? I have been so busy on the router that I have had little time to do further investigation on mine.
I am still using the original belts from 2 years ago. Never thought the belts could be the problem, but makes perfect sense. That X belt has probably seen a few thousand miles of travel. I will get some belts on order and see if that fixes the problem. You are right, our machines have a lot of miles on them. I see you mentioned you are busy with a router. That's where I got my start. I had a Joe's 4 x4 router before the laser. Had to sell the router to fund the laser. I do miss having the router but the laser has proved to be a better income source. Do you have a build log for your router?
Thanks for your insight Tim! I will let you know if the belts solve the problem. I am looking at getting another laser to help with the work load. Don't really want to build another one so I am looking around for a ready to go one.
-Bill
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