It’s a used 100W laser which the previous owner just helped me set up on Saturday. We checked and realigned the mirrors after the move.
My questions:
- I know that a laser beam diverges over distance and I assume that divergence results in weaker power. It would seem that the greatest distance would be in the lower right corner of the bed. Should I see a difference in burning or engraving strength in that corner? At this point I am - so I’m coming here to the ‘brain trust’ to validate my experience.
- the previous owner installed a milliamp meter to measure laser current. How do I calculate maximum current to the tube? I want to know the max, so I can avoid it.
- having used a diode laser earlier this year (Sculpfun S9), should I expect to make multiple passes with the CO2 to cut through quarter inch plywood? Obviously I still have do some experiments to gain knowledge and experience - I just thought I would start with a question to hopefully jump start that knowledge.
Thanks in advance - I’m sure I’ll be back with more questions soon…
Arden