Laser focusing above expected focal height

Hello all,
I have a cloud ray 50w fiber with a f=420mm lens for a 300mmx300mm working area. When I first purchased the laser I adjust the focus by burning steel and adjusting the height until optimum burning based on a YouTube video I watched. I’ve recently noticed after 3d printing a 420mm focal stick that my current focal height is higher than the 420mm focal stick but if I try to burn at the focal stick height it is clearly out of focus. Any help with this or just telling me I have no idea what I’m talking about would be greatly appreciated.

The photo is the difference between currently burning focal height and the bottom of the focal stick.

After you got it into focus, what distance did you end up with… ?

I have a 254mm lens and the measuring stick is 297mm in length…

I used this video…

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Thanks for the reply i dont have a large enough micrometer to measure exactly but my inches to mm conversion shows roughly 445mm.