The geometry comes from the OpenSCAD program at the bottom of that blog post, which then spits out the STL file, so you could ahem tinker the source.
The STL file is in binary format, so I can’t add it to the Gist along with its source.
Maybe this will work after you strip off the TXT extension:
Pointer fine adjuster.stl.txt (20.8 KB)
Definitely not a miracle pointer mount, but it works better than having the pointer jammed into an oversized ring with a screw.
Thanks Ed, I’ll be printing it tomorrow first thing.
That’s something I’d like to pursue down the road. In the meantime, I was looking at this offering from Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Cloudray-Dia-20mm-FL-50-8-Replacement-Engraver/dp/B07BGV7RWM
If I understand what the product info is telling me, the 1.5" FL lens is 18mm in diameter and all the rest are 20mm in diameter. Am I reading that correctly? I can try to shim up the lens tube I have, for the time being, but I think replacing it with something more versatile would serve me better in the long run. I bought an 18mm 2" FL lens to play with, but if I get the Cloudray head it appears I’ll need to get 20mm lenses instead. If that’s the case, I should probably return the 18mm lens and get the 20mm. Does that sound about right?
Good idea to move this to a new thread?
This is already solved…
About the head, how does yours mount to the X bearing?
Notice, it wouldn’t work on mine…
The metal part with green stripes is the bearing… So I don’t think it would work with this kind of head…
You are correct. The pulse issue is solved, and I’ll open a new thread for replacing the lens tube/laser head. Standing over my laser I can see that the mounts are different enough that the Cloudray wouldn’t work. Hopefully the new thread will provide a permanent solution that doesn’t involve brass shims.
My mount
Cloudray mount
To well and truly wrap up and close out this thread I wanted to let you know that some .003 shim stock has got the lens tube rock solid in the mount. Thank you for the suggestion. I also printed the red dot pointer collar, and it works quite well.
I love a happy ending!
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