Stroonzo
November 10, 2020, 10:25pm
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Wait… nevermind. EDIT you have a Diode… I had linked to a previous post of mine suggesting, but obviously (now that I realize you have a diode) this will not apply to you.
I finally did this experiment today. This is something I have contemplated for a while.
The reasons driving me to want to try this were:
increase the safe Z distance from the cone to the material
reduce the potential for contamination entering the beam opening at the top
engrave acrylic without air assist (because it engraves so much better without it). Doing this without air assist will cake the acrylic on the nose cone and often lends itself to lens damage.
I bored out the tip of…