Laser Subcommittee Meeting 2022-02-23
- Attendees: BruceC, BlakeS, NickB, GlynnJ, PeterR, StuartG
- alternating Saturdays with Wednesday evening Wine&Design?
- LG500 “Little Red”
- OUT-OF-ORDER (no chiller)
- KH7050 “Kellogg/Middle”\
- cutting 3mm MDF in centre at 20mm/s
- Single loop CW-5000 chiller
- LC1290 “Big Red”
- extraction was poor - fixed!
- extractor hose cleaned of dust buildup
- re-level, right rear is still slipping downwards
- extra shims were applied on 2022-01-12, but problem has re-occurred
- previously: BenC: examine rear right bearing attachment point, change shim? reduce slippage?
- previously: AdamM: make new shim from 6mm acrylic
- could the pulley at the base be slipping on that threaded rod? It has a grub screw that could be retightened
- cutting 3mm MDF in centre at 45mm/s
- Empty compressor tanks (needed), water trap (recently done?)
- CW-5200 chiller
- Hour meter
- The hour meter started from 1.6 hours, at 20171210 , 400-512 beam-active cutting hours per annum
| Date | Hour count |
|---|---|
| 2017-12-10 | 1.6 |
| 2017-12-17 | 11.5 |
| 2018-12-17 | 488.9 100W installed 20181222 |
| 2019-12-16 | 1026.3 |
| 2020-12-19 | 1441.1 |
| 2021-03-20 | 1515.6 SPT-TR130W tube installed |
| 2021-05-15 | 1554.1 |
| 2021-06-19 | 1581.1 |
| 2021-07-17 | 1598.5 |
| 2021-08-21 | 1617.8 |
| 2021-10-20 | 1657.2 |
| 2021-12-01 | 1696.8 |
| 2022-02-23 | 1765.3 |