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Laser Subcommittee Meeting 2020-10-17
Attendees: BlakeS, NickB, AdamM
Next meeting(s): Third Saturday 14:00 ? OK
We'd still like
red dot beam combiners
, which would render getting a tube that has a built in aiming beam moot
Would we like one?
Nick, Blake: yes; Fletcher: no
Fletcher: Recommends crowdfunding it at
https://finance.artifactory.org.au/
TODO
LG500 Little Red (out-of-order)
Requires air extraction
Test location near rear rollerdoor?
KH7050 Kellogg/Middle
cutting 3mm MDF in centre of bed at 28+mm/s
LC1290 Big Red
cutting 3mm MDF in centre of bed at 40mm/s
level is out, rear right is often slipping:
relevel: gap was 10/6/10/18 (!)mm in back right corner
detension&adjust righthand Z belt
Empty compressor tanks, water trap
TODO: KamilS has solenoid for auto-purge of main tank
stored in LC1290 control cavity
secondary tank and line trap will need occasional purge
Hour meter
The hour meter started from 1.6 hours, at 20171210 , 512 beam-active cutting hours per annum
Date
Hour count
20171210
1.6
20171217
11.5
20181217
488.9 100W installed 20181222
20191216
1026.3
20200113
1055.7
20200215
1083.6
20200516
1170.0
20200620
1220.1
20200815
1288.5
20200919
1318.25
20201017
1341.5