Re: UL-25E "surplus" Laser Engraver rebuild
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:45 pm
I thought you had a picture showing the compartment where the original laser was mounted, but I can no longer find it.
The reason I'm interested is that I have one of those lasers and am trying to figure out how to mount it. There are no mounting holes anywhere on the thing, and it looks as though I need to build some kind of clamp that will attach it to a wall or base somehow. Mine is water cooled, so I don't need to allow space for the fans, and I could potentially clamp it anywhere along its length.
It does have a baseplate that's attached with a large number of countersunk screws. I could possibly remove a few of those screws, and use those (threaded) holes to mount it from below.
I'm surprised that they provide no mounting mechanism. I would think that any application would need a means to position the laser securely relative to some optical element, so the optical path is not affected by vibration, or thermal expansion, etc.
Anyway.. was there any evidence left in the machine that might show how the laser was attached?
Neil
The reason I'm interested is that I have one of those lasers and am trying to figure out how to mount it. There are no mounting holes anywhere on the thing, and it looks as though I need to build some kind of clamp that will attach it to a wall or base somehow. Mine is water cooled, so I don't need to allow space for the fans, and I could potentially clamp it anywhere along its length.
It does have a baseplate that's attached with a large number of countersunk screws. I could possibly remove a few of those screws, and use those (threaded) holes to mount it from below.
I'm surprised that they provide no mounting mechanism. I would think that any application would need a means to position the laser securely relative to some optical element, so the optical path is not affected by vibration, or thermal expansion, etc.
Anyway.. was there any evidence left in the machine that might show how the laser was attached?
Neil