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Stefan Voelkel
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Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 07:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here is my ver. of the laser mount:
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The only thing wrong with this is that you have to tune it to the top of your material every time you want to use this ( See pic 7 ),unless you want to use 2 lasers . I went with these beffy brackats because I had them left over but I got to say it is realy stiff , and I hate to drill holes in to the bot . So that is how that worked out .The laser has 3 differend optics on it for line , dot and cross and is available at menards right now for about $ 7.00 .
As you can see the thing is adjustable along the extrude alumminum and up and down by turning the alumminium , most times you just have to turn it a little to get it where you want it .
If you want to take this one step furter then you can run a wire from the control box with 3 volts ( Resistor needed )on it to save on batterys and to have the software turn it on and off if you have the realy cards installed .

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