Laser Cutter

[Bob Scratchit]

On the subject of the laser cutter not working, I was using it on Thursday night when it went doolally.

I was halfway through a job cutting 6mm acrylic when instead of cutting a circle as planned it went off on a jagged line and then started juddering at the end of the run as if it was trying to do lots of small details. 

I stopped the job, then went through various attempts to get it back on-line by cycling the power, with no luck - it always got stuck at the machine initialisation stage.

Shortly before the last job the lid had closed with a bit of a bang - dropped the last few inches.  Could it be possible that something had been loose and is now out on one of the connectors?  I had a quick look for anything obvious but most of the control boards are covered so I couldn't see them.

I don't think I did anything else that might have caused a problem...

Jonathan

[Morgan Barke]

Does anyone (i.e. Graeme) know if the laser cutter will still be out of action tomorrow at Derby Makers, so I know what work to prepare, or if I need to dedicate time to having a closer look at the machine, to potentially fix it?

Cheers, Morgan.

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[Graeme Smith]

I got it working at the weekend.

Graeme

[Morgan Barke]

Nice one! Did your technique involve a firm whack, like the old CRT TV used to need???

[Graeme Smith]

It involved picking the locks first of all!

Graeme