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Yeah, thanks again. I bought the suggested goggles the seller recommended.

They are advertised as providing protection for the 808nm IR.

The box had labels for the claimed coverage but there...

Thank you, I will see if my cell phone will work.

I will make up a target.

Would I have to put a lens or collimator on to the FC connection?

I know next to nothing about Lasers.

Ralph

Sorry if I use the wrong terms I am brand new to anything related to Lasers.

My coupler needs to be centered/aligned.380892

My Laser is IR (Infrared) 808nm so it is not visible.

Here is what...

Here is what I was looking for!!

I also found them on Edmunds Optics but they cost twice as much on Edmunds.

If I can actually get things to work I can go to higher quality.

Thanks for all...

re: "This is not laser for cutting or engraving so there is no way to add any lens."

Thanks for the reply, I will learn the logic of your comment but for now let's just talk about a lens.

Here...

I have occasionally read some Laser post in various forums for the past 10 years but never had a laser so was not really serious.

Now more or less out of the blue I own a laser.

I bought it off...

Thanks Neatman, Wow the Movius Bionics project is fabulous, I would love to be involved in such a project, once I learn what I am doing.

I have a dremel and the flex shaft, I wonder how well one...

Thanks,Do you have a link to Neatman's tool post grinder?

The tool link is meaningless.

I searched all of Neatman's post but could not find a tool post grinder.

Ralph

Wow is right, thanks for the replies.

I am brand new to machining, I have a Clausing 8520, that has seen years of machine shop usage as the primary mill, a mini lathe
and a Craftsman 12x36 lathe...

Eleven years later and still no reply.

"Does anyone have any experience CNC-ing one of these small mills? "

I need to do a ballscrew conversion to my Clausing 8520 and will add a motor making...

grg12, I was just trying to find a backer that would not burn as the fiberglass would.

I can buy copper foil off ebay and affix it to a backer. Of course I have no idea if the adhesive would...

Thanks for the replies, A_Camera what if I made my own PCB out of a cement board instead of the fiberglass?

Or what if I processed the copper foil while suspended in the air and then fixed it to...

Would it be practical to use a laser to etch a PCB?

The copper foil is approximately 137 mils (0.00137 inch), 0.0347mm, 34.79µm (micron/micro meter)

What size laser?

What would the problems...