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Well I spoke too soon. Got about half way thru an engraving project, and a whole new problem has emerged.

It cuts fine at 95% output, it was working so well for my cutting projects that i took on...

all new light object mo mirrors and a new 50.8 focus lens, aligned it all again and the machine works great. its doing in one pass at twice the speed what it was doing before in 3 or 4 passes at half...

well that's a lot of information. I will start trying to figure out how to get the bed leveled my self and inspect the optics again.

I am confused as to what cone/lenses i need or how to tell...

Is there anything i can look for as far as damage to the lenses/mirrors? I'm on the website you recommended, id assume just measure the mirrors and lenses i have for size and order whatever the most...

the test performed was 95% for 2 seconds on 1/4" acrylic. id be happy to perform a more specific test if it would be of any assistance in figuring out my problem. As i mentioned before, i did only...

here's a few photos of what I've got going on. maybe somebody can see something I don't. that's 1/4" piece for the test hit.

EDIT: i realize only now looking at my photos... sorry for the thread...

when aligning the mirrors I used packing tape and got a nice small hole dead center right off the laser tube. I will try again with a piece of 1/8" acrylic and this time AFTER its already giving me...

no decrease at all on the power meter, meaning the power supply is good and the laser tube is shot???

the laser bed does seem to be a little closer to the laser on one end then the other but i...

I ran the machine again with the chiller off, on a quick pass just to see. the result is the same, it can make a good cut for the first few minutes regardless of chiller temp. is the laser tube...

Nobody has any suggestions? I'm willing to throw parts at it, new tube, new power supply, whatever it takes. Cam tech has zero customer support and I just need a little direction here.

Hi, This is my first post here and I'm going to have to apologize for how little i know about what I'm doing so please bear with me! I just purchased a used 100w camtech machine with a 40" bed and...