Archive for December, 2012

CNC Plasma | Laser crosshairs update

by on Saturday, December 29th, 2012

Since I have completed this project and not updated the outcome I figured an update was in order.

Since I finished this I have used it quite a bit, but it has a few flaws.

  • it proved to be very hard to get the lines to meet exactly where they needed to be, I should have designed in a was to adjust them
  • The laser of choice did not last as long as I had hoped. Although they worked great for the first couple of days, they have since become very dim. Almost to the point of not being able to see them any more.
  • needed to incorporate a better way to plug them in. I only used a drop cord for the first few days as a power source and never finished the wiring (well they were to dim to use anyway)

What i would change (read on)

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