Beam spit during beam alignment?

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I was having troubles cutting through 1/4” baltic birch so I went through the procedure of cleaning all mirrors. Then I decide to check the beam alignment. I went through the steps of using painters tape on each mirror. The picture below is between mirrors 1 and 2. I did one pulse and the dot on the tape looked like it doubled or split (see picture below). Is this normal? Is there a way to correct this?

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Please check your beam combiner for any signs of damage.

You can submit a ticket with your issue on ZOHO, and our customer service team and engineers will be able to more accurately diagnose your problem.

The link to submit a ticket is: https://zohodesk.1laser.com/portal/en/newticket

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This should be a secondary light spot. If you also find that the power is decreasing through processing or power meter detection at the same time, then there is a problem with the laser tube. You can contact customer service for after-sales service.

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However, if you do not find such a problem between the laser tube and the mirror 1, but discover it between the mirrors 1 and 2, then it should be that the position of the mirror 1 is not adjusted properly, resulting in poor beam focusing. Adjusting the optical path does indeed require a lot of patience. Hope my answer is helpful to you.

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Thanks for your reply.

The bracket holding mirror one was not parallel to the laser so I adjusted that and realigned all the mirrors so they hit the center.

The dot before the combiner looks good. (See picture). But the dot mirror 2 is still doubled.

Also I find the engraving on the top of the bed is darker than the bottom.

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Thanks for the reply. I have a ticket now and trying to correct it. It does seem to be after it goes through the beam combiner.

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Update. I decided to try a tape test between the end of the laser and the housing of mirror 1 to see if the problem is from the laser source.

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I tested this twice and the spot on the tape has what looks like a tail on the right side of the dot.

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My ticket is still ongoing I guess they don’t work weekends. I hope to hear back from them tomorrow.

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Just to wrap up this post for others. It was found that the problems were due to abnormal aging of the RF tube. They are sending me a new one.

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