Mars130 arrival
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:22 am
Nolan,
I took delivery of our Mars130 yesterday and set it up today. There are a couple of things that I am not happy with and they are as follows:
1) The front right and back left feet got damaged (bent) during shipping. Although the crate did not show any physical damage on the outside they were bent when I removed the crate panels.
2) When I attempted my first autofocus the sensor did not detect the block of pine (1 1/2 inches thick) and pushed the block of pine into the laser head. I immediately powered the machine off to keep any more damage from occurring. I had to remove the laser head from the gantry as I was afraid that upon power up more damage would occur to the honeycomb table and the laser head. I was able to remove the block of wood and I successfully aligned the laser head, verified focus and perpendicularity of the laser. I found that the sensor for the autofocus system was not sensitive enough to detect anything except my finger. I placed a 1/8th inch thick piece of acrylic under the sensor and it did not detect it (the light on the sensor did not illuminate). I adjusted the sensitivity using the adjustment screw at the top of the sensor and it performs the autofocus maneuver correctly. However, the table has been damaged (bent where the wood block was pushed into the table.
3) When testing the laser the red dot spotting laser burnt out so I need to have that replaced as soon as possible.
Over all I am impressed with the equipment however, I am displeased with above problems. I would very much appreciate the red spotting laser sent overnight as this is creating a delay in starting production on this equipment.
Sincerely,
Loyd Washing
I took delivery of our Mars130 yesterday and set it up today. There are a couple of things that I am not happy with and they are as follows:
1) The front right and back left feet got damaged (bent) during shipping. Although the crate did not show any physical damage on the outside they were bent when I removed the crate panels.
2) When I attempted my first autofocus the sensor did not detect the block of pine (1 1/2 inches thick) and pushed the block of pine into the laser head. I immediately powered the machine off to keep any more damage from occurring. I had to remove the laser head from the gantry as I was afraid that upon power up more damage would occur to the honeycomb table and the laser head. I was able to remove the block of wood and I successfully aligned the laser head, verified focus and perpendicularity of the laser. I found that the sensor for the autofocus system was not sensitive enough to detect anything except my finger. I placed a 1/8th inch thick piece of acrylic under the sensor and it did not detect it (the light on the sensor did not illuminate). I adjusted the sensitivity using the adjustment screw at the top of the sensor and it performs the autofocus maneuver correctly. However, the table has been damaged (bent where the wood block was pushed into the table.
3) When testing the laser the red dot spotting laser burnt out so I need to have that replaced as soon as possible.
Over all I am impressed with the equipment however, I am displeased with above problems. I would very much appreciate the red spotting laser sent overnight as this is creating a delay in starting production on this equipment.
Sincerely,
Loyd Washing