Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Part 1 was all about understanding the priciples and problems associated with beam alignment using the laser beam itself and how exact you must be with mirror adjustment to arrive at a perfectly aligned beam passing through the lens axis. This part 2 concentrates on exploring the claimed ease of setting the beam with the aid of a red diode beam by looking back up the beam path from the perspective of a lens.
The APC accompanying instructions are nonsensically brief and anyone expecting this to be "beam alignment with eyes closed " will be in for a shock. There are three videos that Steve has produced to demonstrate the simplicity of his tool/method. I have attached the links below for you to watch before attemptingt use this tool. I also advise reading the comments because they are a mix of full praise, confusion and "Where is the bit that shows us how to set the beam?"
In truth this is only, at most, 50% of a beam alignment method. The other 50% is conventional scorch method for final alignment of the beam. This tool concentrates on attaining coincidence between the beam and lens axis at mirror 3. What happens before mirror 3 is all a bit vague
There is another link to setting mirrors with a red diode from a beam combiner system
RDWorks Learning Lab 222 Beam combiners A new approach
youtu.be/xPlhrEyZDZk
CO2 Laser Alignment Tool get perfect beam alignment from American Photonics (4 years ago)
youtube.com/watch?v=qF-iK_BElBM
The reverse laser will do very little for lining up the 1st mirror. The same as your Co2 laser does little to nothing to help line up your 3rd mirror.
Explaining the 3rd mirror beam alignment for your co2 laser (4 years ago)
youtube.com/watch?v=6iQvxw20CKU&t=15s
An in depth look at getting perfect beam alignment.
OMTech Beam Alignment. For the beginners and experts (4years ago)
youtube.com/watch?v=OvP4oosEGOY&t=1290s
This is a complementary video to "Explaining the 3rd mirror" and "Perfect beam alignment".
Part 1 was all about understanding the priciples and problems associated with beam alignment using the laser beam itself and how exact you must be with mirror adjustment to arrive at a perfectly aligned beam passing through the lens axis. This part 2 concentrates on exploring the claimed ease of setting the beam with the aid of a red diode beam by looking back up the beam path from the perspective of a lens.
The APC accompanying instructions are nonsensically brief and anyone expecting this to be "beam alignment with eyes closed " will be in for a shock. There are three videos that Steve has produced to demonstrate the simplicity of his tool/method. I have attached the links below for you to watch before attemptingt use this tool. I also advise reading the comments because they are a mix of full praise, confusion and "Where is the bit that shows us how to set the beam?"
In truth this is only, at most, 50% of a beam alignment method. The other 50% is conventional scorch method for final alignment of the beam. This tool concentrates on attaining coincidence between the beam and lens axis at mirror 3. What happens before mirror 3 is all a bit vague
There is another link to setting mirrors with a red diode from a beam combiner system
RDWorks Learning Lab 222 Beam combiners A new approach
youtu.be/xPlhrEyZDZk
CO2 Laser Alignment Tool get perfect beam alignment from American Photonics (4 years ago)
youtube.com/watch?v=qF-iK_BElBM
The reverse laser will do very little for lining up the 1st mirror. The same as your Co2 laser does little to nothing to help line up your 3rd mirror.
Explaining the 3rd mirror beam alignment for your co2 laser (4 years ago)
youtube.com/watch?v=6iQvxw20CKU&t=15s
An in depth look at getting perfect beam alignment.
OMTech Beam Alignment. For the beginners and experts (4years ago)
youtube.com/watch?v=OvP4oosEGOY&t=1290s
This is a complementary video to "Explaining the 3rd mirror" and "Perfect beam alignment".
