10W Laser Max Distance

[bobby4718]

@Skreelink do you know if it’s possible to adjust the focus of the 10W like you can with the 1.6W? I’m guessing not since it has a different lense design, but I figured it was worth checking.

Reference:

1600mW Laser Manual Focus - how to

So Ive been trying to engrave some things and found that the (very short) focus of the laser meant that i was crashing the laser black outer tube into the thing i was engraving. Turns out if you unscrew the black bottom bit of the laser module and look inside you will see a silver focus ring with a bit of thread lock on it. If you put a wide blade flat screw driver into the cut out slot you can break the thread lock and alter the focus, winding it in gives you a much longer throw as per my im…