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  1. striker12300

    Cutting brass

    I asked about this once before and I know it's basically cut it at your own risk. But what I'm wondering is does anyone know why we could cut brass all the time with our 1500 watt CO2 laser, an LCE 655, but not with an FOM II 3015 nt that is 4000 watts and also a CO2 laser? Boss came up to me...
  2. striker12300

    Strange tape shot

    Hello again. My nozzle alignment tape shots are looking like obrounds. It only happens with the 7.5" lens. The 5" is fine. The last time I did it the 1st shot was round but after I adjusted it, it came out like the pictures. I tried changing nozzles. Put a new lens in. Put a different size...
  3. striker12300

    Changing oil FOM2 3015 nt

    We need to change our vac pump oil and filter & turbo blower oil. The alarm gives us 500 hours to do it or the laser won't run anymore. We can have Amada do it or do it ourselves and save a bunch of money. No AMP or Warranty on the laser anyway. We changed the oil in our old laser before. An LCE...
  4. striker12300

    Nitro suddenly cutting bad. FOM II 3015 nt

    Morning. Yesterday for no apparent reason, anything I cut with nitro was cutting horrible in spots. I changed the nozzle, realigned it, changed gas bottles, try both 5 & 7.5 in lenses. SS, crs, galv & alum all cut worse than normal. As you can see from the pictures it's not good. Didn't change...
  5. striker12300

    Cutting everything with trace off FOM2 3015 nt

    Our head sensor isn't working right. Has anyone ever cut everything out with the trace off just to keep cutting parts until the head is fixed? What really sucks is our laser is only a little over a year old.
  6. striker12300

    soft thermal alarm

    Has anyone gotten a sv0436 z soft thermal alarm? The laser operator said the head got hung up on a slug. Is there a way to clear it? FOM2 NT 4000 watt. Thanks.
  7. striker12300

    Cutting brass on an FOM 3015

    Just wondering if anybody has cut brass on their 3015. It's .010" thick. If so, what are your cutting conditions? Thanks.
  8. striker12300

    cutting order

    Just wondering what everyone else does when determining the order in which parts are cut. Inside geometry gets cut out 1st, that's a no brainer, but do you make sure after a part is cut that the head doesn't go back over it? Do you just hit the shortest route button and let it go at that? Do you...
  9. striker12300

    tap hole in 1/2" hrs

    What is the smallest tap hole anyone has been able to consistently cut in 1/2" steel? 8-32, 6-32, 10-32? Would a better grade of steel help much? FOM2 3015 nt 4k.
  10. striker12300

    Cutting with a jig 3015 nt

    Is it possible to use edge detect on 12 ga, then have the head move up to cut 3" tube? How does everyone else cut using a jig? fom 3015 nt.
  11. striker12300

    Cutting a long piece on a 3015 nt.

    Has anyone made a cut longer than 120" on a 120" table? Like 128". Can you do it in one cut or do you have to spin the piece. On a fom2 3015 nt.
  12. striker12300

    Ap100 and M00's

    I have AP100 - 2013.05. I used to write the g code for an LCE 655 and it worked great. Now I'm writing code for an FO and when it writes the code it puts an M00 after every M104. For the life of me I can't figure out why. It's easy to get rid of them in my editor, just tell it to erase all the...
  13. striker12300

    New Amada Laser

    Hi All. Well, our shop is finally moving into the 21st century. In 1995 we got a new LCE 655. This year it finally died for good. Our owner has purchased an FOM2 3015 nt co2 with a AMNC controller from Schumburg(sp) of the floor. I am the programmer for the laser and although I won't be running...

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