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After about eight years and a similar failure last year, this came as no surprise: It’s a W5W “parking light” in the same fixture as the melty halogen high-beam bulbs (used as daytime running lights at half power), so it gets toasted on those occasions when we drive somewhere. The adhesive holding the LED strip…
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The least awful way to make simultaneous X and Z axis adjustments seems to be by feel
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Fire a couple of test shots to center the mirror on the beamline
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A target directly on Mirror 2 showed the beam was badly off-center
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A piece of right-angle polypropylene backed with hot pink vinyl
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Another reminder why you must never, ever run your laser unattended
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The snake hadn’t yet reached operating temperature
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Rather than fight, I switched to a battery with more capacity
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 