How to Clean and Maintain the OMTech Polar CO2 laser
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
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This video shows how to clean and maintain your OMTech Polar or Gweike Cloud and Cloud Pro. Lens and mirror cleaning should be done DAILY, while the other maintenance items should be done either weekly or monthly depending on your usage. Remember, my maintenance approach is A way, and not THE way. Take my approach and make it your own.
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Thank you so much. I am getting mine on Tuesday and I have never had one before. I need a lot of tutorials 😂
Great video! Thanks for going into details and showing everything clearly. Any chance you will do a video cleaning the fans next time? That would be really helpful.
Absolutely! Thank you for the feedback. I’ll do the fan and the honeycomb bed in another video
Great video! Thanks for taking the time and getting this together, greatly appreciated 😊
It’s something I’ve been wanting to do. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Great video from start to finish. I definitely need to do mine. Saved your video as reference.
Thanks for watching and commenting! I really appreciate it
Great video! You know you can line the tray with aluminum foil which prevents further marks and can be tossed when it gets too messy. I use Lasermax a lot and it’s sticky so it’s been a life saver.
Thank you! This was super helpful and easy to follow for a newbie!
Awesome! Glad to hear. I tend to over explain things so I get worried about it sometimes
@@EdmondsWoodshopI can understand that. You did great. I am in your group as well. Thanks for all you do!
Great video very helpful. Do you have a video on changing the coolant?
Thankyou for a great video tutorial. You are one of the people I watched before I purchased my Omtech Polar. I've upgraded the controller as well and that makes a huge advantage. I even downloaded a small block for spacing the lens (manually with the controller) that I 3D printed. I will be upgrading my lens now that you've shown us this new one, that will be yet another huge advantage. So far I love my Polar. My only grief is the Camera. I have yet to find anyone that has calibrated the stock Polar camera and saved and made available their calibration file (which is VERY POSSIBLE) Dissappointed that Omtech did'nt supply us this file to download, maybe you have one available? That would be sweet. Thanks again !!! Look forward to more videos.
Have you joined the polar users group on Facebook? I created it last year and we have just over 2,000 members who have gone through the process. I uploaded the dot matrix you need to calibrated the camera to put files section. The link is I. The description.
@@EdmondsWoodshop Thanks for the fast reply! I don't have Facebook.
Super helpful. Thanks for the great video!
Edmond, I ordered a Omtech Polar laser today. Also requested to join the polar group on facebook. The lens kit seems to be unavailable on Etsy.. Do I really need the red dot kit? Can I use the fire button at very low power like I do on my diode lasers? Could I set the power low and use the laser attenuation knob to get it even lower and use that as a guide?
Thanks a lot for this VERY helpful video!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for your video. I have watched it several times. Questions? How full should the coolant be? Just verify I can add distilled water to the coolant as it begins to go down. I don't have to switch the whole rv coolant out.?
The coolant tank should be at least 2/3rds full. At the 2nd to last page of your manual there's a little blurb that states that you CAN add distilled water to the coolant tank to top it off. The "coolant" is simply RV antifreeze. If you don't need antifreeze, then distilled water is just fine.
Ok when I pulled the light bar plug it pulled the wire out of the plug !! ughhh ... How do ifix this?
Thank you!
I also wanted to order the Lens nozzle upgrade but the link to Etsy says the item is no longer available. Is there another way we can get the nozzle upgrade? Maybe by going to an internet site? Thanks for the great video! I'm a newbie, 2 weeks using and just cleaned everything
Is the Etsy nozzle longer than stock? If so how does it affect Z height?
One more question I have is how often do we need to change the coolant in this machine? What kind of coolant does it require and where can we buy it in USA? I guess that's 2 questions.
Thanks for the great support! Can you explain the magnet replacement for screw on the tube dust cover? It looks like there are two thin rare earth magnets. What size? Do you glue them on?
I totally forgot to explain that in the video so I apologize. Since the sheet metal isn’t magnetic I had to super glue the medium magnets from my kit (linked in the description) onto the laser tube’s dust cover and then another one on the mating surface where the screw normally goes. You only want to do this to the two backsides and on the front left. Not the front right where the electronics are otherwise is may interfere with how the X axis moces
Have you tried all three sources of lenses? Any difference in performance. A range of $11-55 is pretty significant. Thanks!
I know I’m late to the video (great video btw!!!) but what is the optimal coolant level? I seem to have foam in my laser tube when it’s running and I’m nervous to run at high power
Manual states it needs to be 2/3rds full. If you’re in an area where freeze isn’t a concern then you can fill with distilled water. The foam is just tiny bubbles, correct? Do they go away after letting it circulate for a minute?
Thanks for the discount codes-I used it when buying the Polar! What are the magnets used for that you suggested above?
I showed in the video how the magnets were used. Since the metal in the dust covers aren’t magnetic I had to superglue a magnet on each of the mating locations where a screw was. This allows me to quickly removed the covers for cleaning.
How does the metal nasal upgrade affect the focus?
It’s doesn’t. The same formula applies or you can use the focus ruler. Just make sure you get the 15mm diameter lens with a 50.8mm focus length
Cool, thank you! Definitely interested in upgrading
Thank you for the video. I just ordered my polar and it will help me maintain it. Can I hook a small external air compressor up to the polar? I have the list of upgrades like red door, upgraded nozzle, and camera holder on the way too so hopefully I can start off running. Thanks.
You need a regulator and solenoid at a minimum to control the flow of air. I’ll be doing an air assist upgrade video soon for the polar but it will mimic @BeardedBuildsCo on UA-cam.
@@EdmondsWoodshop Is there somewhere I can buy a kit? Thanks so much.
The metal tabs on the side walls seem to prevent the lids from being removed... what gives?
What size allen wrench did you use to get the shroud over the tube off? I'm going crazy trying to figure it out, as neither of my metric or standard sets have the correct size.
Didn’t your accessory kit come with a set of hex keys? I don’t even remember what sized I used
@@EdmondsWoodshop sadly, I am unaware of where those tools are, we moved recently and are still unpacking
Is there any alignment needed after cleaning the lens?
Nope, just make sure your nozzle is sitting in place correctly and you should be good to go.
Thanks! I picked up the new american photonics lens for easy cleaning and used your video to help align my mirrors. They seemed a little off from the factory but have owned the machine for a few months now and finally decided to do it with the arrival of my new lens@@EdmondsWoodshop
remove the honeycomb and the tray and you have a lot more room to work on the lense holder.
Now you tell me! Lol
Great video but please wear gloves, I've been around industrial lasers for the past 25 years, yes these are tiny low powered hobby machines but the lens coats are extremely toxic.
I Appreciate your expertise. I typically wear gloves when handling my good lenses. The lenses I was handling was a bad one, but still doesn’t mean it’s safe to handle without gloves. I work with American Photonics on various projects. I wonder why they wouldn’t mention toxicity of handling lenses without gloves.