Fusion M2/32/40 focus, home and table calibration
The purpose of this document is to provide step by step instructions for calibrating the
focus gauge, auto-focus, table home, x-y home, squaring of vector grid and vector grid
home for the Fusion model Epilog laser all in a single procedure.
It’s important to follow
the flow of this procedure and not jump around. Starting half way doesn’t do any good
because it all starts with a properly calibrated focus gauge.
All too often we operate our lasers not properly calibrated and accept the quality as-is or
compensate for poor quality by bypassing features / functions that are built into the
Fusion for use. Poor quality / subpar engraving is not acceptable on an Epilog Laser!
This process should take 10-20 minutes but will save you a ton of time
when you’re
trying to figure out why the quality of your Aztec calendar looks like it was ran over by a
forklift.
Calibrating the manual focus gauge:
Tools needed:
Anodized aluminum plates, small Philips head screwdriver.
Start with a new page in Corel;
create a black filled box roughly 2” x 1” in the top
left hand corner.
Manually focus and engrave at anodized aluminum settings for your particular
wattage.
Turn off the LED cabinet lighting and start the job. While the job is running, jog
the joystick to focus and slowly raise or drop the table until the reflection of
engraving of anodized is at its brightest. Stop the job and reset.
Once reset, place the manual gauge in place and check the focal point in
reference to the anodized aluminum plate.
