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Is your laser collimator accurate?

Bogdan Damian

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This is a short tutorial, that will show you how to adjust / collimate a laser collimator for optimum collimation results.

Laser collimator (affl):
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NASA Apollo Saturn V Lego set (affl):
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Thank you for your support!

20 Comments

@walterrumohr7090 3 years ago

Thank you, that’s the best simple one I’ve known.

@paradoxicalcat7173 2 days ago

What if the laser is off-axis? A whole new can of worms!

@Hazzzer26 1 month ago

why on earth did i try to get into this hobby lol

@konstantinz.8023 3 years ago

Ok, we learnt how to collimate the collimator! But are your eyes collimated also? who's collimating the eyes of the guy collimating the collimator?

@Ricky-tr2hd 4 months ago

As mentioned in the video, it is important to move the collimator slowly between the wedge. If you move it fast you'll apply pressure, which will make the laser move even if well collimated.

@bmxcrasher3211 11 months ago

So i gotta collimate my collimator

@Mr.56Goldtop 1 year ago (edited)

I'm not sure why the companies that make these just don't put removable rubber stops in them, knowing that they MIGHT need to be collimated.

@paradoxicalcat7173 2 days ago

Who collimates the books?

@Stephen-gp8yi 2 years ago

I’m sorry bogdan the dimples are the three rubber plugs covering the adjustment screws.silly me!

@mehensley1234 3 years ago

Didn't know this. I suggest using caster wheels mounted close together on a solid medium and rolling the collimator on that.

@patterdalezipsuzilil 2 years ago

Use a star diaganal

@bence-5830 10 months ago

So I need a collimator for my collimator

@Anti-Woke-Anti-Marxism 1 year ago

Thanks much appreciated!

@bassdeff8819 1 year ago

My biggest problem is not the laser, it is eliminating the play between the focuser and the adapter and between the adapter and the tool. it was impossible to get consistent results until I fixed that.

@TheBurak4141 3 years ago

Can we use this laser collimator for SCT?

@Andratos95 2 years ago

Is that the bysameyee laser collimator? Looks just like it. I wanted to buy it but I am not sure if it has the screws to adjust the alignment. Could you please confirm what is the model you are using?

@theperson4yearsago565 3 years ago

Watatf

@Stephen-gp8yi 2 years ago

Hi bogdan I attempted to collimate my laser collimator today as it’s out by a long way but it has no adjustment screws.its called a next generation laser collimator!where the adjustment screws should be it just has three dimples in the metal.does that mean I have to buy a new one as can’t collimate it!

@MountainFisher 3 years ago

What laser collimator are you using that has plugged up adjusting ports?

@JamzStudios 1 year ago

Hey there I spent 2 hours doing this with my collimator and I can't get it closer than one centimeter from about 13 ft away. Do you think that's acceptable? That is when I rotate it makes a circle about 1 cm in diameter...