So..... I bought a 100W machine with RECI tube a year ago. Works great, fires great etc etc
Bought a second 100W machine this year with a spare RECI tube as well. I verified with RECI site that tubes are legit.
The tube on the original has a normal looking lens at the end, yellowish in color and if you look at it head on can see down the tube. Produces a nice crisp dot when you pulse the laser.
With the new machine and two new tubes that came with it, if you pulse the laser it produces a circle with a dot in the center. I took a look at the lens on the new tubes and they both have a solid black circle (slightly smaller then the lens itself) which I suspect is what is causing this to happen. This is not the case with my original tube purchased a year ago from RECI as well which I also verified is a legit tube.
I have seen a number of tubes over the last few years and never seen a tube lens like this before.
Attached is a picture showing what Im talking about, I removed the metal collar for a better picture.
Anybody know what this may be about? Am I doing something wrong here?
Pretty new to all this and learning as I go so................
I haven't ran the machine like this yet until I can figure out what the deal is with this.
Any insight appreciated.
I did email RECI just now looking for more info but have yet to hear back, hoping somebody here might know.
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