Has anyone checked out:

[307startup]

www.laserglow.com ?

I'm not affiliated with the company, just saw them in a Popular Science magazine that I was browsing through. Not sure if any of their lasers are powerful enough, but thought I'd give people a heads up.

[holbieone]

you'll probably like this

http://www.powerlabs.org/laser.htm

[307startup]

The EM weapons are pretty cool...I wouldn't mind having a rail gun!

So are people using these lasers to engrave or cut? On the hobby side/CNCzone.com I mean?

[holbieone]

i seen this one web site were they used a home made cnc router and put a c02 laser in the spindle mount and was cutting model plain parts out of wood

i'll try to find the link

[307startup]

Hmmm...never seen that one. I know Torchmate was showing off how accurate their machine was by mounting a laser on their gantry and cutting incredibly small designs...an american flag and some other stuff...I think they were smaller than a dime...I'll have to check their site now!

[307startup]

http://www.torchmate.com/box.htm try this!

[holbieone]

that's a cool link

a friend has a cnc laser cutter for cutting fabric ,one of it's options can burn photos into wood
for colors you get wood and black and every shade in between so they come out pretty good

[307startup]

Is it just engraving or is it cutting out shapes in gasket material and balsa or what?

[holbieone]

Is it just engraving or is it cutting out shapes in gasket material and balsa or what?

cut out shapes in fabric that he uses on his embroider

[307startup]

that ?? was meant more for the other users, holbieone...