Anyone building a laser

[deanc500]

Check out Bobs site here http://www.emissiontechnologies.com/

He has been selling CO2 laser kits and plans for a few years now.

I work with 3 Trumpf brand lasers. 2600, 3000, and 5000 watt. The 5000 cuts up to 1" mild steel. They were each 1 million when new.

[bunalmis]

http://repairfaq.cis.upenn.edu/sam/rconway/35wtkit.pdf

I want to learn result.

[vortexdave]

Information Unlimited is a good site to look at for laser tubes. I just bought a 20W CO2 tube for 395 bucks. I am planning on building a selective laser sintering machine with it so 20 Watts will be fine. If you want to do some cutting with it I believe that with the proper laser optics to focus the beam to the diffraction limited spot size (around 10 microns) you could cut thin metal with it. I have found that CO2 laser optics are somewhat expensive. Anyway, I hope the source mentioned above helps. I would have posted sooner but I just discovered this site.

[CNCadmin]

Originally Posted by vortexdave Information Unlimited is a good site to look at for laser tubes. I just bought a 20W CO2 tube for 395 bucks. I am planning on building a selective laser sintering machine with it so 20 Watts will be fine. If you want to do some cutting with it I believe that with the proper laser optics to focus the beam to the diffraction limited spot size (around 10 microns) you could cut thin metal with it. I have found that CO2 laser optics are somewhat expensive. Anyway, I hope the source mentioned above helps. I would have posted sooner but I just discovered this site.

Where did you get you're laser for that priice at??

[ger21]

http://www.amazing1.com/burning-lasers.htm

[trubleshtr]

Originally Posted by ger21 http://www.amazing1.com/burning-lasers.htm

This guy is actually selling weapons! check out the laser gun.

I think his co2 cutting kit maybe a good low cost intro into laser cutting, anyone bought one??

[CNCadmin]

I'm thinking of starting my own laser cutting machine, that tube would be perfect.