I cut some fabric using my Epilog laser, which has an RF excited 60 Watt laser, but is only 18 x 24 inches, which isn't big enough for a project I'm working on. So I built a laser with a 4 foot by 6 foot cutting area using a 60 watt voltage excited laser. Everything works fine, but it is running about 5 times slower than the tests that I ran with my Epilog laser.
I'm wondering if my power output is actually 60 watts.
What amperage should I be reading for 60W?The laser tube is 1200mm long and I'm hoping that I can make this one work... getting a longer one would require rebuilding a lot of stuff.