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Things to do with a 2.4 watt laser diode
2007-02-06, 7:39 PM #41
Originally posted by Jon`C:
they aren't cannons.


I bet they're actually rifles right :v: :v: :v:
Stuff
2007-02-06, 7:42 PM #42
Originally posted by Emon:
:eek: That will cut steel no problem.


I think you're going to need a lot more than 45w to get through steel. Those industrial lasers have huge PSUs.
2007-02-06, 7:45 PM #43
Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
I think you're going to need a lot more than 45w to get through steel. Those industrial lasers have huge PSUs.

Possibly. 100 watt CO2 lasers are used for sheet metal and, I think, thicker materials. 45 would probably work with a little time. Then again CO2 lasers may be more tightly focused, I'm not sure about ups and downs of physical lasing mediums vs diodes.

Nevertheless you could do some serious damage with it.
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2007-02-06, 7:49 PM #44
Originally posted by Jon`C:
they aren't cannons.


That's what them techy guys call them. I just call them multiphased plasma bolt arrays though.
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2007-02-06, 7:51 PM #45
EBW is like 100 times cooler than laser cutting anyways.
2007-02-06, 7:51 PM #46
Here's a 4W laser diode

Kind of expensive for my tastes.

Kyle, what kind of optics/lenses did you get with it?
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2007-02-06, 7:56 PM #47
Originally posted by Ric_Olie:
Here's a 4W laser diode

Kind of expensive for my tastes.

Kyle, what kind of optics/lenses did you get with it?


Absolutely none. It's fiber-coupled, so it has a couple inches of fiber optics sticking out of it. But it's not focussed at all; you have to be right up next to the surface to burn it.
Stuff
2007-02-06, 7:59 PM #48
Well that doesn't sound like any god damn fun at all. :(
2007-02-06, 8:00 PM #49
I see. I assume that you're driving it with some sort of regulated benchtop power supply?
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Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski,
Za twoim przewodem
Złączym się z narodem.
2007-02-06, 8:09 PM #50
If by "regulated benchtop power supply" you mean "2 D-size batteries", then yes. :P
Stuff
2007-02-06, 9:17 PM #51
Why would you need an expensive benchtop supply to power a laser diode? I can't imagine it being very finicky. I think Ric_Olie just wants to sound smart. ;)
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2007-02-06, 9:31 PM #52
Well probably it doesn't like a lot of voltage fluctuations or spikes and stuff like that; thankfully batteries are a pretty reliable source for clean voltage.
Stuff
2007-02-07, 8:28 AM #53
Originally posted by Jon`C:
Fixed for what would actually happen.


Hey, either way they're going to take off the dress.
nope.
2007-02-08, 6:20 AM #54
Originally posted by Baconfish:
Hey, either way they're going to take off the dress.


Which is all we need to profit... assuming the chicks are hot.
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2007-02-08, 12:51 PM #55
Originally posted by Blood Asp:
Which is all we need to profit... assuming the chicks are hot.


i'm afraid its your grandmother.
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