OK, so I bought 3 more lasers

wby300 · Mar 23, 2012

2 are CO2

1 is Argon

They are neat!

Hope this is better, I didnt realize I posted in the wrong thread. I thaught this one was for lasers, not proper grammar and english.

I will just read and not share my knowledge anymore, just so no one will have to follow me around the forums and burst my quick and excited bubble

I never noticed anything about paragraphs in the forum rules?

LSRFAQ · Mar 23, 2012

Just so you know, those tubes only run vertical. They seriously detune when horizontal to some extent.

Steve

wby300 · Mar 23, 2012

Thats ok, they can stay like that and I will direct the dot where I need it just the same. On the older Coherant the laser head with the tube in it comes off so it can be put on a table or something and aimed, so it might be ok either way. I got the Argon laser going too, it wouldnt do anything when I got it. I did the jumper from pin 1 to 3 and it fires up now but I am ordering a power cord for it so it is right.

cheech226 · Mar 23, 2012

good going with the argon! i'm still looking for my "steal deal"

wby300 · Mar 28, 2012

Yea there is another pretty close to what I got for 489.00 on there. With everything I went through to get my lasers from the seller, lets just say I see another 1K I want to spend on stuff they have for sale, just not sure if its worth the headache and shipping they charged.

diachi · Mar 28, 2012

Have you jumpered the interface connector on the JDSU unit or attached an interface?

It won't run just by plugging it in and turning the key - you need to have the interface, or something along those lines to close the interlock and control power.

Look for your model on Sam's laser FAQ.

hakzaw1 · Mar 29, 2012

wby300 said:
I have a project that I want to complete, I want to make my own engraver/cutter co2 system. I purchased 2 co2 and 1 jds argon with psu for 400.00, with freight the total was 900.00. I got them yesterday and messed around just to see if any of them worked, so I knew if I got ripped off or got a deal. I spent a couple hours checking them over making sure nothing had been scavenged or removed. The newer digital system has a password also, but there was a business card taped to the machine for the sales person who was the hospital go to guy. I figured I would call today and see if I could explain what I have and how I got it, and that I wanted to test it. I thought possibly the number would be on the machine somewhere, if not every person who used the machine at the medical facility would have needed to remember it. I looked around the machine, and actually found where they taped the number to it! Outstanding! I thought, then tried to fire it up. It has a very nice Hughes HeNe 10mw inside that fires up nice. After tracing its wires I found it has its own psu, once removed it will look just like it was purchased separately. After a couple hours of messing around, I finally got the co2 tube to fire. But, it shuts down before emitting and says it is out of calibration and low power. You get a nice purple glow in the tube for a few seconds then it shuts the tube off. The tube is a very nice 50w that is refillable, so now about the second laser and how it may help with this one. Laser 2 is an older Coherant co2 medical laser with a 60w tube. I plugged it in and fired it right up. I get no lasing from it, yet, but I think it is fine and I just need to find the right sequence to get it. The co2 tube in it is very skinny, about 1-1.5 inch dia. I think it uses the co2 and is not filled, as in there is a co2 cylinder in the back and I think it has to be flowing or the tube has no co2? The tube in it even though it is a Coherant, looks cheap with no adjustable mirror on the end. The cylinder is full though and I could use it to refill the other tube, once I figure out how to. Third laser is a JDS Uniphase 2211-20SLE with a 2110U-SLCBCC Power Supply. It looks almost new but will not do anything when plugged in. The umbilical between the psu and head has been replaced, and it was done with a cord from a different unit. I am pretty sure it just need to wired right because there is absolutley no response at all when plugged in other than a power light indicating the psu is getting power. So, here are the 3 units I purchased,
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
I am pretty pleased with my purchases, I ended up with 2 hene lasers that work, 2 co2 tubes, psu's, a working co2 movable arm and a bunch of other salvagable items inside both units.

Dont take this the wrong way--I got something very similar a long time ago about how I post long texts... yours above it a tad hard to read.

if you had done a quick edit it could have looked like this>>>

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wby300 said:
I have a project that I want to complete, I want to make my own engraver/cutter co2 system. I purchased 2 co2 and 1 jds argon with psu for 400.00, with freight the total was 900.00. I got them yesterday and messed around just to see if any of them worked, so I knew if I got ripped off or got a deal.

I spent a couple hours checking them over making sure nothing had been scavenged or removed. The newer digital system has a password also, but there was a business card taped to the machine for the sales person who was the hospital go to guy. I figured I would call today and see if I could explain what I have and how I got it, and that I wanted to test it.

I thought possibly the number would be on the machine somewhere, if not every person who used the machine at the medical facility would have needed to remember it. I looked around the machine, and actually found where they taped the number to it!

Outstanding!

I thought, then tried to fire it up. It has a very nice Hughes HeNe 10mw inside that fires up nice. After tracing its wires I found it has its own psu, once removed it will look just like it was purchased separately.

After a couple hours of messing around,

I finally got the co2 tube to fire. But, it shuts down before emitting and says it is out of calibration and low power. You get a nice purple glow in the tube for a few seconds then it shuts the tube off.

The tube is a very nice 50w that is refillable, so now about the second laser and how it may help with this one.

Laser 2 is an older Coherant co2 medical laser with a 60w tube. I plugged it in and fired it right up. I get no lasing from it, yet, but I think it is fine and I just need to find the right sequence to get it. The co2 tube in it is very skinny, about 1-1.5 inch dia. I think it uses the co2 and is not filled, as in there is a co2 cylinder in the back and I think it has to be flowing or the tube has no co2?

The tube in it even though it is a Coherant, looks cheap with no adjustable mirror on the end. The cylinder is full though and I could use it to refill the other tube, once I figure out how to.

Third laser is a JDS Uniphase 2211-20SLE with a 2110U-SLCBCC Power Supply. It looks almost new but will not do anything when plugged in. The umbilical between the psu and head has been replaced, and it was done with a cord from a different unit. I am pretty sure it just need to wired right because there is absolutley no response at all when plugged in other than a power light indicating the psu is getting power. So, here are the 3 units I purchased,

eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices

I am pretty pleased with my purchases, I ended up with 2 hene lasers that work, 2 co2 tubes, psu's, a working co2 movable arm and a bunch of other salvagable items inside both units.

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Good luck with your project.. We,at LPF, are fortunate to have so many vets with advice on these.. Post up some pics when you get them....

hak

PersonGuyDude · Mar 30, 2012

Goodluck with your project though, that stuff is a bit beyond me :beer:

electron · Mar 30, 2012

@hakzaw1

Thanks for cleaning that text up, I started to read the OP but then gave up :beer:

hakzaw1 · Mar 30, 2012

electron said:
@hakzaw1

Thanks for cleaning that text up, I started to read the OP but then gave up :beer:

N/P like I said, somebody did the same for me in 2009 and since then I still type big bricks but do it in Notepad(just in case it goes away) and before I copypasta I make it easier to read.. another good idea is to type in word pad and use spellchecker.

hak

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