Recent content by lostinspacebar

@Bionic-Badger: I am not really in the laser cutting business. Myself a few other friends do a lot of robotics work and we would love to be able to cut out plastic for enclosures or parts. So color is really a non-issue. Even material is a mostly a non-issue as long as it's rigid and...

I am trying to read up on C02 lasers, but so far I can't find stuff about why they would produce a laser beam that's absorbed by acrylic when something out of a diode wouldn't. At the end, it's just light is it not? @wannaburn: That seems like a good one. Might have to settle for the $500 if I...

Yeah, I am looking online for "c02 lasers" and all I see are 30W and up and they are in the $2K-10K range... which... not so great for me lol Guess I'll search more since I know they DO exist. What could I expect for $400? 3-5W? Maybe?

If had a red laser and blue acrylic, wouldn't the acrylic absorb most of the light coming in? Or is the power still not enough? C02 seems prohibitively expensive :(

@rhd: Portability is not really a concern. If it wasn't apparent already, I am trying to make a laser cutter. So if the actual laser module part is maybe the size of say like (5" x 5" x 6-8") I think I could probably deal with that. Anything smaller is better. The power brick/regulator/driver...

Hi, I am looking to find a laser diode or module in the 3-5watt range. A finished module with power supply and such would be nice, but maybe even a diode with a good set of specs/details would be ok. I am basically trying to cut plastic (acrylic or ABS around 1/8th - 1/4th inch thick panels)...