Playing with my new 40W laser

[trussmonkey25]

The distilled water will do..the water here is very hard and will cause headaches. I just wantedthe green dye in it to add visual effects when itis running...Ill just add food coloring to it. and backlight the reservours

 

[Cyparagon]

ethylene glycol has a much lower thermal conductivity than water anyways (water is ~3x better).

Measuring the conductivity of liquids is practically useless, because they mix with themselves through convection or other means such as pumping. Water is 0.6 while aluminum is several hundred, yet we know water is excellent for cooling things.

The figure you want is specific heat. The specific heat of antifreeze is about half that of water. The advantage is that it is a corrosion inhibitor and is less volatile.

 

[trussmonkey25]

Ill stick with distilled. if i want water. that answers the question. ifi want more cooling. ill run a wormm through a bucket of ice

 

[Matrix]

I pronounce solder like:
Saw-Der

Im american ;D

 

[baharini]

I really need to learn exactly how these things work. Not that I could exactly want this 40W one, but may get a small HeNe. (<5mW)

 

[trussmonkey25]

Go to Sams Laser faq's or wickipedia and look up lazer then junp to the type you are interested: gas. diode or solid crysral

 

[baharini]

Go to Sams Laser faq's or wickipedia and look up lazer then junp to the type you are interested: gas. diode or solid crysral

Thanks for the advice trussmonkey, it will definately come in handy

 

[Cyparagon]

...or wickipedia and look up lazer...
solid crysral

 

[trussmonkey25]

Ha ha i got my 60 watt to burn into marble andd lots of other stuff. It turns into a fire breathing dragon with the help of a small co2 lens

 

[Things]

I'd seriously avoid plastics unless you've got some really good ventilation in place, for the time being. Especially plastics like ABS (Gives off hydrogen cyanide), PVC (Gives off chlorine gas) and teflon (Nasty fluorocarbons). Just a tip.

 

[trussmonkey25]

Yes i will put a fart fan to pull away the fumes. as well as help keep lenses clean.