Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Laser links ?

> CO2 lasers are actually pretty easy to build. There are web sites that

will

> sell you all the difficult parts for a few hundred $, and you get the rest

at

> the local hardware store. Pulsing them is not too hard, either, but you
> can't get nS pulses without a Q-switch. A Q-switch is probably beyond
> the capabilities of most home shops.
> Jon

You can buy Q-Switches off old M-80 (I think) Hughes tanks. They're a small
mirror that's just at the end of the rod. I'm not sure if they'd take 200
watts though, and it's be continuous, not building up like it does with a
rod. That'd mean there'd be a lot of energy going into the mirror.

John H.