Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: now LASERs --

Ron Kline wrote:

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>>I know this can be done in the 20 - 50 W range. There was a guy in the
>>St. Louis area
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>>way. He used one
>>layer of 1/16" clear acrylic covered with 1/16" of matte black. There
>>were all sorts of
>>grooves for the wires to the grain of wheat bulbs. Very cool stuff. He
>>had a variable-
>>power flowing-gas CO2 laser.
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>>Jon
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>That is encouraging because the biggest thing I can find on eBay is 50
>watt .
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A 50 W CO2 laser is a dangerous machine. It cuts ridiculous materials
like acrylic, rubber, etc.
so much faster than a hot knife in butter! I think he was going several
inches/second in
the acrylic.



Jon



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