KautzCraft LASER<\/a>. Check it out if you want more details.<\/p>\nFrom my view, the LASER engraver is not a hobby any more than the Table saw in my wood shop is a hobby. The LASER is another machine tool. The engraving or the cutting to make \u201cstuff\u201d is the hobby.<\/p>\n
Tinkering with the LASER is part of the enjoyment. Just stating the machine is a tool. The hobby is creating the tangible product it helps create.<\/p>\n
The LASER adds design details and graphics to tangible materials. LASER cutting can be used to make (cut) detailed shapes. The hobby\/craft item is what is produced from these actions.<\/p>\n
After 14 months I have decided I have a need for a bit more powerful LASER. In LASER engraving, the power of the LASER is directly proportional to the speed, and therefore the length of time making the engraving or cutting. <\/span><\/p>\nWith my present 5 watts of LASER power, I can perform just about everything a 50 watt LASER does, but it takes at least 10 time longer. I don\u2019t know if the time curve is completely linear, but with my experience, close enough for this discussion. <\/span><\/p>\nI still can\u2019t find justification for a $2000 to $10,000 CO2 LASER (30 watts to over 100 watts). These are the go-to machines for any serious business need. The manufacturers are are very happy to sell them to deep-pocket hobbyist as well.<\/p>\n
Today there are lower cost 10 watt and 20 watt (output) diode LASERs just like the 5 watt diode LASER I use now. (They are in the $700-$1400 range)<\/p>\n
I was considering the 10 watt machines until I discovered one company in China about to release a 20 watt diode LASER. <\/span><\/p>\nThe 10 watt version use two 5 watt diode LASERs and using special optics combines the power of both diodes. The 20 watt version works the same but combines the power of four<\/b> 5 watt diode LASER modules.<\/p>\n
The power out is not a full 20 watts as there are some losses in the optics and the combining but they demonstrated a measured 18 actual watts on a target power measuring meter. <\/span>I can live with that.<\/p>\nPrototypes are being demonstrated on YouTube and some product is already in the USA. Delivery next week as of this writing.<\/p>\n
Yes, I have ordered the 20 watt version. Expected ship date is about a week away. <\/span><\/p>\nThe KautzCraft LASER department is about to get really busy for the rest of the summer\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My LASER engraving activities started out slowly. I intended for it to be a slow start. It\u2019s not like I don\u2019t have anything else I like doing. It\u2019s been fourteen months and I enjoy doing my LASER projects, Also made improvements to my 5 watt diode LASER. There is another BLOG where I post about my projects – KautzCraft LASER. Check it out if you want more details. From my view, the LASER engraver is...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-5822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laser","tag-hobby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}