Recent content by graemeian

Do you know anything about the reliability of the CO2 laser printers found on ebay for $725. I would like to find a kit that would allow me to integrate a laser marking system into my application. I do not need the x-y table. I started with a laser diode but I could easily change.

I have a Coherent 800 nm, 12W output laser. I need to use it to do some dot matrix printing. I plan to use ~1 ms pulses. The laser needs ~2 V and ~30A. I want to build a power supply. My thoughts were to use a crazy large car audio cap used to keep the amplifier running during a bass pulse. I...

I Purchased a 12w Coherent Diode on ebay. I want to pulse the light. I need a power supply for this application. Could one use one of 10 farad car stereo capacitor pack, use a mosfet switch to keep the capacitors charged in the 2v range for the desired requirement? In pulse mode, does the...

I spelled it with an "i" because there was a crazy guy in my neighborhood that spelled it that way. Okay, now let us get back on topic. Any ideas on how far IR I should go?

I want to use a solid state laser to write on plastic. We are turning plastic parts on a second operation lathe. While the part is still in the lathe, I want to print dot matrix numbers on the part. The lathe has servo drive on the spindle and we can rotate the part a slow as necessary. I need...