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Hi. Thank you for suggesting CO2. Friend of mine he's got set up just like i want to achieve. And with fibre optics his little machine does beautiful work. CO2 set up is way to big for what i need. I have limited space in my workshop. That's why i want to go for laser diodes. Anyway thank you...

:yabbmad:Hi again. I've got some details wrong, my 8W needs around 3V at 7amp. And silly me i just noticed that for my 20W guy gave me wrong spec sheet. He gave me one for 40 Watt. Yet still I need to get driver to run them safely. Anyone can help?

I'm quoting his reply here. "Thanks for your order. All laser diodes need a current regulated power source. If your bench supply has a current adjust knob, it will likely be able to safely power this laser diode. A proper laser diode driver has a number of safety features that a bench...

Hi thank you for reply. Here are the items i bought. See what you think. Fiber-Couple laser Jenoptik diode laser 808nm 20watt cw 20w diode laser | eBay Laser Diode 8W 8 Watt 8000mW 915nm Fiber Coupled 100UM Multimode Pump New | eBay

Hi guys, can anyone help me? I recently purchased two very powerful IR lasers for my engraving project. Guys that i've got the items from told me that i could run them from my MASS bench top power supply. I'm kind of reluctant to do stuff like that since these lasers cost absolute fortune. One...

Yeah get yourself old DVD burner the faster the better, take it apart it will have two diodes, one red one IR. throw IR away it could damage your eye sight.