Recent content by lonlaz

Thanks. I pulled the trigger buying a diode last night, don't know if it was the best choice, but we'll see how it turns out. At a late hour, and bleary eyed from researching, I eliminated the CO2 laser option, went to E-bay and bought a 3w 808 with TEC, mounting, and optics for DPSS for $70...

That looks quite good. I'm not terribly knowledgable about lasers. Columnated means the photons are moving in all directions, right? Will I benefit at all by focusing it after that, or do those units have pretty tight enough beams for burning wood? Also, if you know, do you have any idea how...

Hey, thanks for the response. I probably should've been a bit more specific in my specs. I don't really need to do anything other than be able to make dark fine lines on wood. It looks like this is quite doable with a 1w. I don't know much about C02 setups, I'll have to research them. See...

Hi, this forum is great, filled with experience. Exactly what I don't have right now. I'm looking to build/buy a laser for under 150 that I can use for wood burning designs in a homebuilt CNC setup. FYI, I'm decent with electronics, but I don't have any machining tools. I'm not really a...