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I have heard that both Yag and CO2 have their good and bad points. For me mainly the draw for yag was that it can be compact which allows me to not have to have complex optics to get the beam to the cnc head. a small dpss laser can actually sit on the head while a CO2 laser at close to a meter...

I am building a ND:Yag DPSS laser using a 20w 808nm diode bar. I am kinda paranoid about vision safety, is there anything wrong with going with od7+ glasses that cover the 800-1100nm range. Are there any other wavelengths other than 808 and 1064 I need to protect against if I am not using a...

Ok, so i am doing my first build and most people will say that I am going overboard but my plan is to learn as I work through this as my goal is a DPSS for my cnc plasma cutter to turn it into a laser cutter/engraver. I am currently experimenting with a 20w 808nm laser diode bar which I...

I have a home build cnc plasma cutter and was interested in modifying it to do laser cutting/etching looked around and found that CO2 lasers are common but they require large space along with dangerous power supplies. Found a surplus source for 100w 808nm diode bars and thought maybe I would...