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Sandwichlizard 12th Mar 2014

lasers are being used for everything from reading a disc to making fine precision cut components and surgical applications to measuring fantastic distances and blasting missles out of the sky.
Sandwichlizard 12th Mar 2014

I like a laser that can do both. MWUAHAHAHHA!!!!
Schneumer 12th Mar 2014

Isn't the point to obliterate, not cut?
Sandwichlizard 11th Mar 2014

That is why I have a pulse funtion on many of my lasers. very hot beam in short pulses is how its done ITRW. It seems to hold up in TPT. the pulsed beam makes a fine controlled cut.
runemaster 11th Mar 2014

@Shicko: That is still the case for a lot of things. No matter what the material is, they burn in different ways. Most of them are even with each other.
Schicko 11th Mar 2014

@Schneumer I don't think this is the case all the time. About 2/3 years ago, I researched what the optimum temp. was for a PHOT laser. Back then, I found it was around 7500-8500. This is because higher temperatures melted too much and the cut is made was uneven, thus, the melted material would fall and block the beam, preventing it from continuing on. Not sure if this is still true today, especially since a lot of target materials now have vastly different melting temperatures.
Sandwichlizard 11th Mar 2014

added link to the competition thread.
Sandwichlizard 11th Mar 2014

thanks guys.
Schneumer 11th Mar 2014

sandwichlizard: *wink, wink
Schneumer 11th Mar 2014

runemaster: Max temp is the strongest, and there are some max temp ones out there.

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