This is my business... I sell machines like the versalaser and the machine you are talking about is a diode pumped nd:Yag. The company is called Crystalix and a franchise of theirs will run you somewhere north of $400,000.... youch!
I dont know enough about the properties of PCB to let you know why this doesn't work.... I mean... I have no thermodynamics background at all. What I do know is that I've had plenty of customers that had grand visions of doing PCB with a machine like this. It doesn't work.... if you want to cut just the fiberglass, it works just fine.... no problems.
This sort of laser is just simply not designed to do metal cutting. There are products available for marking metal, but this is a completely different process.
And I'm sorry about the self-advertising, but I'd be willing to put money on the fact that I have more experience than any any other slashdotter with this type of machine.
Rob
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Unfortunetly thats just not possible because these machines have 0 - 100% power adjustments in.1% increments. If it was too hot, you could have just turned it down.
Thats why you're just acting like a fool. I play with these machines everyday.
www.usedlasers.com
rob
Actually they use a patented quick change co2 laser cartridge with a lifespan of ten to twelve THOUSAND hours of use. After that you trade it back in and get a new one at the cost of about $1500.
www.usedlasers.com -- we sell these machines used.
Thanks,
rob
Actually these machines can do 3d relief mapping which is really cool. The software is expensive to do it but you can take a greyscale relief map (ala bryce 3d) and the machine will create a 3d engraving. It's really neat -- I play with these machines all the time because our company sells them used.
www.usedlasers.com
Thanks,
Rob
Actually I sell used equipment like this, very similar machines made by the same company (www.ulsinc.com). I've burned myself a few times on them and it doesn't leave a permanent scar, but it does hurt like a crazy mofo!
www.usedlasers.com is mine, if you're interested.
Good Luck,
Rob
I always speculated that Apple intentionally created and fueled all these rumor sites..... it does make sense. It's all sorts of free marketing and when a product does finnally see the streets there is enough buzz to attract major-media attention and get them some serious publicity.
Why would they want to jeopardize that?
My guess is that this guy seriously pissed some people off by doing other things.... like..... mocking the interface at the company xmas party.
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What about the cable to the bluetooth adapter?
This is my business... I sell machines like the versalaser and the machine you are talking about is a diode pumped nd:Yag. The company is called Crystalix and a franchise of theirs will run you somewhere north of $400,000.... youch!
It can cut the fiberglass in PCB, but not the copper. It can mark on metals, but can't cut them. Clarify at all?
Rob
www.usedlasers.com
I dont know enough about the properties of PCB to let you know why this doesn't work.... I mean... I have no thermodynamics background at all. What I do know is that I've had plenty of customers that had grand visions of doing PCB with a machine like this. It doesn't work.... if you want to cut just the fiberglass, it works just fine.... no problems. This sort of laser is just simply not designed to do metal cutting. There are products available for marking metal, but this is a completely different process. And I'm sorry about the self-advertising, but I'd be willing to put money on the fact that I have more experience than any any other slashdotter with this type of machine. Rob (url omitted)
One of my customers: http://www.laserlizard.com/ does this exact thing.
Rob
www.usedlasers.com
Unfortunatly they cannot do anything in metal... you'd need about 400 watts of CO2 to get close.
Regards,
Rob
www.usedlasers.com
Unfortunetly thats just not possible because these machines have 0 - 100% power adjustments in .1% increments. If it was too hot, you could have just turned it down.
Thats why you're just acting like a fool. I play with these machines everyday.
www.usedlasers.com
rob
Actually they use a patented quick change co2 laser cartridge with a lifespan of ten to twelve THOUSAND hours of use. After that you trade it back in and get a new one at the cost of about $1500. www.usedlasers.com -- we sell these machines used. Thanks, rob
Actually these machines can do 3d relief mapping which is really cool. The software is expensive to do it but you can take a greyscale relief map (ala bryce 3d) and the machine will create a 3d engraving. It's really neat -- I play with these machines all the time because our company sells them used. www.usedlasers.com Thanks, Rob
Actually I sell used equipment like this, very similar machines made by the same company (www.ulsinc.com). I've burned myself a few times on them and it doesn't leave a permanent scar, but it does hurt like a crazy mofo! www.usedlasers.com is mine, if you're interested. Good Luck, Rob
I always speculated that Apple intentionally created and fueled all these rumor sites..... it does make sense. It's all sorts of free marketing and when a product does finnally see the streets there is enough buzz to attract major-media attention and get them some serious publicity.
Why would they want to jeopardize that?
My guess is that this guy seriously pissed some people off by doing other things.... like..... mocking the interface at the company xmas party.