I have talked to full spectrum lasers on a number of occasions. Long story short they said that they could build a fiber laser for right around 10K.
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That would be super. Are you going for it? I see it on their web site but there's a dearth of information. I wonder if it comes as a complete system with software otherwise it's like buying a basic car these days where you have to keep adding stuff to get what you really want. Comes with rotary chuck, too? Power? (10W for 10K?) Spot size? Specs, man, specs! :wink:
I looked around quite a bit before choosing mine and I ultimately got one from Rocky Mountain Instruments (RMI). The deciding factor for me was the quality of the entire unit, the rotary chucking mechanism, and the marking algorithm used in laying down marks around a cylinder. It does not use a print driver and I didn't want it to. I also looked at Epilog (fiber), and Kevron (fiber) before settling on the NdYVO4 system I use now. All those guys are local to me so that was nice. It's interesting that Full Spectrum can offer one that inexpensively because when I was looking just the fiber gain units were costing $10K never mind the diode pump, enclosures, galvo units, good lenses, etc.
Full Spectrum also has some "interesting" press out there so
caveat emptor, as always. I will say that some of their technical ad comments are very misleading. Where these manufacturers get their parts or subassemblies is always a question, too. I do know that RMI pretty much builds the whole thing themselves but don't take that as me trying to push them. Kevron (I don't even know if they're still in business) got their tubes and fiber gain units here in the States.
One of the Fslaser web sites advertises their F Series Fiber Laser with a CO2 tube. Huh??
Cheers,
Rich