Synrad / Laakman 10W CO2 Laser...

[300EVIL]

Hey Adam, Just curious, what model sensor head does your scientech meter use? I'm trying to figure out what kind of power my sensor head can handle. The meter goes up to 100W, but I think my sensor would melt at 100W

Hey Gus,
I think it's a 36001 or something like that. The label is missing. I know it's dead on because I have tested it against other lasers and power meters, including a 3W argon at SELEM. You can also see scars in the anodizing of the housing from previous exposure to A LOT of photonic energy. my guess is that this head was wonce exposed to 100W or so.

I have the spec sheet on various heads. If you wanna give me your head model number I'll look it up for ya.
Thanks!
Adam

[GooeyGus]

Mine is a 38-1UV5. It is also almost dead-on with a recently calibrated unit. The meter I use is a 364. My 365 is having some 'issues'. it doesn't let you select the range, and always thinks more than 1 range is depressed. I'm sure it's just the selection switches which need to be changed but I cant find any....

My 364 never lets me down though!

[300EVIL]

Mine is a 38-1UV5. It is also almost dead-on with a recently calibrated unit. The meter I use is a 364. My 365 is having some 'issues'. it doesn't let you select the range, and always thinks more than 1 range is depressed. I'm sure it's just the selection switches which need to be changed but I cant find any....

My 364 never lets me down though!

The 38-1UV5 is rated for 190-360nm @ 10uW - 10W. It's basically the same thing as a 36-0001 though and will work with visible wavelengths. You can use a permanent marker on the detectors absorption plate to optimize it's visible wavelength performance.

[GooeyGus]

The 38-1UV5 is rated for 190-360nm @ 10uW - 10W. It's basically the same thing as a 36-0001 though and will work with visible wavelengths. You can use a permanent marker on the detectors absorption plate to optimize it's visible wavelength performance.

Good to know! Yeah I knew it was a UV head that was calibrated with this meter to 'work' for the visible wavelengths as well.

But it sure is a good thing I didn't have the guts to point a CO2 at it yet

Thanks for the info!!!

[Nightstick]

Hows everyone doing, Im new to this forum, but I wanted Adam (300 Evil to know I finally got in here Im Nightstick,(Lynn) Im the one with the You tube rf co2 laser... Like yours,,the one with the spinning newspaper at the beginning of the video, complements of my 13 year old Son... the one where Im melting the candle, and the one where I keep dropping the camera, also a very bad voice over haha anyway,I also got my laser from Chris, and I ordered two more which will have the same driver setup as yours Adam. So maybe we all can give each other some pointers I appreaciate all the info you all have put in here so far, My first co2 that you saw on youtube is a lot different than the new ones Im getting. so Im looking forward to putting them together, Great to be here Lynn

[300EVIL]

Hows everyone doing, Im new to this forum, but I wanted Adam (300 Evil to know I finally got in here Im Nightstick,(Lynn) Im the one with the You tube rf co2 laser... Like yours,,the one with the spinning newspaper at the beginning of the video, complements of my 13 year old Son... the one where Im melting the candle, and the one where I keep dropping the camera, also a very bad voice over haha anyway,I also got my laser from Chris, and I ordered two more which will have the same driver setup as yours Adam. So maybe we all can give each other some pointers I appreaciate all the info you all have put in here so far, My first co2 that you saw on youtube is a lot different than the new ones Im getting. so Im looking forward to putting them together, Great to be here Lynn

Hey Lynn!
Welcome to Photon Lexicon!
Glad to see you found me and my video. I personally think your video was just fine. Please feel free to ask any questions you'd like. Most members here, including myself, are very helpful and friendly. I look froward to communicating with you and sharing thoughts and ideas.
Thanks!
Adam

[buffo]

Welcome to PhotonLexicon, Lynn. Hope you like it here. We've got a few members that are experimenting with CO2 lasers now. One of the UK lads even has a portable, 10 watt CO2 laser that runs off gel-cell batteries! (Presumably not very long though.)

So the next logical question is, Adam (or Lynn): Will we be able to see one of these units at SELEM this summer?

Adam

[300EVIL]

So the next logical question is, Adam (or Lynn): Will we be able to see one of these units at SELEM this summer?

Adam

Well, If I haven't sold both of them by then, I'll definitely bring it. Need to put it in an enclosure with a key switch though.

What should be some real fun is one of those giant Coherent laser diodes I now have. Should be fun aiming that thing at stuff in the parking lot. Bring your IR goggles!

[Hemlock Mike]

Evil ---

I have a couple Scientech 36-0001 heads. They are rated to 10 Watts and the beam needs to be a bit difused or they SMOKE. I've had to recoat mine after reading over 10 Watts of CO2 with these. I use a light spray of BBQ flat black high temp paint.

I'm building a ZnSe expander for mine

Mike

[Nightstick]

Buffo, I am able to run mine off 2x 18 volt screw gun batteries in series its really fun to be portable with these at about 7 watts very easy to fire up the leaf pile and I run my driver with 1x 18650 I have it all mounted in a plexi glass case trimmed out in half inch angle aluninum I will try to get some pics soon BW Lynn oh also I have a power supply for when I dont want to use the batteries