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CADPAT
Jul 23, 2004

For the men
to my left and right!
:hist101:

_Gumby posted:

What does everyone use for their cooling?

At the moment I have a bucket of water and some ice bricks, but I'm looking at some more permanent cooling solution.

Hey Gumby, can you shoot me an email at cadpat-sa[at]etherealnet.ca? I've been looking at buying the same laser cutter you got and wanted to hear more about your experiences.

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CADPAT
Jul 23, 2004

For the men
to my left and right!
:hist101:
So I continue to read up on laser cutters but still too poor and too much of a baby to buy one from China, however I've noticed that the more popular Chinese 100w lasers such as the G Weike 6090 have all been around since like 2009, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of innovation in the market from overseas.

Even most of the sellers in the States are just taking similar lasers and refurbishing them. Has there been no advances in laser technology in the last 5-10 years? Or is it just that they keep making newer and better lasers and selling them under the same model?

e: Well on further research it would seem like all the ones I was looking at are knock offs of old models such as the G Weike 6090. It would seem like newer models purchased direct from China are much better.

CADPAT fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Aug 30, 2016

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