Excellent question! If you're talking diode lasers wattage is only part of the equation. Some companies measure the power supply draw as their wattage claim. The true measure is how many watts the diodes themselves are. Ours are a true 15. Additionally the alignment and quality is absolutely critical to getting max performance out of a diode laser. If one diode is off even a little your power level and accuracy drops significantly. We chose OPT lasers because each one is precision aligned in a clean room one at a time. The diodes are also individually inspected and tested before going into each laser. This means that you're getting every bit of cutting power at a super high precision from our laser. The 15 watt pairs really nicely with the spindle as the laser can cut up to about 3/16 of an inch at good cutting speeds. Anything thicker can be cut by the spindle. The additional cost comes from the pneumatic raising and lowering mechanism which makes it super convenient to use in spindle/router combo jobs like this one ua-cam.com/video/-gGdTd22Itc/v-deo.html
Thank you for the response and i do understand what you are saying, but for the price you are not adapting to the industry, Falcon 2 and many others are providing great precision and 40 watts actual laser power. The setup you have is great but test have been done and it do not allow the ability to place a larger laser due to the weight. and 15w was great last year. 5000 Canadian for a 15 w is crazy. Im just saying if performance is lagging behind the competition the price should be alot lower.@@AvidCNC
@@michaeljacobs9432 There are some impressive dedicated laser units out there for sure. We looked at a lot of those. Our system wasn't designed to compete with those. Machines such as the Falcon (And others) that are small benchtop dedicated lasers certainly have their place and application. We designed this to be a high precision, high duty cycle unit that is tightly integrated with the router. Folks that use these are using them in production and need seamless switching from routing to laser. I'd be interested in chatting with you further though! If you hit the contact form on our site ask for Eric.
This is designed for people who want to integrate laser engraving and cutting into their large format CNC operations. The laser itself is plenty powerful for engraving, I can't think of a reason I would want more power. You want to set off the fire alarm and burn through .5" of wood in one pass at 2 IPS, be my guest. Spindles don't work as well cutting materials under 1/4", which is where the laser excels. Also, a 4'x8' laser engraver is amazing. You're gonna spend $25k USD+ getting a laser in a format that large. I didn't bat an eye at $4k USD for this. Very high quality product as well.
Nice video Eric!
how can you justify the cost for the laser when lasers are now up to 40+ watts?
Excellent question! If you're talking diode lasers wattage is only part of the equation. Some companies measure the power supply draw as their wattage claim. The true measure is how many watts the diodes themselves are. Ours are a true 15. Additionally the alignment and quality is absolutely critical to getting max performance out of a diode laser. If one diode is off even a little your power level and accuracy drops significantly. We chose OPT lasers because each one is precision aligned in a clean room one at a time. The diodes are also individually inspected and tested before going into each laser.
This means that you're getting every bit of cutting power at a super high precision from our laser. The 15 watt pairs really nicely with the spindle as the laser can cut up to about 3/16 of an inch at good cutting speeds. Anything thicker can be cut by the spindle.
The additional cost comes from the pneumatic raising and lowering mechanism which makes it super convenient to use in spindle/router combo jobs like this one ua-cam.com/video/-gGdTd22Itc/v-deo.html
Thank you for the response and i do understand what you are saying, but for the price you are not adapting to the industry, Falcon 2 and many others are providing great precision and 40 watts actual laser power. The setup you have is great but test have been done and it do not allow the ability to place a larger laser due to the weight. and 15w was great last year. 5000 Canadian for a 15 w is crazy. Im just saying if performance is lagging behind the competition the price
should be alot lower.@@AvidCNC
@@michaeljacobs9432 There are some impressive dedicated laser units out there for sure. We looked at a lot of those. Our system wasn't designed to compete with those. Machines such as the Falcon (And others) that are small benchtop dedicated lasers certainly have their place and application. We designed this to be a high precision, high duty cycle unit that is tightly integrated with the router. Folks that use these are using them in production and need seamless switching from routing to laser.
I'd be interested in chatting with you further though! If you hit the contact form on our site ask for Eric.
This is designed for people who want to integrate laser engraving and cutting into their large format CNC operations. The laser itself is plenty powerful for engraving, I can't think of a reason I would want more power. You want to set off the fire alarm and burn through .5" of wood in one pass at 2 IPS, be my guest.
Spindles don't work as well cutting materials under 1/4", which is where the laser excels. Also, a 4'x8' laser engraver is amazing. You're gonna spend $25k USD+ getting a laser in a format that large. I didn't bat an eye at $4k USD for this. Very high quality product as well.