Amazing bit of kit that. One of my kids is a professional welder I'd hate to think what he would do to get his grubby little fingers on a machine like that.
Awesome, seriously. Be careful though! (I'm sure you are aware of the risks but it doesn't hurt to say it again...). What I love about laser welding is that you inject just enough heat into the workpiece to get this super nice consistency. First time I saw a laser weld I think was when I saw an open model of a stainless steel pacemaker and I wondered how the joint was welded so perfectly, it didn't look like here had been much in terms of cleaning up the joint.
I have a 35W optical power laser head here for a cutter and that is already super impressive, what you have there is the equivalent of magic to me.
Awesome, seriously. Be careful though! (I'm sure you are aware of the risks but it doesn't hurt to say it again...). What I love about laser welding is that you inject just enough heat into the workpiece to get this super nice consistency. First time I saw a laser weld I think was when I saw an open model of a stainless steel pacemaker and I wondered how the joint was welded so perfectly, it didn't look like here had been much in terms of cleaning up the joint.
I have a 35W optical power laser head here for a cutter and that is already super impressive, what you have there is the equivalent of magic to me.