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Thread: 8W Copper (Bromide) Vapour Laser - Mod's and conversion to a FX laser.

  1. 12-20-2008, 07:51 #1
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    Default 8W Copper (Bromide) Vapour Laser - Mod's and conversion to a FX laser.

    I have been to pick up my new toy this morning. An ex-medical Aesculap +ProYellow CV laser.

    I have plugged it in and it coming up with a 'room door not closed' error which I have got to address. It's just a case of dismantling and gaining access to a 'room door switch interlock' on the back of the laser. Must have been for the laser room door to prevent extra human access when the laser was in operation.

    I will be back soon with hopefully some pictures of it lasing. It does 2.5W of Yellow @ 578nm and 5.5W of green @ 511nm.

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    awesome, look forward to seeing that at UKLM4
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    Whoa.... That's one hell of a laser Jim!

    Have fun, but be careful

    Can't wait for the pics of it lasing

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    Man, you copper guys are going to make me go out and get one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ImageLight View Post
    Man, you copper guys are going to make me go out and get one.
    I have two of them for sale if interested... flightcased and including collimator (for one) and CT6860 galvos, STP8s for blanking and color selection etc. mine are a little different than the one pictured, but from the same company, and i think it is the same tube..

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    Out of interest...

    Are these lasers watercooled, and are they single phase or three phase?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jem View Post
    Out of interest...

    Are these lasers watercooled, and are they single phase or three phase?

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    Single phase 230V at about 12 amps. air cooled... copper lasers are very effective beasts.. allmost up there with Dpss's and CO2s...

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    Again, out of interest...

    Dare I ask a price?

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    GOOD GOD! This thing is AWESOME!

    Needs the optics cleaning and a few cobwebs removing but my GOD it's bright!

    Tha laser runs all the time once it's gone through it's auto heatup and check sequence and colour selection and beam on/off is all done with dichro's and mirrors on actuator flags. I put my camera lens cover in the 6.8W 511nm beam and it kinda burnt it sort of thing!!!

    To get it running I have had to defeat the 'room door interlock' switch and the key off/on switch because I don't have the correct key for it.

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    Awesome pictures! Thanks for the eye candy!

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