Hi guys,
How many folks measure their tube output? I'm curious to see how close to the rated output other peoples tubes are.
If you do measure your laser output, please could you let me know the advertised tube wattage and the actual output power you measured? I'm hoping many people will find this useful as a resource of what to expect, and it would help me with my issue below:
In my particular case; I recently bought a 50W laser cutter from ebay. I had some teething troubles, the laser power supply was broken on arrival - but was replaced, and now I'm reasonably happy with it. I also bought a Mahooney 100W probe.
The machine:
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the 40w tube should be same as the 50w one , max can reach 50w ,yours is only 29w, seems not normal and for 5mm plywood, 60w should work,if it can reach 60w
According to my probe I am currently getting about 29W output direct from the tube aperture - whilst pulling 27mAh from the supply. For a 50W laser, I'm fairly disappointed with the power output, and can just just about get through 5mm plywood on full power (slowly, and often requires multiple passes). Does this stack up with other peoples experiences?
I'm considering buying a replacement tube from a local source and have a choice between 40W and 60W tubes. If a 40W tube will really put out 40W, then its probably in my interests to 'downgrade' - as it'll mean a 10W increase over my current scenario. If not, then I'll probably spring for the 60W version.
Thanks for taking the time to read my thread.
Kind regards,
Gareth