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New Improved 40W and 60W Lasers:

Description:

The Full Spectrum Engineering CO2 Laser Kits are composed of the highest quality components to bring you economical laser cutting and engraving. To comply with various regulations regarding laser safety, Full Spectrum Engineering does not sell complete assembled laser units. Instead, we offer laser assemblies and a separate laser control card as kit for do it yourself hobby construction. These are shipped as two separate packages. The end user must install the Laser Control Card into the laser to create the complete laser system and assumes all risks of building and running the laser system. The installation of the control board only requires plugging in 3 cables and installing 2 screw nuts and takes under 5 minutes. No drilling or soldering is required.

New support setup and configuration files available here:

Applications:

• engraving/cutting 1/4" wood or 1/4" acrylic (all models)
• PCB stencil cutting with mylar film or Kapton film
• laser marking of metals with Thermark Laser Marking Material
  

Specifications:

40W CO2 Laser Kit Products:

• includes 40W Laser Assembly (32" long x 20" wide x 10" high)
• includes 2 axis Full Spectrum Engineering PWM laser control board (4 axis optional)
• 220V (comes with 110V converter)
• 40W 700mm Tongli laser tube (enclosed)
• tube life approximately 1000hrs (replacement cost $300)
• parallel port laser control card (2 axis standard, 4 axis optional upgrade)
• approximately 12.5"x8" cutting area
• high end Air Assist Nozzle (air compressor not included, takes standard 1/8" barb nozzles available at Home Depot and Lowes)
• upgraded spring mounted mirrors
• adjustable focus High Quality 55mm focus Lens (.002" hole size)
• includes exhaust fan, exhaust tube, basic water pump
• weight approximately 50 pounds
• shipping weight approximately 70 pounds (box)
• shipping weight 125 pounds (crated)
• Mach3 XML Configuration File Supplied
• Special LazyCam Post File Supplied
• $1950 (with 2 axis control card) + shipping
• email to order (in stock and available now)

Professional Lasers

Using our large volume discount, we also offer professional 60W laser systems. The professional units support much larger cutting areas, have a lot more power and are fully assembled and the software is easier to use. These are at much higher price also. Follow this link for more information.

Spot Size:

Our laser cutter uses the highest quality ZnSe CO2 laser focus lenses.

Taken with 40x zoom Nikon Stereo Zoom Microscope cutting 2mil Kapton Film

Included Accessories:

Example Cuts:

1/4" Acrylic Cleanly Cut in 2 passes and 1/4" Poplar Cut in 1 pass:

Mach3 Laser Control Board (4 axis option):

Specifications

• Upgrade various laser cutters to Mach3 or EMC control
• Designed by Full Spectrum Engineering with excellent support
• Open design to encourage modifications at your own risk
• Fully documented laser connections available
• full PWM power control of 40W/50W/60W CO2 Laser Tube
• 100% digitally isolated inputs / outputs
• 100% surface mount design (excluding headers)
• runs standard Mach3, EMC and other PC based GCode CNC software
• Mach3 configuration file supplied, plug in the cable and it is ready to go
• capable of 2D cutting, 2D engraving, 3D engraving (support through Mach3 and LazyCAM)
• two or four axis 16x microstepper drives using Allegro DMOS chips
• two available 36V 1.5A stepper axes for user defined motion (rotary table, movable z table/etc)
• optional Parallax Propeller programming capabilities