Laser Rust/Carbon/Etc Removal

Kinja'd!!! "Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
11/27/2018 at 08:00 • Filed to: rust, rusteventures, lasers, wrenching

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Chances are, you’ve already seen video of these lasers before. And probably seen them used to clean broad !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . But check out how good they are at detail work on car parts!

So... have these come down in price yet?

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Hm... guess not. So expensive, it even broke Kinja’s price badge. (Edit: okay, it seems to be fixed after publishing. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is what I saw in the post editor. Here’s the Amazon !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in case Kinja borks the embed)

*Batteries not included
**Also not included: the ability to tell the difference between a carburetor and an electronic throttle body, or between an engine block and a cylinder head...  


DISCUSSION (8)


Kinja'd!!! Brickman > Urambo Tauro
11/26/2018 at 19:06

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So much want! My electric bill would probably be $6,000. If thats what it uses.


Kinja'd!!! wafflesnfalafel > Urambo Tauro
11/26/2018 at 19:08

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holy crap - what can’t lasers do?


Kinja'd!!! Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Urambo Tauro
11/26/2018 at 19:28

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So I shouldn’t mention this is the cheapest, Made in China crap that you can get? (The P-Laser QF50 only does 50W and costs more than $60,000.)

And that the laser ablation machine my shop uses is a 1000W diode pumped water-cooled unit that costs about $650,000. There’s a reason I don’t whine about paying them $165 an hour to do it.


Kinja'd!!! Future Heap Owner > wafflesnfalafel
11/26/2018 at 21:10

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Bend


Kinja'd!!! JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Urambo Tauro
11/26/2018 at 21:25

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hey, the 100 watt  version is half the price, and should still do a decent job. I fiddled around with a 50W galvo-head Co2 laser as a rust ablater, and it worked pretty well, though notably slower.... 100W should still be a fuck-ton faster than scrubbing....


Kinja'd!!! Urambo Tauro > Future Heap Owner
11/26/2018 at 21:32

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Wait, that gives me an idea... could a laser like this be bounced off of mirrors?


Kinja'd!!! Future Heap Owner > Urambo Tauro
11/26/2018 at 21:41

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There is only one way to find out!


Kinja'd!!! Future Heap Owner > Urambo Tauro
11/26/2018 at 21:46

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I love how much the first one sounds like an electric shaver.