(reci) Tube

[Michael Hunter]

That is not the video that I remember - but very similar.
The one I saw made more of a thing about getting the beam perfect.
I also cringed a lot as I thought the guy was going to cook his arm!

[Rich Harman]

I created another thread to show the results of testing the Reci tube for TEM00.

[Vicki Rivrud]

- again I had no clue what you are talking about but our Enquiring minds want to know

http://www.cvimellesgriot.com/products/Documents/TechnicalGuide/Transverse_Modes_and_Mode_Control.pdf

Ahey - I'll definetly work better in the morning - perhaps the laser will too . . .

As for the RECI tube - we switched from the standard Chinese tube because the quality & longevity just wasn't there. Had too many go bad sitting on the shelf, short life or weak performance. At least with the RECI the warranty is much better and so far our 1st RECI is out performing the standard tube. There are a few imitations out there so ask about the warranty!

We've been extremely pleased with the RECI - mine is a W-6 and I cut paper to delrin, wood to acrylic, leather to fabric, to engraving on all sorts of glass/stone etc and it hasn't let me down yet - knock on wood.

Happy lasering,
Vicki

[Michael Hunter]

Here are the results of by beam-test firing -

Epilog 60W RF tube. Now 9 years old and power probably down to under 30W.

I'm quite pleased with the result for such an old tube.

The point of the cone is about 5mm into an 8mm thick block of acrylic.
It all happened so quickly that I'm not sure how long it took - perhaps a second.
It started off looking more gaussian, but by the time that I opened the lid (when the flames started!) it had gone pointy. Probably the "waveguide effect" that Dan talks of.

[Dan Hintz]

I can't believe this thread has not prompted anyone to remove their focus lens and try making a 3D image of some sort...