Wow... Think of all the potential problems with OSHA with this thing!

[Bruce Clumpner]

Hand-held 1000 watt cleaning laser

http://www.wimp.com/powercleaning/

[Chuck Stone]

Yikes! Portable Nd:YAG!!

[Dan Hintz]

I've seen numerous handheld fiber marking guns, but never one with that level of power. That's pretty freakin' impressive.

[Frank Corker]

Yup, that is impressive, but I can only see it being used for the purpose that was on the video. Looks pretty scary actually.

[matthew knott]

they use similar things to clean dirt and grime of of old buildings as it has no effect on stone/brickwork, if i had to hazard a guess at the laser power i would have put it at around 100 watts, certainly not 1000 !! oddly if you put your had under this is would probably not hurt to much compared to a 50 watt co2 which would be instant agony, i would recommend neither!!
Makes a joke of laser safety, which if you take the time to look at the rules are a joke anyway.

[Chris J Anderson]

How would you ever know the combinations of gases coming off that wwhen cleaning industrial machinery, paints coming off etc.

[Mark Senior]

I was looking for Flash Gordon to come past.

[Chuck Stone]

How would you ever know the combinations of gases coming off that wwhen cleaning industrial machinery, paints coming off etc.

Good point.. I don't think I'd want to try it indoors without a good ventilator hood and lots of suction.

[Dave Sheldrake]

I've seen a CL500Q used on car paintwork, it's amazing to watch That unit in the video probably is the CL1000Q (yup they really are 1,000 watt YAG's)

cheers

Dave

[AL Ursich]

It's a PA business and a 2007 web site... I called the number and yes, they are still in business... Interesting.... I bet it would clean a Laser Grid...


AL

[Dee Gallo]

Pretty cool, but too scary for me!

[Ronald Erickson]

It reminds me of dry ice blasting, which would most likely be much safer.

[Bruce Boone]

Quick tattoo removal!

[Ronald Erickson]

Same technology to clean rubber tire molds. Live action starts at around the 0:25 mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FR5igVhp7c

Another, live action at the 0:16 mark. This time cleaning a concrete wall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h440F37nGKw

This one is a neat use: cleaning stone monuments. Personally that noise would get horribly annoying after a short time and with such a small spot size it would seem every project would take a long time to compelte. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR1MQWRm_-s

[Mark Ross]

Cough Cough Cough...(sneezes)...tunes up voice, checks it out, sounds too much like grover, lights a cig, smoke it, coughs some more, adjusts the voice...hmmm...young jedi, you don't understand the power of the back hair. Instant hair removal AND tanning AT THE SAME TIME!