[sdiy] Laser etching powder coated aluminum

[Eric Brombaugh]

On 12/01/2009 01:08 PM, Cary Roberts wrote:
> compressor and a usable oven is $350.  A decent import Chinese 60w laser is
> $3000

OT - funny you can buy a 60W laser from China for this application (I 
assume it's an IR CO2 laser) but there are import restrictions on 
hand-held lasers > 5mW due to FDA regulations. I suppose that's so 
teenage boys don't go blinding airline pilots with the cool green laser 
pointer they bought for $20 from Deal Extreme.

Eric