Any good for degreasing parts I wonder...

[Ciaran]

[youtube]Q8q3DZB_l6M[/youtube]

Wouldn't like to be on the business side of that thing! :O

[russ92xmsed]

Ohhhhh. I seem to have an error message. It won't play Ciaran.

[Dean]

Bit odd, i followed it back and watched in youtube fine but refuses to play when embedded?

Here is the link, looks excellent by the way!!! https://youtu.be/Q8q3DZB_l6M" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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[russ92xmsed]

Wow! Amazing!

[Dieselman]

They are great, but do consume a fair bit of electricity.

[White Exec]

The material (rust, scale and paint in this case) is actually being evaporated by the laser. Process is called thermal ablation, iirc.
A 10W thermal laser is capable of fairly dramatic action, but this one appears to being modulated laterally, rather than 'spot' - hence the much higher power.
I am really surprised the device is available in a hand-held version, (a) because dispersion/distance/feed needs to be controlled, and (b) it is obviously a totally lethal device.
Hopefully, certain regimes and agencies do not know about this, but suspect they certainly do.