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Crowdfunding Smash: These Desktop Laser Welding Machines
The Xlaserlab X1
A Chinese company called XPhotonics has developed these Xlaserlab X1 machines. They're desktop laser welders that can also cut, clean, and remove rust.
They come in two flavors. The base-level $1,7000 X1 can be used with stainless steel, carbon steel and aluminum sheets up to 2mm thick. This unit is primarily good for spot-welding.
The larger $2,500 X1 Pro can handle the materials above, along with galvanized steel, up to 3mm in thickness. This unit is designed for continuous operation.
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Kickstarter backers have gone nuts for these things: At press time they'd racked up $1.8 million in pledges, with 37 days left to pledge. They expect to ship in April.
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This is a joke right? Half the shots are of someone holding the workpiece ***being welded or cut*** with their bare hands, zero guards anywhere (the main danger of laser usage is deflection at the surface), etc.
Once again: https://www.funraniumlabs.com/2017/08/laser-products-hate/
Aa much as it like the idea of this, I'd rather wait till it ships and get the full reviews then (even if it means paying more). After having a crowd-funding campaign completely dissappear on me out of Hong Kong, I'm not willing to roll the dice again. I hope the team behind this delivers on their promises.
Agreed, crowdfunding is risky, you never know if a company has the means to follow through with their goals. but the general tech behind this solid and super exciting.
I saw a review of this product that certainly shows it's promise if they can deliver the same quality in production.
I saw that too - was pleased to see an unpolished, 'make-it-up-as you-go' review. I agree with the reviewer though, there's a strong chance it'll get banned. A handheld consumer device with that much power won't go unnoticed.