Used Telesis Eclipse Laser, Old YAGs Worth Buying?

[goldenfab]

I found a Telesis Eclipse Laser Engraver Yag 150 Watt CW600 CW200S for sale locally. I don't have an immediate need for it but I though it would be a good capability to engrave metal directly. I have a CO2 laser that can mark parts but not engrave them.

I can't find much info out on the machine and the manufacturers website doesn't show this model so I assume they don't make it anymore. The nameplates on the power supply and laser have date codes of 2001 and 2004. I have not called the manufacturer yet to see if its still supported. It's advertised as working but not under power and will need a chiller. Are these things better left to be someone else's problems or are they reparable and usable?

 

[Strostkovy]

How much do they want for it? Better be pretty cheap if it lacks a chiller and isn't under power. Like a few hundred dollars cheap. I paid under $3k for my 50 watt fiber engraver brand new.

 

[goldenfab]

I agree. I decided to pass on it. What brand fiber laser did you get? I hear the cheap ones do ok for what they are.

 

[Strostkovy]

Mine has a Raycus fiber source but otherwise was an AliExpress special

 

[turbo2ltr]

I found a Telesis Eclipse Laser Engraver Yag 150 Watt CW600 CW200S for sale locally. I don't have an immediate need for it but I though it would be a good capability to engrave metal directly. I have a CO2 laser that can mark parts but not engrave them.

I can't find much info out on the machine and the manufacturers website doesn't show this model so I assume they don't make it anymore. The nameplates on the power supply and laser have date codes of 2001 and 2004. I have not called the manufacturer yet to see if its still supported. It's advertised as working but not under power and will need a chiller. Are these things better left to be someone else's problems or are they reparable and usable?

Funny I ran across this thread...because I was looking at the same unit.. I ended up picking it up today. Then found out it's 100W not 150W. But honestly I got it so cheap even if it doesn't work, it will be fun project. It definitely needs to be gone through before firing it up. Of course I know absolutely nothing about these types of lasers so I don't plan to take it apart too much other than to make sure it's not leaking and just general cleanup.

I know you are supposed to have a chiller on these.. Is that because the water needs to be cold, or just because it produces enough heat you need one to keep the temps in check? Passive water cooling won't work for small short jobs?

 

[Garwood]

So, you figure you'll just gonna dump bottles of distilled water into a funnel and let it run out onto the ground while the laser is on?

 

[turbo2ltr]

So, you figure you'll just gonna dump bottles of distilled water into a funnel and let it run out onto the ground while the laser is on?

Hmm, no. First, it has a separate DI water closed loop with a water to water heat exchanger.
And I was asking about non-refrigerant type water to air cooling for the non DI loop.

 

[EmanuelGoldstein]

If you got it for nothing and just want to play around, sounds cool but for real work, new ones are so cheap and so much more capable that this doesn't make sense.

 

[Garwood]

Hmm, no. First, it has a separate DI water closed loop with a water to water heat exchanger.
And I was asking about non-refrigerant type water to air cooling for the non DI loop.

It's a good thing you didn't include those details in your question. We sure like playing 20 questions to get the basics.

 

[turbo2ltr]

If you got it for nothing and just want to play around, sounds cool but for real work, new ones are so cheap and so much more capable that this doesn't make sense.

No real work here, just playing. Got it for a few hundred.

 

[turbo2ltr]

It's a good thing you didn't include those details in your question. We sure like playing 20 questions to get the basics.

Sorry that my ability to ask questions is not up to your standard.

 

[EmanuelGoldstein]

Got it for a few hundred.

After seeing these things, I'da saved the few hundred for a useful one.

Disclaimer : I'm in love with these. Can't believe how useful they'd be around the shop, home, heck, at the damn grocery store - the ones with a little frame that you can walk up to something and lasermark it ? Better hope the graffitti guys never discover these . Parts, serial number plates, tools, wood, stone, plastic; hell, you can throw up a jpeg and laser a photo onto a big leaf.

Tres cool and pretty cheap

work, boring

https://files.catbox.moe/xnve8z.mp4

fun, less boring

https://files.catbox.moe/ramotz.mp4

Christmas wrapping paper, stones, coke cans, pens, plastic items of all kinds, cloth, telephone poles, signs, hmmm .... laptops, phones, anything valuable, light switches, instrument panels, scales (ruler-type), maybe the worn-out letters on my "classic" keyboard ... did I say I'm in love ?