WickedLasers Unveils Lightsaber Powerful Enough to Set People on Fire

Before you order, check the internet: Wicked says there in stock but somehow they dont deliver, people are waiting for 4 weeks now, nobody is picking up the phone and the forum is down.

I did not checked this info myself so do some research if your planning to order.

forums up and running on wickedlaser.....

Originally posted by ArcAngel

Originally posted by fixer1967
reply to post by GhostR1der

 

You said you operate a 2W RGB laser. Tell me what kind of cutting power would this 1 Watt laser they are talking about have? Cut it cut lets say 10 gauge steal? I am looking for some this could cut things like car body panels and such. A plasma cutter would work for what I want but this sounds cheaper and more portable.

HAHAHA!!!!!

Don't you realize that a lightbulb (incandescent) is 60 watts! Can you cut steel panels with a lightbulb? Sheesh.. people and ignorance never cease to amaze me... absolutely

by the way, the minimum power that the USA military considers effective is 100,000 watts! 100KW

I wish people would search before posting their ignorance

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Just to muddy the waters (watters?) here...light can cut steel ONLY if
it is monochromatic which is a single wavelength from Far Infrared
up to X-Ray.

A 5 kilowatt (5000 watts) Carbon Dioxide laser is more than
adequate to cut through 1/4" steel (AND THICKER!).

If you want to go for SPEED of cutting at more than a metre per second
at 1/8" or 1/4" steel then a 15,000 watt or 20,000 watt laser (CO2)
is best.

Yes a 60 watt lightbulb is more powerful than a 10 watt laser but since
that lightbulb energy is spread out amongst multiple frequencies
the amount of work it can do is limited.

However a 10 watt laser concentrating that beam of light at a specific
wavelength such as 540 nanometres could cut paper and burn
your skin at least and MORE!!!!

i was reading on slashgear or engadget that they got hit with a S&D order from george lucas. they even posted the letter from them on their site.

I imagine in the not to distant future that laser weapons and tools will be commonplace. Using a laser cutter to slice bricks for example when building a house, or a laser gun carried by police that replaces the pistol.