Hi,
I currently have an Atomstack S10 and I burn dog tags at 180mm/m, taking about 3~5 minutes a side, so not exactly fast.
I’ve been looking at the Longer nano
https://www.longer3d.com/pages/longer-nano
It has two options, quoting speeds of 600mm/s and 2200mm/s.
Is there any easy way to figure out how much faster time-wise that would equate to?
If I haven’t counted too wrong, it is about 900mm (at 5 minutes) that the diode laser runs, if you divide it by 600, it takes 1.5 seconds with the Longer fiber laser - in theory 
Thank you for bringing this to light. I’ve been thinking about getting a fiber laser, but I didn’t want to dump $5K into something that might not make a return on the investment. The 12W looks to be right up my alley. It’s a Kickstarter so I’m not sure how that works. I would like to hear your thoughts on the subject.
Longer’s advertising looks fine and there are gradually a number of factories making these mini galvo lasers, but I don’t think I will build a business on that machine.
The Longer diode laser that I have had in my hands was quite nicely made and they will probably also present a nice little galvolaser…for hobby use.
The prices for fiber lasers are falling, I think, and when it is not consumables in the machines as with co2 machines, you can possibly also get a cheaper used machine that will do.
“Fortunately” I don’t have enough orders in this direction, nor the time, but I do have the desire for a fiber laser for pleasure and learning.
I’ve helped fund a few Kickstarters, but for things I’d call toys, rather than tools, and have been generally satisfied.
However, you must regard Kickstarter projects as speculative gambles, rather than product purchases. As a rule of thumb, they will deliver late (sometimes by years) with a majority of the promised features working either correctly or at all.
That’s pessimistic, but if you’re thinking of using the gadget, buy something that’s for sale from an established seller with real inventory.
I got burnt on a 3d printer on kick starter… There was more than one issue with that whole thing. After almost two years they gave me part of my money back… Unless I can stand to loose it, I don’t do that anymore.
I think @ednisley has spoken and I agree.
I’ve done it on a couple microprocessor boards, that worked out ok.
You should watch a few videos of these and the users experience. No one I’ve seen has bee able to use this hand held, except when gravity is holding it in place. Many complain about the mechanics of how the head is attached and claim it doesn’t stay square or wiggles…
The laser is a yag type, from what others have said that have taken these apart. These lasers are pulse lasers, at least the yag crystal is, that naturally pulses.
Four minutes into this video shows where the speed of the galvo is running fast enough to make the pulse rate visible.
Have fun
Thank you (and @ednisley) for your perspective on the subject. My business runs on my 60W OMTECH (as well as a 10W Ortur LM2 Pro), which has paid for itself many times over. I was interested in getting in at the low end of the fiber price point to have something to experiment with, and possibly pick up some speed on doing tumblers and flasks (which is what I use the OLM2P for). Business has been pretty good, so I thought I might take a gamble on the 12W (just not a big gamble). Maybe I’ll hold off.
So that is quite the improvement!
I would like to get a desktop laser like that that can burn my tags in seconds rather than the 10 minutes it currently takes on the S10.
The S10 results are very nice, I was surprised. but as volume increases this time is becoming an issue…
Does anyone have any other suggestions for maybe non-kickstarter punts?
Any decent desktops that wont break the bank?
Perhaps comparable to a Laser Pecker? Should be plenty of real life data available on those.