Potential Path to High Power Laser

[dstarke]

Yes, and it was rather belittled

When is the 7 watt laser coming out?

Btw. one of their images shows roughly what you probably get there. 10W from two diodes (another image) if I read this image correctly. Given the little heat sink it will probably not last that long even with two fans. [10W] I thought about it. You could actually get this somehow working. Put the SM2 on a table and the tube below it facing up. Drill a hole through the table and SM base plate to let the laser beam pass along the linear modul of the z axis. Install a mirror at the x rail itsel…

TL;DR: It is easier and cheaper to get a ready-to-use 40W CO2 laser cutter/engraver than upgrading your Snapmaker.