Most of the “Laser Welders” you see advertised are junk, made in China, and mostly just an arc welder dressed up.
A REAL laser welder will set ya back some serious coin, around $3000,00 for one of the halfway decent ones from Britian or Germany, and even then, the learning curve is pretty high. One thing to know, this type of welding is NOT good for structural welding, or any sort of heavy use, areas where you need deep penetration or lots of heat for good fusion, especially when root welding, here is where even a good MIG will struggle if YOU are less than good, with Stick being the preferred method for that sort of industrial work. Lasser is quite capable of very precise welds, and can even be used for fusion welding on dissimilar alloys, so it’s gaining uses daily as it gets added into inventories.
Personally, i’m waiting for costs to come down, and an American Company to launch a well proven model.
Second, it needs to be cost effective to use, as in not requiring some exotic gas or welding wire.
Once we get more mainstream, I would absolutely pick one up, just the performance on Aluminum and Stainless would justify it’s use, but i’m not giving up my Miller-Matic Multi Process welder for anything!
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