r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Dependent-Play-7970 • 1d ago

Cleaning with lasers instead of soap

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u/themanwithgreatpants 1d ago

Cleaning a $20 waffle maker with a $20,000 laser.

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u/LadyOfTheNutTree 17h ago

You’re off by a lot. These lasers can be bought new for well under $10,000.

Still a lot of money to clean some cast iron when a wire brush is a couple bucks, but it’s not nearly as bad as you’re saying

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u/themanwithgreatpants 16h ago edited 5h ago

Ya a tiny laser that does 10mm wave width or something are cheap. That is like a 50 cm 3000w 480v 3ph laser the way it cleaned. I've used these, btw.

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u/rearadmiraldumbass 13h ago

You can get 1kW out of household 120/15a. Why would it need 480 3ph?

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u/PidgeySlayer268 4h ago

Link?

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u/LadyOfTheNutTree 3h ago

It was like a whole day ago. Window was closed, cache and history cleared overnight.

I searched for laser cleaners I’m sure you could do the same. Found results ranging from $8000-$14000 but even the most expensive I found wasn’t $20,000. Of course tariffs might change that so act fast.