A little extra money to spend.

[Clark Pace]

So I have a few extra hundred to spend. I currently use a passive cooling system. Like the cw3000. I have a 45watt engraving machine. Redsail x700.

Would you buy an active cooling system? Benefits you have seen?

[Bert Kemp]

Clark you should spend that extra cash on a glowforge with its closed loop cooling system. no chiller needed. :D

[Clark Pace]

Hmmm. No 😒. I would rather that time machine sold on ebay

[Dave Sheldrake]

Clark, go for a CW4000 (it's not actually a CW but the naming convention is used to keep things easy)

http://hpclaser.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=10

This one is in the UK but I'm sure the same model is available from somebody in the US, it keeps all of my machines at a nice steady 17 - 19 degrees all day on tubes from 150 watts to 240 watts and stable temperatures are the God of laser cutting :)

(I don't work for HPC or have any financial interest in the company or it's sales. Chris Jacobs the MD is a personal friend though in the spirit of full disclosure)

[David Somers]

Clark,

Just curious. Are you having cooling problems?

Dave