Is there a way to get an idea of laser power without a power meter, I need to buy one but wanting to measure something quickly and dont want to wait on a meter to arrive. My situation, we have a 2012 Trotec w/ 40w iRadion ceramic tube, its our first time using this machine and dont have a baseline for how 40w ceramic should do, but compared to our 60w (actual 73w) Synrad, its dramatically slower, look below for comparison. I am assuming that the iradion is close to needing recharging... If anyone knows I hear the iradions can be recharged to whatever wattage, but its the circuit boards that limit the wattage, it would be great to push out 60w after recharge out of the 40w iradion, if a recharge is needed.
Trotec iRadion: 2 passes at 15% speed 100% power (lines sharper but engraving is not as deep still)
Trotec Synrad: 1 pass at 20% speed 100% power