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More worryingly, it’s possible to buy pre-built laser etchers online that don’t come with safety glass: https://www.amazon.com/Compact-Engraver-LaserPecker-Engravin...

And Q-switched pulse lasers for hair removal (i.e. to be aimed at your face) whose included safety goggles are more than a little suspicious: https://youtu.be/-BeTq99LqUo




You should see how some low budget Chinese factories that pump out laser-cut cards (etc) operate.

I've seen videos of workers huddled in a small room operating wholly unshielded galvonometer-type lasers (as in the sort that were popular in laser shows in the 80s.. but with lasers designed to actually cut) without any extraction, using bits of corrugated card to manually waft away fumes.


They don't come with safety glass, but 'safety' glasses, which I recognize as brazing/welding glasses. They are absolutely the wrong color to protect from that blue led laser.




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