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This will be my first post.
I've always been fascinated by lasers, and after reading this forum and elsewhere on the net a bit terrified.
My first laser I received as a gift from a friend. It was a < 5 mw (at least I think it was) red laser in a small host with 3 pen batteries. I shone it in my right eye not knowing any better. Luckily it wasn't strong enough to cause any damage. I would never do that today with any laser though.
Recently my interest for lasers has been rekindled after ordering several lasers from wish.com.
They're probably more in the 50 mw range and I try to treat them with respect. I don't own any laser glasses yet
I feel I'm not mature enough for a burning laser yet because I know what kind of damage they could do, but who knows what will happen.
Currently I have three generic "eBay" lasers and the smaller one I have owned for years with another laser with 5 star caps on the way.
One blue / violet 405 nm, one greenie 532 nm (probably lacking an IR filter, it pops balloons if shone through a magnifying glass), one red 650 nm and another red laser I assume is also 650 nm but not as powerful. I like the green one the best because you can actually see the beam in low light conditions.
It amazes me that powerful hand held lasers which would require extensive security measures in a lab setting is easily available to the general public. I think this forum has a mission to educate people about the dangers of lasers and to warn against abuse.
That being said lasers is a fun hobby albeit a bit dangerous one, but people should be allowed to have dangerous hobbies as long as they don't put other people at risk.
I hope to contribute and to read lots of interesting threads here.
I've always been fascinated by lasers, and after reading this forum and elsewhere on the net a bit terrified.
My first laser I received as a gift from a friend. It was a < 5 mw (at least I think it was) red laser in a small host with 3 pen batteries. I shone it in my right eye not knowing any better. Luckily it wasn't strong enough to cause any damage. I would never do that today with any laser though.
Recently my interest for lasers has been rekindled after ordering several lasers from wish.com.
They're probably more in the 50 mw range and I try to treat them with respect. I don't own any laser glasses yet
I feel I'm not mature enough for a burning laser yet because I know what kind of damage they could do, but who knows what will happen.
Currently I have three generic "eBay" lasers and the smaller one I have owned for years with another laser with 5 star caps on the way.
One blue / violet 405 nm, one greenie 532 nm (probably lacking an IR filter, it pops balloons if shone through a magnifying glass), one red 650 nm and another red laser I assume is also 650 nm but not as powerful. I like the green one the best because you can actually see the beam in low light conditions.
It amazes me that powerful hand held lasers which would require extensive security measures in a lab setting is easily available to the general public. I think this forum has a mission to educate people about the dangers of lasers and to warn against abuse.
That being said lasers is a fun hobby albeit a bit dangerous one, but people should be allowed to have dangerous hobbies as long as they don't put other people at risk.
I hope to contribute and to read lots of interesting threads here.
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