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Very nice! Now thats a laser with some class ;D Is the housing brass?
 
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wannaburn said:
Very nice! Now thats a laser with some class ;D  Is the housing brass?
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The whole thing is Brass or Bronze? I really don't know the difference it's gold in color towards yellow if that helps, so far everything is machined and drilled out of a solid piece I had laying around here at home. The only problem is now I need to use a CR2 battery instead of CR123 oh well i'll live.
 
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Very cool! Can you give descriptions of where you got those parts and the sizes?

Also, it looks like "paraphernalia". :D
 
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roSSco said:
Very cool!  Can you give descriptions of where you got those parts and the sizes?

Also, it looks like "paraphernalia".  :D
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can't really tell you where i got all the stuf because it's all junk I've collected over the years, hence my name The JUNK Monger :) There is nothing here that I bought. only discarded junk and the cool button i'm using I found on the ground going to work it was a button from a shirt.
 
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A little Roman Empire just makes it that much more classy :)
 
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here is one that should let you get an idea of the size, The battery is CR2
 

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Nice work, something unique & with character.

It was interesting to read about your troubles machining copper. Ah, copper, silver, gold - all related to each other, and all among the best conductors you'll find. These days copper has become something of a poor man's gold. There's been a epidemic of copper stealing now that it's going for around $4.00/pound. (one of many links on the subject.. http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=5109520)

Brass is a mixture of copper and zinc, bronze is copper and.. tin & others (heh, just checked the wiki)

I wish I had access to some real machining tools.. err, and knew how to use them. :)

I take it you're using a lavadrive as the regulator?

Anyway, it's nice to see creative use made from discarded stuff. We live in a throwaway society and so much stuff gets wasted, good to see someone making use of it.

EDIT.. I've got a few cases of unused CR2 batteries, so I'm thinking for my next bluray I'll make something around the CR2 - either a one or two cell job with a lavadrive. Li batteries are good for high drain devices, much better than alkaline batteries.
 
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Nice work, something unique & with character.

It was interesting to read about your troubles machining copper. Ah, copper, silver, gold - all related to each other, and all among the best conductors you'll find. These days copper has become something of a poor man's gold. There's been a epidemic of copper stealing now that it's going for around $4.00/pound. (one of many links on the subject.. http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=5109520)

Brass is a mixture of copper and zinc, bronze is copper and.. tin & others (heh, just checked the wiki)

I wish I had access to some real machining tools.. err, and knew how to use them.  :)

I take it you're using a lavadrive as the regulator?

Anyway, it's nice to see creative use made from discarded stuff. We live in a throwaway society and so much stuff gets wasted, good to see someone making use of it.

EDIT.. I've got a few cases of unused CR2 batteries, so I'm thinking for my next bluray I'll make something around the CR2 - either a one or two cell job with a lavadrive. Li batteries are good for high drain devices, much better than alkaline batteries.
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Thanks for the compliments we will see if it's nice work or not when it's done though i'm still a long way off.

Maybe I bit more than I can chew we will see.
 
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