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~ Laser accessories you should own ~

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This is a thread to help newbies to find some useful things for their lasers

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Description of some usefull items
+ price for 1piece
+ Where to buy

Air Blower: Helpful for cleaning a lense/keyboard, blows dust away - $5 - here

Balloon: For popping - $1 - here

Batterie tester: Shows you the Voltage of your batteries - $12 - here

Dichro: Lense for combining two wavelengths to one (650nm+532nm=yellow), resulting color depends on the power of the lasers - $30 - here

Diffraction grating: For a wavelength comparison test or for star effects - $10 - here

Digital Multi Meter: A must have for Voltage, Ampere and Ohm tests, also required for some laserpowermeters - $10 - here

First Surface Mirror: For reflecting 100% of the laser beam (normal mirrors reflect about 75-80%) - $7 - here

Glas cube: For optical experiences - $4here

Flash paper: Magican accessoire which go up in flames when ignited - $5 - here

IR filter: Tests how much IR is in your laser - $10 - here

Laserpowermeter: You´re able to test the real laser output, there are some good products around from lasersbee, Kenom and nospin, mine (HLPMII) is able to test lasers form 1-200mW - $60 - here

Lensepen: Usefull for cleaning a lense, I also recommend good bottom swabs - $10 - here

Magnesium: Strong reflector with a high albedo - $1 - here

Matches: For burning experiences - $1 - here

Safety goggles: Make sure to get them for all lasers over 5mW if you want to use them indoor, different laser wavelengths require different filters and glasses, but many of them reach a bigger spectrum and safe you from many wavelengths - You must get the one specified for your laser, otherwise it is totally useless - $30 - here

Smoke Cartidge: produces steam to allow you to make your laserbeam much more visible, also used for testing leaky flats or houses - $1 - here

Tape: For burning - $2 - here

Tripod with Clamp Mount: Holds the laser, alternative is a clothes pin - $5 - here+here

Uranium marble: For fluorescing experiences, especially with 405nm lasers - $5 - here

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A lens spanner wrench:
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Spanner Wrench(1/32") Great Tool for Lens - eBay (item 160410529135 end time Apr-03-10 23:07:17 PDT)

This is for removing lenses and optics mounting rings that have two small holes on either side of the optic:
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They are commonly found in high-end portable lasers and lab-style lasers. This tool is indispensable for anyone interested in repairing DPSS lasers.
 
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If anyone can tell WTB cheap black balloons, tell me pls!
 
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You forgot to add a LASER...:whistle:
All that stuff in the photo is useless with a standard flashlight...:crackup:
(Good Idea for an info Thread...:gj:)

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This might be slightly off-topic...but I was looking into getting a lenspen, and wasn't sure what size to get; is the normal size (what I believe you have depicted) sufficient for cleaning pen-style pointers?

Otherwise very nice and organized picture!
 
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This is a thread to help newbies to find some useful things for their lasers

That's a good start for a newbie. Be prepared to keep "needing" more and more equipment and supplies as your hobby grows.
This is my current "Laser Desk"
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And my case full to the top with "effects and tricks" (way too many, to show separately)
Partial list; Uv reactive dye's, beam splitters, prisms, flash cotton (4X stronger then paper),florescent minerals, uranium globes, GITD paint, balloons, "popper" bottles, diffraction gratings, fiber optics of all sizes, FS mirrors, convex and concave mirrors (cool effects), aerosol dispersion systems, etc....... also 4 fog machines, not in box.

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Nice collection but I have neigther the place nor the money for all that ;)
 
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Nice collection but I have neigther the place nor the money for all that ;)

:thanks:
When I bought my first "real" laser, I never dreamed I would end up spending thousands of dollars on this hobby.
My plan was to get one each of 650nm, 532nm, 405nm.

I now have 72, and am buying/dealing on, 10-12 more gas lasers including, Ar, N, Ar/Kr, 543nm He-Ne
 
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This is a thread to help newbies to find some useful things for their lasers

Everyone is welcome to add laser equipment pics!



Maybe I add a "what's that for"-list later on.

sorry but how did you make that lpm??
i have seen other threads but cant understand them.

thank you
 
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