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IsaacT

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When I was a kid I used to think about possibilities for actually producing a lightsbaer that would work. I thought that maybe if you could magnetize the medium, then that magnetism might carry over to the beam, be it plasma or whatever, and then a projected magnetic field could constrain it. Having had 0 experience with these dangerous materials at 13yrs old I had no idea if it was possible but it was the only solution I could think of lol.
 





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Toke said:
Do those Jedi powers involve a forcefield to protect the user from such effects? :D
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The lightsaber can be used by regular people, not just Jedi. In one of the new star wars movies they had a robot wield like 8 of them to fight one of the good guys. So I think the plasma containment field is a built-in feature.

The reason only Jedi are successful at using a lightsaber is because they have those crazy mental powers and can 'sense' things better. In a regular sword with a metal blade there is a weight balance component that helps the user feel where the sword is. The plasma beam has 0 weight, so unless you have Jedi powers you can't 'feel' where it is, and you end up cutting your own arms/heads:)
 
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The lightsaber can be used by regular people, not just Jedi. In one of the new star wars movies they had a robot wield like 8 of them to fight one of the good guys. So I think the plasma containment field is a built-in feature.
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That is pretty fancy tech, regular welding and oxy-acetylene cutting have no such ting to protect you from burning splatter. :D
 
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comradmax said:
In one of the new star wars movies they had a robot wield like 8 of them to fight one of the good guys.
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Actually it was 5. That was General Grievous. He got those lightsabers from the Jedi Knights he killed.

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WTF Wannaburnstuff, you should know this chit. You have Han Solo for an avatar.
 
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Tech_Junkie said:
Yeah, my 1.1W is scary. Sometimes I point it at the ceiling for a few seconds to bask in the blue light. Then I have 4 minutes of blue spots floating in my eyes. I dont think you could even turn a 100W laser on without blinding yourself.
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operating a 1.1W laser without goggles is very smart man. But smarter is to point it to your ceiling, inside your house in a close distance... lol

sorry if I offended you but, after looking all those things on your sig, it is hard to believe lol.
 
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I have pro goggles.

Pointing it at the 11 foot flat white ceiling for a few seconds cant injure my eyes. If anything the reflection would point straight down on top of my head. I dont look up at the ceiling, LOL. It is bright though. The only effect would be the blue light damage, but once again it was only a few seconds. As you can obviously tell, I'm pro safety. I already caught a reflection from a low powered laser. That will never happen again.
 
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shouldn't we stay on the topic of the possibility of getting a really high powered diode in the near future and what ramifications it involve>
 
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glowdye said:
shouldn't we stay on the topic of the possibility of getting a really high powered diode in the near future and what ramifications it involve>
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Haven't been here for a while have you!:eg:

Hopefully we will see more colors and more mw's, like the 510nm!
But with some of the idiots and morons that are out there we also might see some strict laws and possibly bans.

A 100w handheld in the hands of idiots scares the hell out me!:eek:
 
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I want a progressively tuneable 100 watt handheld, from 200nm thru 1060nm, that dials the wavelength with an easy turn of the "knob". It must be able to burn only when I push the "burn" switch. It would also be "magically" eye safe without goggles, even when in "burn" mode. When not in "burn" mode it would have a gently caressing warmth that alleviates arthritis. When I push the "light saber" button the beam length moves from infinity to 1.2 meters in length. It makes a light saber sound when in "light saber" mode. It is tem00 at all times. It has a zero milliradian divergence and an adjustable aperture thickness from .5 millimeters to 5 centimeters. It has a "focus" knob that easily takes it to a thickness of one angstrom at the focal point. It would have a "nuclear" battery that requires charging once every 100 years. It has a 100% duty cycle and the host never gets too warm. Pushing the "light show" button, brings on multiple sources and any imaginable light show pattern. It comes with a lifetime "variance" certificate, valid for use anywhere in the world. Oh and the host looks like a light saber. (Sorry OP, I couldn't resist "the force")
 
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millirad said:
I want a progressively tuneable 100 watt handheld, from 200nm thru 1060nm, that dials the wavelength with an easy turn of the "knob". It must be able to burn only when I push the "burn" switch. It would also be "magically" eye safe without goggles, even when in "burn" mode. When not in "burn" mode it would have a gently caressing warmth that alleviates arthritis. When I push the "light saber" button the beam length moves from infinity to 1.2 meters in length. It makes a light saber sound when in "light saber" mode. It is tem00 at all times. It has a zero milliradian divergence and an adjustable aperture thickness from .5 millimeters to 5 centimeters. It has a "focus" knob that easily takes it to a thickness of one angstrom at the focal point. It would have a "nuclear" battery that requires charging once every 100 years. Pushing the "light show" button, brings on multiple sources and any imaginable light show pattern. It comes with a lifetime "variance" certificate, valid for use anywhere in the world. Oh and the host looks like a light saber. (Sorry OP, I couldn't resist "the force")
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I think that about sums it up! Alright, great thread guys, we really figured everything out on this one! :p
 
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millirad said:
I want a progressively tuneable 100 watt handheld, from 200nm thru 1060nm, that dials the wavelength with an easy turn of the "knob". It must be able to burn only when I push the "burn" switch. It would also be "magically" eye safe without goggles, even when in "burn" mode. When not in "burn" mode it would have a gently caressing warmth that alleviates arthritis. When I push the "light saber" button the beam length moves from infinity to 1.2 meters in length. It makes a light saber sound when in "light saber" mode. It is tem00 at all times. It has a zero milliradian divergence and an adjustable aperture thickness from .5 millimeters to 5 centimeters. It has a "focus" knob that easily takes it to a thickness of one angstrom at the focal point. It would have a "nuclear" battery that requires charging once every 100 years. It has a 100% duty cycle and the host never gets too warm. Pushing the "light show" button, brings on multiple sources and any imaginable light show pattern. It comes with a lifetime "variance" certificate, valid for use anywhere in the world. Oh and the host looks like a light saber. (Sorry OP, I couldn't resist "the force")
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Must cost less than $100 and I'd want some sort of lifetime warrantee too!!! :crackup:

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Tech_Junkie said:
Yeah, my 1.1W is scary. Sometimes I point it at the ceiling for a few seconds to bask in the blue light. Then I have 4 minutes of blue spots floating in my eyes. I dont think you could even turn a 100W laser on without blinding yourself.
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:crackup::crackup::crackup:
 
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For really powerful lasers we would need darker wavelengths like the 405. But for low power lasers we need the higher wavelenths like 488
 
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Toke said:
I have been wondering about the light sabre concept.

It seems a bit risky to to be standing an arms length from the rapidly expanding cloud of plasma/superheated steam generated by cutting stuff.:thinking:

Do those Jedi powers involve a forcefield to protect the user from such effects? :D
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How would you keep the "cloud of plasma" from going past a certain length like a Star Wars light saber? Meaning, how do you keep the beam let's say 5 feet long and then have it just end? It would suck if the engineers overlooked that little bit of information wouldn't it?

I can just imagine someone turning it on for the first time only to have it catch the couch on fire, slice the wall in half, pierce a hole through the roof and vaporize the 747 flying overhead. Um Oops!:whistle:
 
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