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Can i make my own laser goggles?

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I am thinking of using my old work goggles and putting 2 red plastics that filter out around 90% of green light as my safety goggles. After attaching an IR filter, then my goggles should be safe right?
 





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Why would you want to? There are cheap pre-made goggles for sale:thinking:
 
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kingdave2357 said:
DL sells 532nm glasses for $24 dude and i belive they are OD 4
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Good choice there. you should go with those unless you trust your eyesight to a homemade set. I think $24 Is a good price to keep your eyesight.
 
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well i mean, with my home made, when i put them on, i cannot see the 50 mW at all and my camera is very sensitive and could not pick up any green all i see is a little white
dot. dimmer than looking at a star.
 
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hotsh0tskill said:
well i mean, with my home made, when i put them on, i cannot see the 50 mW at all and my camera is very sensitive and could not pick up any green all i see is a little white
dot. dimmer than looking at a star.
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you looked directly at the beam with homemade goggles or with the camera?
 
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Even if the filters you have make the dot very dim, there are still many reasons to get proper ones rather than using a home made pair.
For instance, you want goggles that cover your eyes very well and also protect from side shots. Unless a filtering material is made specifically for protecting against lasers, the laser will most likely also melt it and cause dye degradation, rendering the home made goggles useless in protecting against direct shots.

You should never cheap out on protection. If you one day lose most of your eye sight and are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a tiny bit of it back through many horrifying operations, you will be wondering "why didn't I just spend 24 bucks back then?".

Seb
 
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