Hello all,
I just joined LPF and am a realitve noob. A few years back I bouth a <5mw green laser. And I LOVE it! But after reading some of the posts on here, I think it might be time to add to my collection.
First off, this is what i'd like in my new laser. Im not picky on the color, probably green, just not red. It'd be awesome if I could see the beam in a lit room. And i'd like to be able to do the whole pop balloons and light matches and melt tape/garbage bags and burn things with it. Something really bright that I can impress my friends with. So im thinking what I want is a >100mw green laser?
Ive been looking around online (wicked, deal extreme, dragonlasers, etc) and ive noticed that the prices are all over the board. Prices range from $40 - $400 for a >100mw, and I know you get what you pay for. So.... Im thinking I might want to build my own. Jayrob has some pretty sweet kits, im just not sure what I really want.
A little about me: I am pretty good with a soldeing iron and can build almost anything, so building any kit wont be a problem. (mechanical engineer major)
My budget is <$200, less being better of course (as I am a broke-college-student) But as you can probably tell, I am open to any and all suggestions.
:thanks:
matt z
I just joined LPF and am a realitve noob. A few years back I bouth a <5mw green laser. And I LOVE it! But after reading some of the posts on here, I think it might be time to add to my collection.
First off, this is what i'd like in my new laser. Im not picky on the color, probably green, just not red. It'd be awesome if I could see the beam in a lit room. And i'd like to be able to do the whole pop balloons and light matches and melt tape/garbage bags and burn things with it. Something really bright that I can impress my friends with. So im thinking what I want is a >100mw green laser?
Ive been looking around online (wicked, deal extreme, dragonlasers, etc) and ive noticed that the prices are all over the board. Prices range from $40 - $400 for a >100mw, and I know you get what you pay for. So.... Im thinking I might want to build my own. Jayrob has some pretty sweet kits, im just not sure what I really want.
A little about me: I am pretty good with a soldeing iron and can build almost anything, so building any kit wont be a problem. (mechanical engineer major)
My budget is <$200, less being better of course (as I am a broke-college-student) But as you can probably tell, I am open to any and all suggestions.
:thanks:
matt z