RPL 425 video....burning through CD case

Well it is a low quality video from my camera phone...sorry I don't have anything else other than my built in web cam on my laptop which is even worse. But overall it is ok. It made quick work of the CD case. Just a few seconds which is pretty impressive.

YouTube - RPL 425 burns through CD case & lights matches

-Todd

Whoooo first view Thanks makes me really want to get something like that

Nice display of raw power. I hope you are basking in the knowlege that you wield such an incredible energy projector and I look forward to your future videos. Just think man, you are melting solid plastic with a beam of light - from a good distance away!

Nomad said:

Nice display of raw power. I hope you are basking in the knowlege that you wield such an incredible energy projector and I look forward to your future videos. Just think man, you are melting solid plastic with a beam of light - from a good distance away!

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Yeah it is sooooo cool! Ever since middle school Lasers and science were always on my mind. I saw my first green laser at a Foreigner concert in the 80's and I saw that the spot on the wall and it looked really fuzzy, I always wondered why laser light looked fuzzy. I went to the library (Yes the library) no internet back then, and read about lasers and studied more and more about them. I got my first laser from Edmund Scientific and it cost $200.00 for a 5mW 670nm red laser. I still have it too. I have been hooked on lasers ever since. Knowing that light travels at 186,282 mikes per second is mind blowing. I can capture those photons of light with this, my 20-inch telescope:



Long live LASERS and Science!

-Todd

Holy cow that's one hell of a telescope :O

Would putting a laser through that fck it up? A picture of you doing that would be CRAZY

themandalorian said:

Would putting a laser through that fck it up? A picture of you doing that would be CRAZY

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What do you mean? Mess up the laser or the CD case. Well it definately burns a hole in the CD case in 4 seconds. That is pretty quick for a .5W laser. I'll get some photos of that later and post them.

-T

That telescope is BEAST!

I meant putting the laser through the telescope

themandalorian said:

I meant putting the laser through the telescope

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Oh i see...no it won't hurt it at all, the beam will just reflect off of the mirrors and the beam does not change much. A camera flash focused through it is more impressive, I get a 20-inch beam of light that goes for miles. It is neat looking.