Getting ready to buy a scanner

posted this on PL earlier today
trying to get some help

Hey everybody. I'm new to posting on the forum but I have been lurking around here and on the LPF for several months now.

Anyways, I am just about ready take the dive and buy my first scanner. I am seeing some of these 20kpps galvos on ebay and was wondering what some of you thought about them.
Others have talked about scanners like spacelas from ebay. I was wondering what you thought about these scanners or should I man up and go somewhere else?
As much as I'd like to get my hands on some DTs or Scanpros, I dont really know where to look for them. Thats the one thing I haven't been able to figure out by searching on here.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Heres a couple links of what I found on ebay but am unsure of.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Whats the difference between the 1st and 2nd (if you can tell)? I know one has more stuff but is it necessary if I'm putting together a sound card DAC?
Also, anyone got an opinion on the quality between 1-2 and 3 from space las?

I'm trying to get into this pretty soon so any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ty

All of those links are dead :thinking: If you're looking for Scan Pros, Laser Show Parts has them. For DT galvos, I know CT Lasers has the DT 40 Pro and DT 40 Pro Wide sets for $500 and $550 respectively.

links fixed down here... sorry those were the links from the "MyEbay" section

20Kpps HightSpeed Galvo System laser galvo scanner NEW - eBay (item 220676129776 end time Oct-29-10 05:16:33 PDT)
20Kpps HightSpeed galvo scanner for laser lighting NEW - eBay (item 220677049822 end time Oct-31-10 05:14:07 PDT)
Galvo(scanning) system ILDA20K max35k for Laser systems - eBay (item 290487231269 end time Nov-11-10 18:02:38 PST)

ty

Ah. If you want a good budget set get the SpaceLas set.

well what else would i need with the spacelas set?
i know i need lasers, DAC

any other hardware?

I'm not 100% sure, but I once heard that space-las is the manufacturer of the te-lighting galvos. Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong. However, this te-lighting one (20Kpps HightSpeed Galvo System laser galvo scanner NEW - eBay (item 220676129776 end time Nov-28-10 04:16:33 PST)) comes with a DMX so you won't need to buy a DAC right away if you can't fit it in your budget. If you buy the spacelas set, there's not really anything else that you need. I would get a long DB25 cord and a DB25 breakout board to help with the connections.

For a quick and cheap DAC, I'd get the RIYA lite. drlava is selling it over at Photonlexicon.

I just bought the space-las galvos a couple days ago.

thanks man
Update...
i ordered the spacelas PT-30ks
should be here this week
I am going do do the sound card DAC since its the only one that I fully understand whats going on and could probably build the circuit myself after some time with a pen and pad of paper
I will start a new thread for my progress soon.
Ty