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I bought the 10X beam expander from JetLaser and none of the adapter rings will will fit my Spartan blue or Green. I have made many calls to find a company that could make an adapter ring. Right now I am pursuing an option with a local company that manufactures microscopes and parts for...

taping flash paper to the outside is still a challenge. Its seems to be about 25% of the time the laser ignites the flash paper before popping the balloon. I often have an outcome (Approx 75%) where the balloon pops, the gas disperses and I have a lit piece of flash paper float down for a...

Hello Atomicrox, I also have a Spartan 1W Blue 447nm laser. That should increase the distance and shorten the time to ignite the flash paper.

It may also ease some of your concerns to know that I have added a Spartan 100MW green laser and a 5MW green laser to my collection, so that I can experiment with effects of laser line generator ( I think will be my next purchase) and possibly some of the crystals available from CNI. The...

I appreciate the concern Cyparagon. I live on a 12 acre hobby farm out in a rural area, with large breaks between any now harvested fields. I will do this methodically. First with the balloon taped to a board and a good distance away from me to test how much to fill the balloon, how large a...

I have found a local supplier of hydrogen at a very reasonable price. If I fill a balloon with hydrogen and use a little flash paper to ignite the Gas will it ignite with a decent flash and noise? I am hesitant to use acetylene because I have seen many posts that state it is a bit more...

thanks for the advice. I will get some flash paper and try various gases. Propane I have. Hydrogen or acetylene, I will have to rent a tank from a welding shop. I can try the match head idea, Maybe a couple glued right next to each other on a balloon. That would definitely be the least...

How about Acetylene? Would that have a higher explosive reaction that hydrogen? I am using a 1 W Spartan Blue. I can pop balloons in less than a second, but I would really like to put on a show. I am in an area where I have lots of room and could be very safe. Acetylene actually seems more...

Will a balloon filled with propane and popped with a high power laser ignite the propane a make any significant noise or light show as the gas burns?

Thank you brucemir. I will give the 5X expander a try and hope that one of the adapter kits work with the Spartan.

Can anyone tell me if there is a compant that makes an adapter kit that will mount to the Dragon Laser Spartan 1 Watt Blue Laser? It seems like this product will never be in stock from Dragon Laser, but there must be an option out there to fit another companies product. If you have any info...