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- Jul 29, 2018
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As a new member so far my biggest gripe is when using the search function how many times I wind up with hits that seem to be too old to be helpful. I tried to get up to speed on safety glasses and often times was reading stuff from a thread that was started in 2010 and the last post was from 2015. I get it that some stuff about safety glasses does not change but other things does.
As an example I read posts about the glasses at Amazon (that you can find being tested on youtube and getting a sorta OK) as maybe not being safe because the manufacture changing the dye used to make them.
Bottom line is what a lot of folks wanting to start using a laser safely are looking for is a link to a place where they can buy something. I know about certified glasses that will be about $US150 or so to start as well as Survival Laser glasses that are probably the best bang for the buck entry level glasses. Not to mention the $US10 Amazon glasses that will probably work OK for most beginners. Problem is it took me way longer than it should have to figure this out. Not to mention I would love for more experienced guys to weigh in on this with any updates.
I also spent some time in the stickies and started reading threads there only to discover a lot of the posts were over five years old. Given that the advice to new members says don't revive dead threads it is not clear how to proceed.
Also looking for an answer to what I will call how Moore's Law applies to lasers. I feel comfortable with a lot of tec stuff and have to say in just about every area I know of there has been progress that seems to conform to Moore's Law. Maybe I am wrong about being concerned about seeing so much old information in what I thought was a fast changing area. So how much progress has been made in lasers in the last 18 months.
As an example I read posts about the glasses at Amazon (that you can find being tested on youtube and getting a sorta OK) as maybe not being safe because the manufacture changing the dye used to make them.
Bottom line is what a lot of folks wanting to start using a laser safely are looking for is a link to a place where they can buy something. I know about certified glasses that will be about $US150 or so to start as well as Survival Laser glasses that are probably the best bang for the buck entry level glasses. Not to mention the $US10 Amazon glasses that will probably work OK for most beginners. Problem is it took me way longer than it should have to figure this out. Not to mention I would love for more experienced guys to weigh in on this with any updates.
I also spent some time in the stickies and started reading threads there only to discover a lot of the posts were over five years old. Given that the advice to new members says don't revive dead threads it is not clear how to proceed.
Also looking for an answer to what I will call how Moore's Law applies to lasers. I feel comfortable with a lot of tec stuff and have to say in just about every area I know of there has been progress that seems to conform to Moore's Law. Maybe I am wrong about being concerned about seeing so much old information in what I thought was a fast changing area. So how much progress has been made in lasers in the last 18 months.