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Hi,
I'm building a prop for "The Revenge of the Pink Panther" & I've managed to put toghether an ok death ray using a single mirror tunnel. the question is what can I do to punchup the visibility?
I'm currently using a laser pointer from Fry's. I have replaced the 2 AA batteries with a wall wart & I'm running the motor & laser at 3v. I've tried boosting the motor power to increase the rotation but that just made the tunnel steadier not brighter. I briefly fed the pointer 4.5v & didn't see any real change in brightness. I'm guessing there is some voltage regulation built in to the pointer but I really don't want to push it; this needs to be reliable. There's nothing worse than a stage effect that dosen't go off on que.
The cone shoots through a pvc tube wich acts as the "Doomsday Device's" (TM) barrel. I have a small fogger behind the laser enclosed in a highly pressurised box this forces the fog to blow out the barrel allong with the beam.
Hazing the theater is not really an option this is a short lived effect.
I'm building a prop for "The Revenge of the Pink Panther" & I've managed to put toghether an ok death ray using a single mirror tunnel. the question is what can I do to punchup the visibility?
I'm currently using a laser pointer from Fry's. I have replaced the 2 AA batteries with a wall wart & I'm running the motor & laser at 3v. I've tried boosting the motor power to increase the rotation but that just made the tunnel steadier not brighter. I briefly fed the pointer 4.5v & didn't see any real change in brightness. I'm guessing there is some voltage regulation built in to the pointer but I really don't want to push it; this needs to be reliable. There's nothing worse than a stage effect that dosen't go off on que.
The cone shoots through a pvc tube wich acts as the "Doomsday Device's" (TM) barrel. I have a small fogger behind the laser enclosed in a highly pressurised box this forces the fog to blow out the barrel allong with the beam.
Hazing the theater is not really an option this is a short lived effect.