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pseudolobster said:
[quote author=rocketparrotlet link=1228403992/0#10 date=1228456488]It is illegal to buy them, but not to build and operate them.

I wasn't aware of that, thanks. Do you have references to applicable laws to back this up? I've been harassed by police before for shining my laser into the empty night sky. They were under the impression any point in the sky is a potential flight path for aircraft and that any laws applicable to pointing lasers at aircraft pertain to any portion of the open sky unless it's cleared in advance with the FAA or whomever the appropriate authority is... They seemed to know what they were talking about, and at least in theory they had a point, but I never looked into it and always thought they may have been making that up on the spot. They went on to say that anything over a certain power requires some sort of licenses... I'm guessing since they were called in advance they looked up some law database or something telling them what laws they could use to tell me why I wasn't allowed to be doing what I was doing. [/quote]

9th Amendment rights. If there is no law against it, it is not illegal. However, shining lasers into the sky may be illegal where you live (The 10th Amendment (state rights) takes priority over the 9th Amendment); just not on a national scale. Anything above 5mW does require a licence if you are a business, but not for a personal owner. At least, that's how I understand it. If they give you trouble about it again, just cite them on this.

pseudolobster said:
At any rate, I apologize if my remarks come off as an ad-hominem attack on kipkay personally, but I'm just saying, making videos showing how easy and fun it is to make powerful lasers without mentioning in any way that they're dangerous is just irresponsible. After answering dozens of people asking over and over again "I followed the kipkay lazer phazer video and it blinked on for a second now why doesn't it work anymore?" I may be speaking with a barbed tongue, but don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything personally... I'm just saying that if you're going to pose as a professional you should at least refrain from giving stupid or dangerous advice.

Kip, your videos are good. They're well cut and the information is presented in an easy to digest format. I think you're a very talented videographer and have good presentation skills... Particularly since your videos are so good and so well received, you should hold some responsibility for informing people about the risks involved.

I very much agree with you on the safety issue. Kipkay should be educating his viewers about the dangers of lasers. I just don't think he's a bad person for making the video/not using a driver. He probably didn't know a driver was important at the time. However, educating your viewers on safety is very important. I will probably be making a safety video tonight.

-Mark
 





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Kipkay said:
I don't plan on using it for much more than an ocassional novelty item but I leveled it off right at 145ma.


If you want you should try selling it here,it would go really fast!
 
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Hey Kip, I'm going to sound EXTREMELY picky here, but I just thought you might want to know ;). Your CO2 gun is NOT semi-auto. Since you are not pulling the trigger multiple times without using the slider, it would be single shot.
 
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Th0ughts said:
Hey Kip, I'm going to sound EXTREMELY picky here, but I just thought you might want to know ;). Your CO2 gun is NOT semi-auto. Since you are not pulling the trigger multiple times without using the slider, it would be single shot.
It IS...
I have that gun. He is pulling it multiple times because there is no CO[sub]2[/sub] in the gun, therefore the hammer doesn't reset.
 
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It's funny I stumbled upon this page while surfing one day,

http://www.fineartradiography.com/hobbies/lasers/blu-ray/index.html

it was the first time I have ever even seen information on how to make a violet laser let alone that they even exist. The day I finished my first PS3 build was the day Kip came out with his first DIY blu ray vid.

Ever since then people figured I fallowed the KipKay hack. I thought I had something unique. :p

His vids are cool tho. I'm sure Aixiz appreciates his vids.

-Tony
 
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It's funny I stumbled upon this page while surfing one day,

Blu-ray Reader Dissection by Leslie Wright and Sam Goldwasser - Main Page

it was the first time I have ever even seen information on how to make a violet laser let alone that they even exist. The day I finished my first PS3 build was the day Kip came out with his first DIY blu ray vid.

Ever since then people figured I fallowed the KipKay hack. I thought I had something unique. :p

His vids are cool tho. I'm sure Aixiz appreciates his vids.

-Tony
Sorry to revive an old thread but must say this about Leslie W--he has contributed much to Sam's and personally made a how-to for me on cleaning argon lasers heads/lenses and may have posted one of the first tutorials on BR. Les does some very cool stuff with Xray photography and even tho he has not posted here for a long time --deserves much respect--much thanks to Leslie from Scotland!!!---HZ1
 




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