TomD
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- Apr 8, 2012
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Hi everyone,
I joined up here on LPF after the following happened over a two-month period:
1. Friend demos me his laser
2. Tells me about his other friend who has one that can burn
3. I get curious
4. Get myself one of those generic <5mW greenies off Amazon.
5. Amused, but the curiosity got worse
6. Google search
7. Find WL
8. Arctic
9. Add to cart
10. Contemplate
11. Discover LPF
12. Cancel WL order and block it from my browser.
:thanks:
A bit of background: My current hobby is portable hi-fi audio (headphones) and I have some electrical experience building a couple of amplifiers and doing custom cables. I figured that with some research and guidance here I could probably start doing my own laser builds in a couple of months time.
That said, I recently watched Tech_Junkie's welcome video and thankfully, besides the rofl I didn't get lost especially when the assembling part came along.
Because blue is my favorite color, an impulsive part of me wants to get a ready made laser (and goggles) from one of the guys here (DBF's and his Bushwhacker to be exact :bowdown
or try and build one myself from scratch. I sold one of my headphones and have about $260 so far to inject into this new hobby.
There ya go guys, please feel free to ask me anything while I read up on the other threads.
Cheers!
Tom
EDIT: I don't have an LPM but since I got my 532nm off Amazon and just read a thread here stating that they're definitely over 5mW, I also think it's over 50mW.
I joined up here on LPF after the following happened over a two-month period:
1. Friend demos me his laser
2. Tells me about his other friend who has one that can burn
3. I get curious
4. Get myself one of those generic <5mW greenies off Amazon.
5. Amused, but the curiosity got worse
6. Google search
7. Find WL
8. Arctic
9. Add to cart
10. Contemplate
11. Discover LPF
12. Cancel WL order and block it from my browser.
:thanks:
A bit of background: My current hobby is portable hi-fi audio (headphones) and I have some electrical experience building a couple of amplifiers and doing custom cables. I figured that with some research and guidance here I could probably start doing my own laser builds in a couple of months time.
That said, I recently watched Tech_Junkie's welcome video and thankfully, besides the rofl I didn't get lost especially when the assembling part came along.
Because blue is my favorite color, an impulsive part of me wants to get a ready made laser (and goggles) from one of the guys here (DBF's and his Bushwhacker to be exact :bowdown
or try and build one myself from scratch. I sold one of my headphones and have about $260 so far to inject into this new hobby.There ya go guys, please feel free to ask me anything while I read up on the other threads.
Cheers!
Tom
EDIT: I don't have an LPM but since I got my 532nm off Amazon and just read a thread here stating that they're definitely over 5mW, I also think it's over 50mW.
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