I was playing with my pocket laser light show from thinkgeek, which I modified as per my thread here: http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1216516383
I can now use whatever laser I feel like to generate the pattern from this device, or I can use the manual mode to create my own...
My 140-150mW 6x blu-ray from Kenom is pretty visible under most lighting conditions, but there are also a lot of lighting conditions which will completely wash out the blu-ray and render it invisible to my eye.
I'm definitely getting one of these for my Spartan GW, and since they have an adaptor for the Aurora series, it's likely I could fit one on my Aquarius-5. They're just about the same form factor, as far as I can tell, they use the same batteries.
I checked my email this morning, and they now have a video of how to use their beam expander. It actually attaches right onto several of their laser pointers; the Viper, the Spartan, and the Aurora series, using the existing threads for the lens caps. It's pretty sweet, for 75 bucks I'm...
Re: Tutorial: cheap spyrograph
It's not very heavy, but it is weighed down in the middle of the base by 3x AAA batteries. Like the website says, it comes with a little flip-down stand so you can more easily project on the walls, or whatever it is you're projecting on. I've never had it tip...
I guess it's less of a tutorial and more of a mod. I bought a Pocket Laser Show from Thinkgeek this summer, figuring it looked pretty cool for 15 bucks, and I could probably modify it with little difficulty. Well, that's exactly what I've done, and in this (very short) tutorial, I'll show you...
Well, except for Youtube axe-murdering my video's quality, it turned out pretty well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4tKRzwGj9o
I modified the pocket lasershow from thinkgeek, removed the red diode and used my dremel to create a sizeable hole in the side of the unit, directly behind where the...
I decided to pit my 532nm 300mW Spartan from Dragonlasers against my 150mW 405nm from Kenom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMRerwkU0Uc&feature=user
I know, I know, not really a fair contest since blu-ray burns better and the green matches had to be sharpied, but it looked good on paper.