Recent content by kcducttaper

There seem to be a good number of people advising to stick a heat sink on it, so I'll probably take everyone's advise and throw one on there. That's what the servo turret thing does. I can use a 6 channel transmitter to control the truck's forward movement, steering, laser turret up, laser...

I always wanted an eye patch. That's an interesting thought... If one eye goes blind, does it still move in correlation to the other eye, or will they move differently?

Seriously? When I tested it out by hand, it would take a couple seconds for the copper to even get warmer than room temp (I.E. not hot enough for a heatsink to actually do any heat dissipating). Once I felt the copper get any sort of warm, I shut it down right away and let it cool so it wouldn't...

I'm essentially working on a project that I will be able to remotely drive around via a wireless camera and R/C system both hooked up to my laptop. I'll drive it around with the keyboard and when I see something on the screen that I want to zap (such as a balloon), I'll click on it and the...

I figure since I'm a relatively young fellow, I should probably not skimp on quality when it comes to goggles. That being said, there's no reason to over-spend either. I just don't want under protect myself to save $50 and pay for it for the rest of my life. Are there any goggles out there that...

At first, I was a bit skeptical about all the hubbub related to safety glasses. I figured it was being blown out of proportion a bit like those stickers that say you have to use safety glasses while using a bottle opener. After getting my 200mw 532nm laser, I quickly noticed that I would see...

Thanks for the pointers DTR! I've gathered the general impression that anything between 12-16x has pretty similar performance. Is this correct, or no? Because that's one of the requirements I made for the project. Hence my presence on this forum. :whistle: Depending on where I order the...

I've got a project that requires a laser with burning capabilities (specifically popping balloons) at a distance of, say, 20-50 feet. I got a 200 mw green laser and it looks cool, but doesn't quite do the trick. Someone pointed out to me that the 405nm diodes from a blu-ray burner work really...

Ignoring the couple doom sayers, you guys have given me some interesting ideas. I could work with the blue laser idea - perhaps building my own from a blu-ray burner diode. I've seen that done several times with good results, and it actually might match my project fairly well as I can customize...

I've got a project where I'd have to pop balloons at a distance of say 10+ feet. I picked up this "200mw" green laser, and while it's good fun and everything, it can only pop balloons while focused at a relatively close distance. I'm thinking a 500mw might be more what I'm after - preferably...