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  1. laserus

    hi i'm new here

    and here's another question: how do you know if a green laser is IR filtered or not? since the red goggles that protect against green light don't stop IR light from getting through, is there any way to really view green lasers safely?
  2. laserus

    hi i'm new here

    since i'm new and everyone knows it, here's a n00b question. ultracrepidarian and richie89 both have pics in their signatures of "rainbow" arrays of lasers all running at the same time. since hobbyist lasers like this are so powerful and "spill" out a bunch of laser radiation all over the...
  3. laserus

    hi i'm new here

    the US and russian navies have ship-based lasers that can knock missiles out of the air. obviously i'll never be able to make something like that in my backyard but look at the kind of stuff styropyro makes. didn't he make a 200W laser "bazooka" at some point? that would be awesome
  4. laserus

    hi i'm new here

    Encap said i should make a thread here introducing myself so here we go. im 38 years old and live in iowa. ever since i was a kid i've liked crazy and dangerous science projects. i used to make homemade harpoon guns and flamethrowers as a kid. as an adult i'm not as much into stuff like that...
  5. laserus

    powerful IR lasers?

    i dont entirely disagree with that characterization
  6. laserus

    powerful IR lasers?

    AWESOME!!!! to redcowboy and gazen, yeah i figured you would need special eye protection and basically need to keep the pointer in a locked safe so nobody accidentally mishandles it but i just find the concept really cool. its like a death ray lol
  7. laserus

    powerful IR lasers?

    hey everybody this is my first post to the forums. i was wondering, had anyone ever made a powerful (1W+) laser in the high end of the near infrared spectrum (1064nm, etc) for burning? i realize special precautions would have to be taken with something like this. some people may wonder what...
  8. laserus

    Building a 1.7W blue laser (raw footage)

    thanks for making this video. i'm gonna refer to it when i attempt my first build




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