Recent content by Spudinator

Ohh hell no, I held my breath through the whole thing and left the area afterward with windows open. Probably should use a respirator but mine is at work currently. At least the smell doesn't linger for too long. I've heard more than once how toxic Selenium can be but all the people raving about...

Thanks BowtieGuy. I finally got around to making a quick clip of me burning a smaller chip of Selenium I had, nearly made it through the whole peice in a couple seconds. I don't blame you Paul, the stuff reeks.

Hello and happy Easter everybody. So I was going through my element collection today cataloguing what I had left to get (two left, yes! Thorium and Polonium), when I chanced upon a lovely piece of pure Selenium, a semiconductor which has been largely phased out of commercial use due to better...

Not sure if you are interested but there are a large number of arm-mounted camera systems that hook up to a TV, with zoom and focus controls. Just hook up a TV behind your work space, set the camera over your work piece and Presto! a lot of electronics guys use these systems for soldering small...

How about using three 14500's in parallel? You could still maintain the look but increase your capacity. Kudos on a job well done, that is a sweet piece! I love the Fallout series. I've got a good buddy that needs to see this, he has always loved the laser pistol.

That is one impressive 405 build, I was under the impression the 405 diodes didn't go over 1.2-ish watts. Horribly expensive though...

I picked up a DL 1W Spartan 445nm a few months back, and have been fairly impressed by it's quality and feel. But, I just bought a laser power meter and what do you know, it's output is only 517mW at it's peak. Does anyone else have experience with this issue? I did a search and found a few...

Yah Glazo I do have a few 301's, the standard RGB set, though the blue is really 405nm violet. The 405nm actually burns pretty darn well when focused, it more or less starts spurting smoke the instant the focal point touches the target material, so I try to careful with that one, but the red and...

Thanks everybody I really appreciate it, I didn't expect to earn any rep points so soon that's awesome. I've visited a few forums in my days but this one seems to stand apart as far as member generosity, seems like a good community with good members (as well as good law enforcement, which always...

Hello everybody, (why does Doctor Nick's voice always play in my head when I read that?) My name is Mark, I'm from Snohomish County, Washington, I'm 30 and I love lasers. I've been poking around these forums for a couple of years now and finally decided to register, now that I've been quite...