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A Florida Man...

bobvoeh

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A Florida Man joins Laserpointerforums.com. Hi all. I'm Bob, and yes, I'm a native Floridian. I'm a Senior Systems Engineer (network guy) and have been in IT since 1989. I started in Computer Repair and moved into Networking over the years. Currently, I'm the sole 3rd shift person at the company I work for, so that means I'm up all night during the work week. I had always been into flashlights, but I hadn't bought anything new in over a decade, so the perfect hobby presented itself. High power flashlights. I've collected some, and built some and have very good soldering and assembly skills.

I guess the next progression of my hobby is lasers. I already have a few small laser pointers and a couple of weapon mounted lasers, so I'm very familiar with safe and proper use. Ever since I saw Wicked Lasers come out with the Arctic series, I've had that urge in the back of my head that I wanted a blue burning laser, but could never justify the cost of one. Now that I can afford to get into the hobby, I've been doing more reading, especially about the safety concerning these high power lasers. I don't have any safety goggles yet, but I will get the proper ones before I either order or build anything that requires them.

I found this forum mentioned over on BLF a couple of months ago, and have been wrapping my head around the differences between high power flashlights and lasers. From what I've seen so far, there is a wealth of knowledge here and I'm trying to soak up what I can. I'm a big reader and usually only post questions when I hit a dead end, so hopefully that serves me well here.

So, just wanted to say hi, and I hope I don't drive anyone nuts once I start building something.

Thanks, Bob.
 





CurtisOliver

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Oh no! Not a Florida man. jk. :p Just hope you are not going to be attaching lasers to alligators and taking it stargazing. :D

Seriously now, welcome to the forum. Enjoy your stay! :)
 

405nanoMatt

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Thinking of a question that hasn’t been answered is harder than building a laser on this forum .It’s all in here somewhere.
 




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