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Just to be clear, I'm not advocating for any kind of name change, financial investment (aside from individual), or other changes to the forum. While I think that these things should be discussed, right now all I'm advocating for is a community goal. That will be more than enough work on its own...

I feel like this flew over everyone's head. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS NAME SERIOUSLY. EDIT: Okay, we have 9 positive votes and no negative votes. If you guys want to start suggesting ideas go ahead.

appeal, you say?

Of course, but in our current state, I don't think that taking on multiple projects at one time is a good idea. Everybody will be working on their own thing, and before you know it we're back to square one. Interest fluctuates anyway. A few months ago there was a huge surge of interest in...

Nor have I, but that's what sparked my interest. I found this place back in early 2012 thanks to one of styro's videos, though I didn't join 'til much later when I had questions regarding the technology. Little did I know that it would eat up such a significant portion of my life. :o Maybe the...

Yes, most people here can't stand the thought, but Wickedlasers was probably the best thing that ever happened to the hobby. They introduced the concept of a "burning laser" to the public, which generated a huge surge of interest, and is probably the only reason we're here at all. But you're...

Interesting. It certainly would be useful to have a forum strictly for academic/experimental discussion and results. I would set it up, but I have neither the resources to do so nor the wish to appear competitive towards LPF. Meh, maybe I'll screw around with HTML later. There are forums set...

Yes, it's certainly a bit less chaotic now (with the exception of all the trolls), but I think that may be due to our collective waning interest. As for the future, I was going to hold off on elaborating until I knew if this was even something people wanted. But, so far so good, so may as well...

Poll added. I wouldn't say spiraling so much as a steady decline: Smoothing out what we can assume was inconsistent data collection back in 2007 (The graph changes all the time, but it usually looks somewhat similar to how it does now), it's apparent that people are losing interest in the...

I was torn as to whether I should post this other section, poll section, or suggestion section, but I think that this is an appropriate place. I've been here for just over 2 years now. While that's practically nothing compared to the lifetime of the forum, it's long enough for me to have seen...

1064nm :whistle:

Then one of those cheap green laser pens from eBay should work. Get some of those cheap red laser goggles too just to be safe. You won't be able to see the spot, but if you look in the direction of where the laser is coming from it should still be very bright (do this with a camera or with...

If you get really lucky you might be able to burn electrical tape. 303's are a crap-shoot though. You might end up with something over 100mw, and you might end up with something <20mw. If you're buying 303's it's wise to buy a few at a time, or buy one that's actually been metered (I think Podo...

Alaskan, check out Layertec. A little pricey, but they should have what you need to get the job done.

Unfortunately no. My 405nm is undergoing repairs. My fluorescence experiments are usually restricted to actual laser dyes like rhodamines or coumarins for my dye laser though. I just suggested B2 because riboflavin is one of the few strong fluorophores that is rather common and that the OP was...

If you have any vitamin B2 pills (or possibly vitamin B complex pills), try dissolving one of them in a large glass of water and hitting it with your laser. :whistle:

Go. See. A. Doctor.

So you mean to tell me that after you signed up on a forum for laser pointer enthusiasts you went over to your friend's house and had him shine a laser pointer in your eye?

Re: PERMANENT THREAD: Ebay& other internet FINDS of interest- read all the OP please I think that it's shaped like that because it's supposed to form a circular aperture for the beam when tilted at the brewster angle. My guess is it was used as a power amplifier in a large laser, so it likely...

Re: PERMANENT THREAD: Ebay& other internet FINDS of interest- read all the OP please Yeah, but there's a limit to how much Uranium an individual can possess. :whistle: Don't think there are any limits on deuterium. Tritium maybe, but good luck getting your hands on any significant quantity of...