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I disagree. I think it takes varying degrees of idiocy to hurt yourself with each of the above items. Probably in order of highest to lowest degree of idiocy: Stick Stone Lighter Knife Gun Laser With guns and lasers you can hurt yourself just by not knowing. It's not common sense.

To anyone who liked the joke I made earlier, don't read this post as it will ruin it. Here, "knob" (although some people omit the K) is a slang word for penis. So I was implying homosexuality and such by suggesting that hakzaw1 was commenting on how nice Pontiacg5 and Mohrenberg's penises were.

T_J: I used to do it before I had a fog machine. I think in many cases it's because the shower can be used to fog the room. Not sure why this kid used the bathroom though - i guess it's actually because he WANTED the mirror. Ohhh... kay. That's pretty creepy. You should probably see someone...

Uhh... we're talking about focus knobs. That information should be kept between you, Matt and your Internet Service Provider. ;)

Uhh... now that TTerbo has quit the forum, can we get those removed?

Huh? How did i misread that? I thought it just said London. Ah well, we probably live fairly close. And I don't sound even slightly stalker-ish ;)

Oh wow, a laserist from London? Don't encounter too many of those. Want to be more specific? If you're interested I can show you my collection sometime.

If the above is really the case, maybe after a bit of practice you could start selling here? More machinists is always a good thing. Tell us a bit about your machine shop.

As above.

2 questions: 1) Which is the 473 you recently bought? 2) Why do you have 2 Arctics? EDIT: 808 posts! I'm the nasty fellow that messes up the power readings on your greenie! :eg:

2 445s, or a 473? Either way, nice one.

That sounds awesome. Wish i had some fun neighbours.

Just seems weird to start out with 2W. The prospect has been glorified so much that people think that's just "THE" laser to have. It shortens the diode lifespan and if you haven't experienced 1 Watt yet, why would you want 2 Watts?

Teehee... colourful :D There's a lot of confusion between what we're saying. I selected Mohrenberg and Flaminpyro (reluctantly - i didn't want to make it personal) because it's them that this conflict is between. Expertise and experience do make a better product, as do better tools (both would...

Well, a bit of everything. And wondering why he wants 2 Watts and can't settle for lower. Maybe it's a bad habit, but i assume all those with a low post count are new to lasers, and the asking about whether an IR filter is necessary confirmed that.

Haha, reading through some of those pages, what a thug. If there's anything that a longhaired teenage Brit can do, tell me. Otherwise i'll keep reading and rooting for you guys. Really hope he gets brought to justice.

Ok, from top to bottom: I meant hobbyists on the forum. I've been avoiding giving names so far, but this is focussed on the flaminpyro-Mohrenberg conflict so those are the ones i'll use. Do you think the tolerances vary between the two? I know that if i machined a heatsink (and i have - it's...

Woah, hang on. Kazzos, do you own a 2W 445nm?

The WL one was called the Sonar. What's the advantage to a powder coat over anodization?

I did read that. But can that really account for as big differences in price as we see, comparing the prices of some machinists to others? And besides, on the consumer's end who cares how your machinist got their tools as long as you've got a quality product? In that case it's actually better...