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One of my big Christmas presents this year was one of Nova's X-series 25mW lasers. Shipping The laser was packaged very nicely. it came in a solid cardboard box, which was stuffed with bubble wrap. Then inside the bubble wrap was another paper box, in which was the aluminum case. Believe it or...

Coherent, I am with you all the way. Their ads need to be bashed so people aren't mislead into believing that their new wicked laser will burn stuff it cant. When I first started lasers, I was soooo close to buying from them. They have a great site and marketing tools. So they get a lot of...

1.75 USD for diodes? wow. But i guess what we are paying for is - Quality service - Verified Outputs -RMA possibility But yea, I am sure everything electronic is cheaper there. I dont really...

14 yrs, ummmm....student i guess.

Hello LPF'ers. Canadian, but have lived in France for about 6 years now. ( slightly less than half my life). Am bilingual, french and English. Am currently learning Spanish. I own one X-25 with a 33mW avg. and 41mW peak. Will soon start building my Blu-Ray. :D

That focus ring is a really cool idea. I have been lurking a lot, time to start giving back too ;) Very slick build overall :P

This is too 1337 for me. I better leave this thread right now.

Yes, I had to learn about it for a maths class- Basic Trigonometry. We were supposed to find out how the distance was once measured from the earth to the moon ( The greeks did it, nearly got it right! No kidding!) We then had to find out how they do it nowadays. Apparently its accurate to a...

Do want. Nice pics. :o

Axe= Good when used properly. Axe used properly= Used in proportionately small amounts. I hate going to school to find everyone stinking of the stuff after using way too much. It just smells toxic. Nice beampics tho! I particularly like the last one outdoors. And I cant wait to build my...

Re: My new Home-made laser safety goggles Hrrrrmmmm.... I didn't buy the laser- Xmas present from those less knowledgeable of laser safety ;D But I can see the dot, its just its not a big bright thing thats all in your face. It makes it look like a <1mW red. The only thing i wont be able to...

Hello fellow LPF'ers, I recently got a X-25 laser, with a 33mW avg. and 41mW peak. When doing the very few fun things you can do with such a low powered laser ( Smoking dark plastics, popping dark balloons, occasionally burning through THIN tape) I noticed that the dot was bright. Very bright...