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  1. Bandanna

    Your IQ?

    I scored 132 on the Wechsler and 128 on the Stanford-Binet. I really support the theory of multiple intelligences though. I have horrible mechanical skills and my kinesthetic ability is definitely no more than average but I know I have very high linguistic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal...
  2. Bandanna

    awesome guitar

    Hahah, YES. I love canon rock.
  3. Bandanna

    awesome guitar

    YouTube - Mario Theme played on Stepper Motors with an Arduino :p
  4. Bandanna

    How do I open this?

    Update- I ended up literally cutting up the housing with heavy gauge wire cutters. It worked pretty well, just use a cut then rotate motion to curl up the metal. I have the diode and driver out with the battery terminal spring and everything sitting in my little component tackle box. The back...
  5. Bandanna

    How do I open this?

    I'm just doing this mostly for the experience... I just want to look at the driver and what not. I have another if things go wrong. And yea, I think I'm going to get a dremel and slice off a part of the housing and then try to pull the diode out with some needle nose pliers.. if not Ill figure...
  6. Bandanna

    How do I open this?

    This may be hard without pics. I don't have a digital camera and my webcam takes horribly dark pictures. So I will try to explain to the best of my ability. I will be talking about a pen style laser pointer. I've got the laser disassembled to the point that the battery compartment is off and...
  7. Bandanna

    First laser build fail.

    It makes me afraid to try and build my own. I definitely need to invest in a better soldering iron I think. The cheap-o ten dollar or whatever from radioshack isn't going to cut it.... solder it. Hmmmm... *waits to level up*
  8. Bandanna

    Another amazon pointer.

    From IQ Test Experts - How Do You Interpret The IQ Scores? - IQ Articles It looks like there is just about the same of percentage of people with below average IQ's as there are people with above average IQ's. Take it for what you will. :lasergun:
  9. Bandanna

    Another amazon pointer.

    I'm reluctant to announce this but as soon as I got the first laser I let it shine into the palm of my hand, which of course was only about 2 feet from my face. It was ridiculously bright. Had I been as thoughtless as that with an even higher powered laser, I'd probably still be seeing that...
  10. Bandanna

    Laser pest control?

    awwww.. poor fly. :p YouTube - Laser + Mosquitoes = Crispy Mosquitoes
  11. Bandanna

    Another amazon pointer.

    I decided to order another green from amazon this week for a few reasons: They are inexpensive enough. I wanted to see if they were consistent and that I wasn't just "lucky". And I think I might want to take one apart after a while. Regardless, the new one I received today seems to be more...
  12. Bandanna

    Cheapo Diode on Ebay?

    Hmmmm... From what I read, A lot of people are able to see 405nm beams with less mW than reds. It makes me want a blue now. I want to try to make my own, but I'm afraid to solder sensitive components.. I just burnt up a couple of toggle switches the other day... They no longer switch.:undecided:
  13. Bandanna

    Rayfoss shipping?

    Oh yea, I have a question about this too sorta... I ordered my supposed 50mw off amazon and it said so right on the pacing label lol. I guess the U.S allows the shipment of +5 mW lasers domestically?:thinking:
  14. Bandanna

    cheap ebay laser

    Probably so, but if one were to want a "starter" laser. I would definitely recommend it. Cheap, in all connotations of the word, but works. It has a bright green dot that goes many times further than a cheap red ever could (the reds that the OP is most likely accustomed to.) even in well lit...
  15. Bandanna

    cheap ebay laser

    Ahah, about 25$ will get you a decent green from Amazon.com. (If you get lucky) Mine has been working for about 3 days now. So if we do the math... 5$/1 use 25$/3 days of use...carry the 1... cotangent of X.. some-odd radians.. ahh, w/e save up at LEAST a few more bucks and stop being such an...
  16. Bandanna

    Amazon pointer comes in today.

    I'll write a review about it in... two weeks. If it's still doing good I'll let everyone know. Because as for now IMO its was a pretty good buy. But , yeah, it very would could die out soon. Although, I do keep the duty cycles low.. in the >30s range. I get scared of something for some reason if...
  17. Bandanna

    Amazon pointer comes in today.

    I've received it and I am very impressed. I practiced laser safety but being new to how powerful this laser was I had to test it out. It started with me pointing at my hand, it was very bright. Then the ground still very bright in a well lit room. Went to walmart (prolly shouldnt have but....)...
  18. Bandanna

    Crazy Thing About LPF

    photo is the prefix for light... intendere is the latin word for focus(ed) mania is the suffix for an exaggerated desire... I can ask my med teacher how the prefix/root/suffix rules work.. There are certain vowel that need to be swapped out of the end or beggining root word sometimes. I...
  19. Bandanna

    Amazon pointer comes in today.

    I ended up getting this pointer Amazon.com: 50mw Green Laser Pointer Silver Dimple Finish High Power Factory Tuned: Everything Else from amazon despite its mixed reviews because, even though o-like would have most likely been more reliable in terms of specs, this had two-day shipping. I...
  20. Bandanna

    Is amazon okay?

    Alright, thanks guys. And sorry lol, I should have used the search first I suppose. It's just not habit yet, sorry about that. And thanks for reminding me to read the reviews photonaholic. I'll probably go with o-like.


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