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Wow, you guys really dont prune your old users (though I'm glad of it) I bet NOBODY here remembers me... Anyway... I'm looking for a new laser... and I dont understand the costs here... The way I understand it, IR is the cheepest, followed by red, then green, then blue. But when I look at the...

CR123X2, 200mw, NO DUTY CYCLE! (literally I left it on for >20 min to do a burn test and it wasn't but room temparature!) I'm losing inerest in lasers, especially with a severely limited budged and some large bills creeping in, so I'm selling this one. (if anyone's wondering, NO, I am NOT...

Very simple question. What's the most powerful laser avalible to consumers. And no, I dont care if you know a guy that will sell you a 4KW laser for just $20,000, that doesnt count ;) My guess is a SS1 YAG, (pusled) outputting power is ~ 1MW (1Megawat, 1000 mw)

I'm sure we can all think of uses for high-pwoered lasers that are rediculous but fully possible! here are my ideas: Laser toaster! Instead of heating elements, a laser will lightly toast your bread! Laser cutter: no more clipping coupons with those rusty blades, this high-pwoered laser will...

I hope... I desperatly hope... that this does not come to pass... I just placed an order with WL for some goggles and got the following email in responce. It scares me... Everyone, you better grab your WL goggles while you can! I can only dream how bad the new WL-brand will be...

I removed the cap from my NOVA X-85 and on the inside I found a series of 3 numbers written on it, I wondered if anyone knew what they meant: 70 150 33 These were written in 3 clearly seperate sets by hand, appearently with a fine-tip sharpie. I tried to take a pic but I dont have the...

I have pointed my red atek at my flesh and never felt more than some a little heat, hardly uncomfortable, much less painful. However, I point my green at my flesh and in <1 second it's stinging. In fact my finger is STILL hurting a little and it's been atleast 30-60 seconds! I have two ideas as...

Well, just as I was warning ppl about, I just put my X-85 into my dragon and the bottom popped off too now! I have a metal tube and two loose ends... anyone good at welding? *uneasy laugh*

I'm amazed at this little gem. Being used to "beamless" red lasers it rather stuns me how visible the beam is in a LIT ROOM! The difraction grating is loads of fun too. Though unless I'm aiming at a dark surface or one that is at least 10-20ft away I cant look at the dot! (again comming from...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120163121743&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:us Found this for <$200, if I sell either of my items I can afford it and I'm considering. Does it look good or is it a ripoff? What kind of power could I expect? mws? w? Also, I...

I first saw these on the WL site, but they have since vanished (perhaps the owner realized what a scumbad steve is?) They have a very intriguing effect, and it appears that the whole 'blade' is avalibe for ~$25 in their parts section... should be easy to fabricate a handle or modify a cheep...

http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/162/44/ Use a laser pointer and a solar cell to transmit sound from one source to another, this has some fun potential if we can build a stable case for each, I think...

I'm watching a CO2 on eBay (cant afford it but watching it lol) and it says it includes "integraded mirrors" can somone explaine what the heck an "integrated mirror" is? My guess is a focusing "lens" application, but....?

I'm 99% sure I know the answer to this, but I want to make sure I'm not missing anything... tO make it clear, right now I have like $5 in my pocket, so acctually PAYING is not an option I have $50 in WB I have a red 200mw laser (not used much) I have a green 100mw laser (will be used a lot) I...

I've always seen green used, however I was blowing my WB today and I noticed that WL's red-laser goggles were blue! Blue makes more sence, being the exact opposite of red, but if that's the case, why did we use green for so long? and if green is best, why is WL selling blue goggles?

I know that when power drops below a certain threshold you experiance mod-hopping, however, I was wondering which causes the mode hopping; the diode or the crystal, and what's acctualyl going on when it's mode hopping? are parts of the crystal/chip the lasing proerly or...?

looking at some of the posts, I'm wanting to play around with the V/A of my diode, seems it can be pushed prety hard if cooled properly. What's a good place to get a variable PSU that preferably isn't very expensive? doesnt have to be high-pwoered, since I'll be using it for laser diodes that...

How does one go about setting up a lens for negative divergence? The reasoning in my head says you just need a convex lens mounted at the right distance from the LD... I know it cant possibly be this simple though...

What's the longest (theoretical) focus for a laser? provided optics are 100% flawless an perfect and it is used in a universe of a absolute and total vaccume with nothing to disrupt the beam. Just curious to this since, IIRC the smalles posible focus is the wavelength tiself (i.e. 532nm can...

Re: "confused flour bug" burner Cruel but affective. I've used my 200mw red (true >200mw of energy) to zap spiders and ticks. It would be a lot better if it could be culminated on-the-fly though (no pun intended) because the intense light scares the bugs before the power is culminated enough to...