Last week i bought a HeNe laser on ebay for 49 bucks + 9 bucks shipping.
Today it arrived and i was quick to unpack it and hook it up to my diy psu and start tinkering.
Here are a few pics:
Someone have put epoxy on the beam shutter lever :(
The psu:
And heres the final treat, a...
Turns out it´ll still be a couple of years before i´ll be able to build that projector so i´ve decided that i value a laser power meter more than having a dac laying around to no good.
I bought it from norm on ebay for $199US + shipping.
My sale price is therefore $189 + shipping. Shipping to...
Anyone in need of a psu for a HeNe tube less than 5mW ?
I have one with 12VDC input that came with a 1.25mW.
Heres a picture:
Price: i dunno what its worth but i doubt anyone would be willing to pay more than 15 bucks including shipping.
I´d had liked a trade for one of thses: New 200mW...
Today my argon from timelablasers arrived:
After removing a rainforest worth os newpaper this is revealed:
Filament hookups:
Peering down the OC:
The HR:
The buildup of a psu and ignitor can now begin.:D:D
Anyone have any comments about the ishow ilda usb dac and the framestreamer express ilda usb dac ?
The FrameStreamer Express is only a few bucks more expensive than the ishow but is compatible with multiple softwares such as spaghetti but i dunno anything about the quality of the dac as there...
Here is a HeNe tube that had the unfortunate demise of falling off a table.
By hitting the tube against the table i was able to get the bore somewhat back in place:
Now if there just was a way to weld the bore back in place.
Hello!
Im 24 years old from sweden, since i was around 12-15 years old i´ve been intestested in lasers.
It all began one day when i was browsing the internet and stumbled across sam´s laser faq and a site describing various types of lasers such as hene, diode, dye, nitrogen, co2, argon ion and...