10" 632.8nm HeNe Lamp!

[Fiddy]

G'day,

Inspired by Jayrob, i have made a HeNe Lamp.

First i had to find a HeNe tube that wasn't too expensive and had a lot of uncovered glass so plasma could light up a work area or mood light.

I found this 10" tube from Meredith Instruments:

Great so i looked for a 12V power supply for it, i ended going with one from Sams Lasers Classifieds which looks very similar to this one but is 3.7 - 4mA:

Now here's my circuit diagram:

Bought a little black plastic box, LED's, resistors, 2.5mm panel mount jack and a missile toggle switch from Jaycar.

Fired the tube up the first time:

I couldn't find some acrylic C-channel so i sent this paint constructed diagram to a plastics mob:

I received the C-channel today and finished the Lamp off!

Really love the glow it gives off, great for the bedroom, might spruce it up with a diffraction grating on top of the exit aperture!

Thanks for looking!

Fiddy.

 

[Things]

Damn, you're pumping out all these cool projects, I love little display/demonstration pieces Won't let me rep you anymore though

 

[Fiddy]

Hehe still got a few more up my sleeve! hurry up and build the scooter of death

 

[Things]

Bah, waiting on the postal service!! lol, worst time of year

 

[Fiddy]

Ken oath! ive got tubes coming from Russia....:banghead:

 

[Zeebit]

That is just awesome! Even better than a lava lamp :beer:

 

[Teslanium]

Nice project! The little red dot on the ceiling is a bonus!

T.

 

[Fiddy]

Thanks man!

ive got a difraction grating ontop now

 

[lasersbee]

Looks good with the diffraction grating effect....:gj:


Jerry

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[Moistenator]

Looks good with the diffraction grating effect....:gj:


Jerry

You can contact us at any time on our Website: J.BAUER Electronics

Second that, I love it. Good work! As always..

 

[cheech226]

echo, echo! looks very fine bro. keep it up!

 

[Jchad20]

Is it common practice with lamps like these to let the laser exit out the top and just shine on the ceiling?

 

[Fiddy]

you can do what you wish, i think jayrob has a uranium marble on the top of his.

 

[Jchad20]

I see I see, This might be my next project, after this 2W 445 project gets done. I have to many things I want to do, to little money or time

 

[Spyrius]

That looks great. I'll have to convert my 10" HeNe to something more decorative.

 

[icecruncher]

Nice laser lamp.