Beamshots (for you)

[plexus]

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[BShanahan14rulz]

Books in the background of the beam made me chuckle :san:

 

[bryce007]

I want it back!

 

[mod101]

Thats an argon laser right?

It looks really nice, wish i had the money for one, how much did it cost you?

 

[plexus]

@mod101 yes its an argon. its also multi line meaning it outputs multiple wavelengths, 7 to be exact at full bore 10A input. at full bore it outputs 80-100mw. there is nothing like the light and beam quality of a gas ion laser! i paid about $300 for it plus shipping. it requires a powerful fan for cooling and should never be run without a fan (despite the fact that i have a youtube video of the tube starting up without a fan, but i only ran it for 2 seconds to capture the video).

argon ion lasers are truly wonderful.

 

[Wolfman29]

Those are beautiful beamshots. Did you smoke the room? Or use long exposures?

 

[mod101]

Was that 300$ for the laser and PSU/cooling or just laser. Any idea where I might buy one of these if I was to come into some money?