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Hi, ok i am a total newbie at lasers but am realy interested in the subject, i bought a cheap green laser from a silly source that was said to be 240mw, well its 532nm wave length thats clear, but the 240? :-/ I recon not after reading and looking at the posts here,
Small print i didn't spot said it had a filter fitted which is for safety and meant it would not burst balloons or light matches.... Methinks thats a tad of a con, the laser probably doesnt have any filter and is mabe too weak to burn anything? Although it is very bright and passes the test of being way more brighter etc than the standard red ones you pick up for pennys, the range is meant to be 5500m to 6500m.
so far it does seem to have quite a long range but i can't guage how far it is realy going, But i do know that if i point it at my hand i have no need to go ouch etc, mabe thats a stupid trick (at least if i got it way wrong). I reasoned that if it won't burst a balloon it would do little to me!.
Is there any possibility there is any credance to it's power? If there is a limmiting filter which i can remove to get it to burn, how would i be able to tell which is which and what to be carefull of, i have no wish to go blind and recognise the need for an ir filter in a stronger laser if its build doesnt limmit that already. I do have some electronics knowledge and will start to build something in the next while once i have read enough here, but it would be good if there is some hope for this one meantime. :
Further to all thay i found the laser has phenominal range and was stunned at how good it can do and do what it does! except to the burning it has lived up to its sale bab. So if anyone can answer my questions i would realy appreciate it!
I have also bought a load of stuff from Greg at stone tek and will build a burner soon ,
Better though i found a site that showed all the intracasys of soldering surface mount components (the teeny ones in mobile phones etc) that you need to fit a lot into a small place - usefull for this for sure! I tried to change this with a link and the post was rejected because i do not have ten posts ! botty!
well the site is by a guy called dr poeth and If you do a search for soldering smt components it should pop up! or try the name. On it he explains how to build tweezer test probes to check the teeny components and all sorts of basic and practical tips on how to go about soldering tiny components. (really really worth a look!)
Small print i didn't spot said it had a filter fitted which is for safety and meant it would not burst balloons or light matches.... Methinks thats a tad of a con, the laser probably doesnt have any filter and is mabe too weak to burn anything? Although it is very bright and passes the test of being way more brighter etc than the standard red ones you pick up for pennys, the range is meant to be 5500m to 6500m.
so far it does seem to have quite a long range but i can't guage how far it is realy going, But i do know that if i point it at my hand i have no need to go ouch etc, mabe thats a stupid trick (at least if i got it way wrong). I reasoned that if it won't burst a balloon it would do little to me!.
Is there any possibility there is any credance to it's power? If there is a limmiting filter which i can remove to get it to burn, how would i be able to tell which is which and what to be carefull of, i have no wish to go blind and recognise the need for an ir filter in a stronger laser if its build doesnt limmit that already. I do have some electronics knowledge and will start to build something in the next while once i have read enough here, but it would be good if there is some hope for this one meantime. :
Further to all thay i found the laser has phenominal range and was stunned at how good it can do and do what it does! except to the burning it has lived up to its sale bab. So if anyone can answer my questions i would realy appreciate it!
I have also bought a load of stuff from Greg at stone tek and will build a burner soon ,
Better though i found a site that showed all the intracasys of soldering surface mount components (the teeny ones in mobile phones etc) that you need to fit a lot into a small place - usefull for this for sure! I tried to change this with a link and the post was rejected because i do not have ten posts ! botty!
well the site is by a guy called dr poeth and If you do a search for soldering smt components it should pop up! or try the name. On it he explains how to build tweezer test probes to check the teeny components and all sorts of basic and practical tips on how to go about soldering tiny components. (really really worth a look!)