Setting bees on fire at @ 50 feet sounds dangerous, anything you set on fire you should also be able to put out and if you can reach to put it out then you can reach to use wasp and hornet spray in the 1st place.
Seriously a nest in a tree or in a gable vent.......or anywhere out of reach could smolder for quite some time before causing a disaster, I don't want to be a killjoy but you should understand that accidents do happen and starting a fire out of your reach is a recipe for an accident.
Yes I get it that you only want to zap the bees, but your focused beam could unknowingly start a smolder that may not ignite for hours, it's worse than setting a rat on fire that then runs ablaze into a hole in your wall....oops, because with the burning rat you would know, the point is burning at a distance really needs to be done in a controlled manner such as in a fire pit or somewhere that you have complete control.
If you want to experiment with correcting the 44's very divergent beam then these c-lenses are what you want, but please remember to protect yourself and others when lasing and although lasers are awesome tools like with most anything else no 1 tool fits every need.
Enjoy and stay safe.
YES I WANT TO ZAP THEM BEFORE THEY ZAP ME!
Please check my other posts, it was explained in detail there. also there is my opinions about safety. anyway the situation is the bees nest inside a aluminum observatory dome. so there is no fire hazard. The dome is designed and built by me .
It is constructed with thick aluminum! almost 1/8 for the skin of the dome, As for the nests that are closer to the observatory floor level they are easily dealt with
I will be limiting the duty cycle with ttl timing or a better option, with or without a shutter for the laser, so the beam will be controlled so only enough beam to take the wings off.
MY goal is to pop the queens quickly. whatever power it takes maybe 7watt is a pipe dream maybe 50? 100? what do you think?
one bee for one pulse. less than > .2 and even better >.1 sec to blow the wings off the suckers at 30 ft
I hear you guys are the experts so, how much power does the laser need to have ?
behind the nest is thick aluminum. Also these suckers will be dealt with before any sizable nest is made, if there is a nest, after the bees are gone the nest will be dunked in water and thrown out,
Again, I will need to dial in the exposure time so only the wings are disabled. there will never be any wood or any combustible materials close to the beam ever. so, no amber to start any fire. on top of that, there is a water hose and a fire extinguisher inside just in case.
this is as a controlled environment as one could ask for.
I am a welder and weld on top of aluminum tables. welded my dome, took hundreds of weld hours YES, hundreds so, aluminum is fairly fireproof .
Also for the lenses, they need to be a in a fully threaded OD mount, or unmounted all together the optics wont be in a pointer host at all.
I want all lenses to be larger so they are easily worked with and mounted. The finished module will mounted in a custom machined water cooled block.
I have no trouble with designing, building and machining.
If you guys think I am blowing smoke at you I am always happy to provide pics of the result of many hours of hard work which is my dome.
Also very happy now because it is FINALLY done. this thing took ten years to finish.
I guess what I am asking is. what large and easy to work with lenses do I need, basically I need a list of things to buy.
do I need this 6x lens or what?
I will take care of the holders and aligning.
also left to build is the pointing optics, I will use high magnification for precise aiming of the beam,
As you can see there is a lot of challenges with this build.
anyway we need to have fun with our short lives .... this is my way.
spring is on its way and so will be the bees.
Jon
