Svensson
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Hi guys!
I've been lurking around for a while, so I thought it'd be appropriate to introduce myself here!
I'm a student from the Netherlands and as long as I can remember I've been rather interested in lasers. Guess it started way back when I was a little boy watching those Transformers and G.I. Joe style cartoons.. The first laser I saw up close and personal was a HeNe <5mW labby during my science classes in high school when I was 14 or 15 and from that moment I knew I had to get me something like that!
Unfortunately I quickly learned that I couldn't afford one of those, so I tried to forget about it, but after a while I saw an advertisement of a red laser sight in a gun magazine which got me excited again. Wow, portable lasers, I was amazed! (It was in the mid-90's before we had internet at home, so little did I know). After looking around for a while I managed to find a store that sold a red pointer pen for around €45,- so I got my pocket money and bought it. I thought it was the coolest gadget ever and couldn't put it down for a long time. I even thought about studying Photonics, but as I grew a little bit older I started to get interested in other things and kinda forgot about all the laser-related stuff.
Then, a few years ago, I stumbled upon the Wicked Lasers site and was very impressed by the modern high power greenies, but found them way too expensive.. until I found these forums a few months ago and learned about all the affordable higher powered pointers. After watching some reviews, I ordered a DX Dilda and DX 200mw green pen (+goggles) to get me started again and I'm planning to buy some of the excellent DIY kits/builds in the not too distant future. I already saw some very impressive builds from guys like Jayrob and IgorT etc, so I'm definately interested!
Sorry for the long boring story Last thing I wanted to say for now is that this looks like a very helpful forum and I'm hoping to learn a lot from you guys.
greets,
Sven
I've been lurking around for a while, so I thought it'd be appropriate to introduce myself here!
I'm a student from the Netherlands and as long as I can remember I've been rather interested in lasers. Guess it started way back when I was a little boy watching those Transformers and G.I. Joe style cartoons.. The first laser I saw up close and personal was a HeNe <5mW labby during my science classes in high school when I was 14 or 15 and from that moment I knew I had to get me something like that!
Unfortunately I quickly learned that I couldn't afford one of those, so I tried to forget about it, but after a while I saw an advertisement of a red laser sight in a gun magazine which got me excited again. Wow, portable lasers, I was amazed! (It was in the mid-90's before we had internet at home, so little did I know). After looking around for a while I managed to find a store that sold a red pointer pen for around €45,- so I got my pocket money and bought it. I thought it was the coolest gadget ever and couldn't put it down for a long time. I even thought about studying Photonics, but as I grew a little bit older I started to get interested in other things and kinda forgot about all the laser-related stuff.
Then, a few years ago, I stumbled upon the Wicked Lasers site and was very impressed by the modern high power greenies, but found them way too expensive.. until I found these forums a few months ago and learned about all the affordable higher powered pointers. After watching some reviews, I ordered a DX Dilda and DX 200mw green pen (+goggles) to get me started again and I'm planning to buy some of the excellent DIY kits/builds in the not too distant future. I already saw some very impressive builds from guys like Jayrob and IgorT etc, so I'm definately interested!
Sorry for the long boring story Last thing I wanted to say for now is that this looks like a very helpful forum and I'm hoping to learn a lot from you guys.
greets,
Sven