So yeah, I've been lurking this forum for months now and just got an account about a month ago. I've learned quite a bit from my time here, even though this is my first post.
Something I have been interested in building for awhile now is a "safe" laser lighter, but I'm not sure what power I would need for it to work smoothly. Basically, the idea is to have the beam enclosed in something (maybe a tube) while whatever was being lit was inserted into some hole to be lit. It's intended to be just about as safe as using a normal lighter you would buy for $1, and without goggles. It's just a lighter that runs off of just battery power- I think that appeals to a lot of people, and I've never seen it done properly.
Depending on how expensive/difficult/impractical this is to do, I might just end up making something else based around a heating element like the stuff you find in toasters.
That's just something I have ideas for at this point, when I have something more I'll make a thread with some pictures/drawings and stuff.
Thank you guys for building such an informative site about lasers!
Something I have been interested in building for awhile now is a "safe" laser lighter, but I'm not sure what power I would need for it to work smoothly. Basically, the idea is to have the beam enclosed in something (maybe a tube) while whatever was being lit was inserted into some hole to be lit. It's intended to be just about as safe as using a normal lighter you would buy for $1, and without goggles. It's just a lighter that runs off of just battery power- I think that appeals to a lot of people, and I've never seen it done properly.
Depending on how expensive/difficult/impractical this is to do, I might just end up making something else based around a heating element like the stuff you find in toasters.
That's just something I have ideas for at this point, when I have something more I'll make a thread with some pictures/drawings and stuff.
Thank you guys for building such an informative site about lasers!