LASER Lighter Meltdown Lightshow

[LaserCo]

I had been saving all my defective or empty lighters for quite some time!
Do you think this was a good application for them?

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/856328/laser_lighter_meltdown_lightshow/

 

[MirrorLaser]

it also reflects when burning plasic that way

 

[Tallaxo]

Very nice vid and interesting effect. That shows up the interference wave pattern of the laser very well.

Good stuff ;D

Jase

 

[rog8811]

Very nice destructive laser show....makes its own smoke.....it works for me

Regards rog8811

 

[Benm]

I've seen this effect with lasers melting plastics before - it looks very nice indeed!

Be a bit careful using lighters though, even if they seem empty there often is some gas left inside (it kinda absorbs onto the plastic at first). Not really a fire hazard, but might be surprising if you puncture it and it still takes off.

Btw, it also works well with plastics like the old canisters 35mm film came in - somewhere before the digital camera age

 

[LaserCo]

Ok, first thanks for the replies everyone, and anyone who gave me a rating above 3!
Benm I just got done trying out a black filmcan, the interference patterns are there yet they do NOT animae as well as what you can see in the video, not even close! BUT! If i have it so its a small dispersion of the effect and I wait I start to see what look like bubbles floating upwards, they get more intense as I wait till the whole pattern is going, still its not as good as in the video
most of the clips in the video are showing neverending animation and require a fresh charge on the batteries, though it is more often an animation that goes to a certain point and bores you
People are saying the interference patterns are created by the smoke , which there is very little of with a lighter, can this be true?, I assume its a first reflection off the surface of the meltdown combining with the 2nd reflection of the inside of the melted part.

film cans smoke WAY more than a lighter does, never really notice smoke with a lighter except upon initial hitting of the surface - if even.

 

[rog8811]

I have given it 5..(thanks for rating mine)

I put a comment on yours telling peeps about LPF, if you don't want it there delete it....

Regards rog8811

 

[mw1111]

will the laser that im making from a seKat GB diode be able to do this? if so im using this for a halloween effect!

 

[LaserCo]

will the laser that im making from a seKat GB diode be able to do this? if so im using this for a halloween effect!

I dont know, I will know after I get my GB diodes myself, did you still want to buy a completed unit from me?

I let this sit before answering, nobody else is replying that they are able to acheive this effect.

 

[Gazoo]

will the laser that im making from a seKat GB diode be able to do this? if so im using this for a halloween effect!

It should easily be able to. But you might need to have the laser closer to the lighter. I believe since LaserCo is using an open can diode it is putting out more power and he is running more current into it than you would want to with a GB diode.
Nevertheless, the GB diode can do some awesome burning when powered with 250ma's.

BTW..LaserCo...nice effect..