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Lookin for a HeNe

BuildAbluraylaser

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I'm looking for a HeNe laser, with a cool wavelenght (yellow to green). This will be my first gas laser, and that's why I'm looking for help. I've got a 100$ budget, including shipping. Some help for buying will be appreciated.
 





unless you get lucky on craiglist i think your going to have to up your budget a little more to like 300 ish for a decent one.

i could be wrong though
 
There's a green HeNe laser up auction on Ebay. It started at $40. Only a quarter of a mW.
I just checked it out again and the price is up to $130+ and less than 19 hours to go. That's about the best deal you'll get for any HeNe that isn't red.

http://cgi.ebay.com/MINI-GREEN-HELI...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50

Also look for a seller on ebay by the name of asset-recyclers(Dave). He usually has some good deals, and his lasers aren't that old. I got a red HeNe from him that's less than 6 months old. When it arrived, it looked brand new.
 
Yellow?? amost never on ebay- (Meridith has been running one for a long time over $300 I think. Green can be found rarely but if you want one of mine you better speak louder than $100. I got Red HeNes also. also two argons one single line and one multi complete plug and play{&put your eye out<(*v')>} any offers out there.?
 
BuildAbluraylaser said:
How much is an argon? What power? I don't want more than 100mW
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It really depends on the deal you can find. Used argons can range from $100 to a few thousand. Expect to pay >$5000 for a new argon system.

And when I say "argons" I'm talking your basic small air cooled laser. They usually output 10-150mW depending on current and tube health.
 
Okay, lets say I'm looking for a 30mW used argon laser, where can I find that? I looked at Ebay, nothing intersting at the moment, neither at Craiglist. Is there anybody on the forum who sells those?
 
BuildAbluraylaser said:
Okay, lets say I'm looking for a 30mW used argon laser, where can I find that? I looked at Ebay, nothing intersting at the moment, neither at Craiglist. Is there anybody on the forum who sells those?
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Not regularly. People like gooeygus, daguin, and heruursciences are really the only people who have more than one or two argons that I can think of. You just need to keep an eye out. They're not nearly as easy to find as HeNes are
 
BuildAbluraylaser said:
There's two power transitors that are shorted out... Finding knew ones could be difficult...
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It's an ALC60X , shouldn't be too hard to find replacements. The beam is probably also multimode ( these usually only do 100mW or so at 10A single mode, much more with multimode optics. ) Shoot me a PM and I'll put you in contact with someone who may be able to help you out  ;)

-Adam
 
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