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Re: PERMANENT THREAD: Ebay& other internet FINDS of interest- read all the OP please
Sorry I have been keeping you guys out of the loop. I just got the package in recently, but I haven't opened it up yet. I have been working away from home, about to go on a mini vacation, and start up my final year of college this monday... I'm a little behind on this stuff, but I will try to get to it when I get a chance. I will take more detailed pictures of the assemblies, and will have to consider pricing and shipping shortly after. Thanks for understanding.
Edit: More testing will have to be done, but on first inspection, a few things to note:
- The 8x10mm ones weigh roughly 0.5oz, and contain a typical FS mirror. Good reflection (though no measurements taken yet).
- The 1/2" x 1/2" aluminum ones weigh roughly 1.5oz, and contain some soft of coated optic. They are not coated for the typical wavelengths we use, so I would guess they are coated for some arbitrary infrared wavelength - further testing may be done, though I do not really have access to infrared lasers (at least none that I actually built yet). The glued optic is definitely not useful for most of us, as of yet - it does a terrible job at reflecting 405nm, 445nm, 532nm, 635nm, 650nm, etc. It has two unoccupied holes for mounting, and it has one hex head screw which can adjust the vertical tilt of the optic.
- The 1/2" x 1/2" steel ones weigh roughly 3oz, and contain what appears to be the same optic as in the aluminum ones. It has the exact same mounting as the aluminum one. This steel one has much more precision control. It has two allen key screws for each, horizontal and vertical tilt. I guess you can say one is for coarse tuning while the other is for fine tuning.
This is all the information I have for now. I will try to take photos and include them here at a later time. I am still unsure as to how many I want to keep. I do like them
Sorry I have been keeping you guys out of the loop. I just got the package in recently, but I haven't opened it up yet. I have been working away from home, about to go on a mini vacation, and start up my final year of college this monday... I'm a little behind on this stuff, but I will try to get to it when I get a chance. I will take more detailed pictures of the assemblies, and will have to consider pricing and shipping shortly after. Thanks for understanding.
Edit: More testing will have to be done, but on first inspection, a few things to note:
- The 8x10mm ones weigh roughly 0.5oz, and contain a typical FS mirror. Good reflection (though no measurements taken yet).
- The 1/2" x 1/2" aluminum ones weigh roughly 1.5oz, and contain some soft of coated optic. They are not coated for the typical wavelengths we use, so I would guess they are coated for some arbitrary infrared wavelength - further testing may be done, though I do not really have access to infrared lasers (at least none that I actually built yet). The glued optic is definitely not useful for most of us, as of yet - it does a terrible job at reflecting 405nm, 445nm, 532nm, 635nm, 650nm, etc. It has two unoccupied holes for mounting, and it has one hex head screw which can adjust the vertical tilt of the optic.
- The 1/2" x 1/2" steel ones weigh roughly 3oz, and contain what appears to be the same optic as in the aluminum ones. It has the exact same mounting as the aluminum one. This steel one has much more precision control. It has two allen key screws for each, horizontal and vertical tilt. I guess you can say one is for coarse tuning while the other is for fine tuning.
This is all the information I have for now. I will try to take photos and include them here at a later time. I am still unsure as to how many I want to keep. I do like them
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