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I see Bloompyle uses the same method I do for building pens, so thank you for explaining your method! What driver do you use for your 638nm pen builds? I still haven't gotten a host/driver combo for my Opnext 120mW.
Yeah I use fog. The main key to making lasers look good with fog is to use as little fog as possible. It does not take much fog to make a laser beam look really good. I try to make it so that it is hard to tell that there is any fog in the room.
The other trick is to make it homogenous. You can use a fan or look like an idiot and wave a book all around the room like I do. The well mixed fog gives it the "lightsaber" appearance without the broken beam like you see in most videos.
There is a noticeable color difference between the single modes and the multimodes. The single mode is what I would call "true blue", whereas the 445nm just doesn't quite cut it.
I saw Carbondale and thought you lived in Colorado for a split second. We have a Carbondale here too.
The beams in your vids always look so good. you use fog though right? in this particular one, to me it looks to be the same color as either of my 445nm. In person, is there a noticeable color difference?
I'm considering having Blord make me some osram builds, 450 and 520, and had been before I saw this, funny. Bigger hosts though. I know there's builders in the U.S., but Blord has my loyalty already, nothing against the others. I asked him about the 638nm single modes too. a set of three including all these would indeed be sweet
Yeah I use fog. The main key to making lasers look good with fog is to use as little fog as possible. It does not take much fog to make a laser beam look really good. I try to make it so that it is hard to tell that there is any fog in the room.
The other trick is to make it homogenous. You can use a fan or look like an idiot and wave a book all around the room like I do. The well mixed fog gives it the "lightsaber" appearance without the broken beam like you see in most videos.
There is a noticeable color difference between the single modes and the multimodes. The single mode is what I would call "true blue", whereas the 445nm just doesn't quite cut it.