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- Oct 13, 2009
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Intro
Hi Guys,
I'm Steve from California. I've always had a fascination with lasers. I built two of them before i knew about this forum or that there were other laser people out there.
Laser 1 - I don't know why I count this as a laser. I ripped the diode out of a CD drive and hooked it to a battery. I never did anything more with it because you can't see the beam. I didn't know that then.
Laser 2 - DVD Laser in Axis lens rubberbanded to a pencil with a home built drive circuit I found somewhere.
It's time to come up with a real laser.
Where do you guys suggest I begin? I'm thinking of talking with Jayrob to get a nice Host, then I can get some batteries and some drivers and have fun swapping out diodes.
The Dream:
My dream laser would be something the size of a small flashlight (read: Fits in jayrobs MXDL I've read so much about) with adjustable power output. On lower power it would be a regular pointer on steroids. On high power it could light a campfire by burning a leaf or hair, light a cigerette or cigar, burn plastics, light a match, cut stencils, put marks on wood..etc.
It would be cool to open those hard to open packages that you get at the electronics store with a laser. Just paint the edges black or mark them with a sharpie, and burn away.
Yep.. That's it. Hello Hello!
Hi Guys,
I'm Steve from California. I've always had a fascination with lasers. I built two of them before i knew about this forum or that there were other laser people out there.
Laser 1 - I don't know why I count this as a laser. I ripped the diode out of a CD drive and hooked it to a battery. I never did anything more with it because you can't see the beam. I didn't know that then.
Laser 2 - DVD Laser in Axis lens rubberbanded to a pencil with a home built drive circuit I found somewhere.
It's time to come up with a real laser.
Where do you guys suggest I begin? I'm thinking of talking with Jayrob to get a nice Host, then I can get some batteries and some drivers and have fun swapping out diodes.
The Dream:
My dream laser would be something the size of a small flashlight (read: Fits in jayrobs MXDL I've read so much about) with adjustable power output. On lower power it would be a regular pointer on steroids. On high power it could light a campfire by burning a leaf or hair, light a cigerette or cigar, burn plastics, light a match, cut stencils, put marks on wood..etc.
It would be cool to open those hard to open packages that you get at the electronics store with a laser. Just paint the edges black or mark them with a sharpie, and burn away.
Yep.. That's it. Hello Hello!
