How to make a flat beam
I am doing a haunted house for my 2nd year, one of the rooms is going to be toxic clowns, I want to create a fog barrier, I know to achieve this I need a flat laser beam, or at least 4 one for each...
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Twin 462nm all brass builds bonus (2) A140 builds
I've had a couple of all brass lasers that I purchased from Trussmonkey about a year or so ago that I believe originally had 3W 9mm in them that were blown. Took a long time to decide what to do with...
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CE certified Edmund Optics laser glasses 3 different styles
Hi LPF members, offloading a large collection of CE certified Laser goggles. Models range from uvex to laser gard. All glasses show signs of use. Up first are 14 pairs of Laser-Gard glasses, these are...
View Article512nm 1000mw
A company at this forum sold me a 532nm 1000mw, but what came out of the box was a 512nm 1000mw. Thing is... I've been looking at charts and graphs and while I realize 512 is closer to blue and less...
View ArticleIR question
Does anyone know the difference between a 808nm a 980nm and a 1064nm dpss? What one has better divergence? Does anyone know what one of these could burn from a further distance?
View Article808nm CW IR therapy build
Hello! I'm trying to replicate an infrared therapy device to help with my dog's arthritis. We're currently paying $200 a month for his K Laser treatments, which is enough to make me consider building...
View ArticleIR pumping diode replacement
Hi! I built a laser pointer using DX "200mw" green laser module. It was a good cheap laser and i paid it only 20 bucks. Anyway, after trying to increase the current of the IR pumping diode, i finally...
View ArticleCombing two 500w 405nm diodes to increase burning power
Hi, I'm considering buying a MicroSlice kit, which is a miniature laser cutter/engraver that uses one 500mw 405nm laser to do the cutting, and a 3 element glass lens. I'm interested in increasing the...
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pics 7/22/16
Big mistake, I did not mean to post a gazillion pics. I left on the ones I took last week. Very Embarassing! Anyway these were taken last week. /DSC_4748_resize_zpserh0dkcj.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
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"1500mw" blue 445-450nm laser pointer
Just got my blue laser pointer from Ebay and I'm new on this forum. It's powered by 2x 16340 3.7V 1500mAh batteries. As you can see here on the pictures it was pretty well build and was pretty good I...
View ArticleCommon sources for diodes and drivers
Hey, I wanted to compile a list of common household appliances that you can salvage diodes from. If you know about where to get these items, i ask for your grace in sharing. Uv: Not common. 405nm:...
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Enchanted Beams Thread
Please, try not to leave verbal comments of photos on the thread (You can add your comment +Rep) Only pictorial replies allowed (You can add short description of your images, not mandatory). I would...
View ArticleLaser with throttle capabilities
I am interested in building a diode based laser with power throttling capabilities. I am interested in building one with a maximum power of 500mw or 1000mw maximum power, but I would also like to use...
View ArticleLPF is harassing my downloads
Hopefully it's not just me and I really doubt it is, as it's happened to me on two different networks with two different computers, one on each. Worst would be it's my account I guess. Problem is,...
View Article635nm Arcane 2.0 Laser not working.
Around a year ago i purchased an Arcane 2.0 laser from sflasers.com. A few days ago i tried to turn it on nothing happened. I charged the batteries and it still didn't work. I tested the batteries in...
View ArticleSF Lasers Equivalent?
I use to buy my lasers from SF Lasers but as it has closed down i dont know where to buy lasers from. Every where i look is too expensive or not trust worthy. If anyone can tell me a good place to buy...
View ArticleGood telescopes to buy
Ok, so I'm a total noob when it comes to telescopes. (think those people who come on here asking about what lasers are good to buy). I was wondering if those $150ish telescopes on Ebay are actually...
View ArticleI've missed y'all, but I'm back.
Hi guys, It's been a rough couple of months so I haven't been on LPF for a while. Firstly, in my last post I said that my mum had a bad fall and was taken to hospital. She ended up breaking her hip and...
View ArticleNeed help with 1.6W driver
Hi, I am new to this community. I need a lil help on a 1.6W driver I tried and kinda failed at building a laser driver, mainly because I went off google images which was a bad idea. But basically I got...
View ArticleDid O-like scam me?
So after like 19 days of waiting, I finally received my 100mW $65 green laser, but surprise surprise, it's broken. I even bought new batteries because I thought it must have been the batteries. So the...
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