Recent content by HalfCracked

Re: making a mountain of  a molehill after 3+ weekends I can finally concentrate on something important... Deccorating for Halloween ;) heheh I'm just hoping the cheapa.. er inexpensive fog machine keeps working for the run of the show. the one in that video quit just after. had to make a...

took a 5mw pointer.. & turned it into a 8' tall deathray here: "video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4740561161462607897&hl=en"

Well I got Fry's to RMA the old laser. I have a 30 on order from DX but it won't get here before opening night >:(

I saw that. The only thing I worry about is that there's no filter. I'm building this prop for a public presentation. I can't ask an audience to wear goggles. The beam was to shoot over the main audience & below the balcony seats. I'm guessing that with a scanning setup there's little...

Well blank me running! I just blewup my greenie :'( :'( If it had voltage protection not enough to deal w/ 12v. I went to do some tweaking to the mirror & plugged in the laser only I forgot that I had been using the brick to test some 12v stuff & still had it switched to 12v. ran vor about a...

Yeah it's a 5 mw pointer... but the nice thing is I could buy it off the shelf. the fog is from a small Gemmy fogger it shoots out the same place the beam comes out of. I have the rig punched through the side of a sealed box. The fog machine is inside the box hehind the mirror. I have a high...

Incase your instruction manual didn't explain it & for the benefit for others on this board, DMX512 is a light board standard. It means you can plug it into a theatrical controller that opperates using the DMX standard & operate the show from a light board. Most theaters use DMX controllers...

Here's the effect as I have it working now. We are probably going to have to dim the stage lights durring performance but the less the better.

Hi, I'm building a prop for "The Revenge of the Pink Panther" & I've managed to put toghether an ok death ray using a single mirror tunnel. the question is what can I do to punchup the visibility? I'm currently using a laser pointer from Fry's. I have replaced the 2 AA batteries with a wall...