Recent content by kev532

I will try that, thank you :)

Thanks guys, lots of great info there, I will keep reading and continue to learn through the forum. Will most likely hit the buy/sell/trade section to see if I can commission a build from one of the members with a lot more knowledge and resourses than myself as I would love something in the...

I just noticed how different this forum looks from a desktop computer. I have only been using my phone up until now which doesnt show half of the actual content, also why I couldnt edit my account details. Sure at least now I know! I will visit the buy/sell/trade section soon. And yes I have...

Thanks guys :)

Hi guys, My name is Kevin, 33 years old from Dublin, Ireland. I have been into lasers since I was a kid and got my first red keychain laser, then was amazed when I got a "5mW" green laser from ebay which has now been lost somewhere in my collection of cheap greens! I also own a 1W Spartan 445nm...

Thank you all for all the information provided. I will look into gas, dpss and all these other options when I get a chance, I will also visit the welcome section and add some details. I am away with the missus this weekend and will only get a slap for being "more interested in lasers" at the...

Thanks for the reply. Yea I'm not really into having another rectangle beam, though I did read there is a nice dot profile on the pocket series lasers so hopefully the one I have ordered will be as I expect. I don't know anything about optics and wouldn't know where to start building my own so...

Hi lads, another newbie post here but after reading through this forum for days I still haven't found the answers I was looking for in past threads! I am relatively new to lasers and just have a few questions about divergence. Most of my lasers are just cheap eBay 532's apart from my 1W 445...