Recent content by MacGyver404

Lol, ndrew2505 meant Mouser, an electronics catalog that has gotten thinner over the years, not a computer mouse. I havent looked in Mouser, even though i have it sitting less than five feet away. I did check Digi-Key and I found what appears to be a suitable replacement, Digi-Key part num...

About a year ago I purchased a laser from SkyLasers. After about three months of use the switch became faulty. I now Kindly request your help in acquiring a replacement. The switch dimensions are H 4.5 mm, to top of button, W 6.0 mm, D 3.0 mm. Attached is a picture of the switch that needs...

I posted this in another thread but i'm wondering if anyone has a chart showing what crystals double what wavelengths. sams laser faq isnt too clear on every crystals wavelengths. I guess what would be ideal is a matrix with crystal and wavelength.

This sounds like a totally awesome idea. Predator light using blu-ray? yes. Cant wait to see it. Hope one of you guys actually builds one.

I purchased a 20mW green about two months ago. I intend to write a review with pics as soon as i can get into contact with someone at UW as i don't have my power meter.

I am curious to know how many of you are aware of the Apollo 11 Laser Ranging retroreflector experiment? There are about four or five more of these such reflectors about the moon as well that i am currently too lazy to look up. These reflectors are lased with a .7 meter telescope. How many of...

Might anyone have a chart of what crystals double or triple what frequencies?

Now you could take it one step further and implement a microcontroller that can communicate to USB directly and add modulation and even data transfer through your laser. You may need to get a slightly different driver board to do this though. Just imagine a USB controlled laser. You could adjust...

They look pretty nice. once i get the money i will have to order a pair once i get the money, i plan on playing with some more powerful lasers in the near future. I have often thought about trying to have lenses made for the sunglasses i have already. They are a fairly expensive pair of...

Re: Birmingham,AL  Laser Fans The stickied map page you speak of in in the Welcome forum.

I purchased one a while ago just to have, but now that im getting into lasers allot more i'm thinking about building a laser around it. Any one got any ideas what this could run me for costs? the rod i got only has chips on the ends.

I went and looked at the page for the DIY labby that MTWallet pointed out (thanks) and i would like to use the feedback from the LD, except i have noticed that all of the drivers i have found links to so far don't use the feed back. I would also like to have the option for modulation, i have...

so what would i have to do to turn a LD from say a HD-DVD player into a lab grade laser?

when will somebody do a diy project for one of these? and show us how you make them?

I was wondering if you guys could tell me the differences between Lab grade lasers, portable lasers and laser pointers. Next i would like to know what it would take to make a lab grade laser built around a I'd like the one from an hd-dvd player. I should probably post this in my profile details...