Recent content by makay

Yes the fresnel lens definitely needs to be mounted on a solar tracking device. I understand that it seems to be the hard way but i think its worth trying for the quality of direct sunlight power and as little electricity as possible. I think also that fresnel lenses are fairly cheap in...

Thank you for making a start! I'm in the process of creating a website trying to accumulate as much knowledge about the solar-pumped lasers as possible so as many people as possible can have a go at experimenting. I was thinking of at least one square meter fresnel lens to focus the light. Here...

Hi everyone, I'm just in the process of starting an open source project on creating a sun-pumped laser using a YAG rod. I'm not a physician but a product designer and want to make a open source sun-powered laser cutter (or to start with engraver) which is (once working) to be used in off-grid...

Hi this project sound very interesting! I'm not a scientist myself but i am in the process of setting up an open source project to create a 'sun cutter', basically a sun-pumped laser which sits on a mixture of the many open source designs for a x and y table which would be solar powered too. The...