Recent content by pnispel

I was thinking of trying to do something like forssa1 did with the 360 laser spirograph using a bore thru slip ring. But like envy said i have a lot more research to do involving supplying power from the stationary base to the rotating assembly. Though I suppose if I used a bore thru DC motor...

So this thing is supposed to sit in the rafters of a barn and project a beam around 360 degrees to scare away any birds nesting there. I was thinking about diffraction grating because you're not just going to be able to shoot around a single laser beam and spook birds in the whole area.

I'm not asking people to "solve my duties" I'm asking people who are part of the laser community what they would use to move a horizontally laying beam along 2 axes in the vertical plane as opposed to trolling around on the internet for hours and hours researching every type of...

So yeah.. I just dont even know where to start because my primary education teacher wont give me any help :(

So awhile back I got hired as an intern to prototype a cheap bird scaring laser system. (I know best job ever) But after doing a couple random builds (spirograph type stuff) my boss has asked me to start designing the actual product and I'm still pretty new to this whole laser thing. Basically...