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If what you see in the pictures is all you get, I'd give it a miss. Although its a pretty tube (I love the glass bell ones - they look cool when ionised), its missing the head cover, and cooling fan. You're also going to need the umbilical and power supply, and being high hours, the thing...

Hey guys - I'll be coming into possession of an Omnichrome 543 Argon in a few weeks and read you can use a bbq piezo to check the tube is gas intact. How exactly is this done. I've picked up a grill lighter, and will somehow remove the gas container to eliminate the flame, so we just have a...

Just switched off the ILT after a few hours run at 6.5A. Got a bit cool this afternoon, and it needed some exercise and I was at its location up north. :) I just turn on the power point, pick up the remote, turn the key and it fires up first click. Still spooky the way the fans work on these...

hehe yes I am still active on these forums, and often here in the gas lasers section, or the laser show section, or checking out the diode sections to see who the new kid (diode) is on the block. On the subject of not posting much, I've other hobbies I enjoy as well as lasers, and presently...

Thats a nice bit of kit but yes a LOT of money for the goods. Still - these things are getting harder to come by. Argons are the bees knees. Sure they don't have the power of their diode cousins, but that beam profile.... to die for. :)

Need to get me one of those so I can run my ILT 5500 through it - then onto my DT 40's. Shame mines only an Ar laser, so would need a source of red - DTR's shop o' diodes should help there. And I need to edit my signature. Some of my lasers I no longer own. Otherwise I'd use the Omni. Sold them...

OMG that looks awesome. How are you breaking out the colours? notice the beam is white (duh - Ar/Kr), but output from the galvos is different colours (reds and blues)

So I found out why one of my mods wont fire this module. Carefully unscrew the end of the DTR module, exposing the red wire inside. Its held in place by a pin. Attach an 510-EGO adapter to the end of the module and screw it almost all the way down so theres a mm or two between the stud on the...

I reckon that every laser pointer no matter what color, or power should come with an A4 paper showing basically (picture of person lasing an aircraft) and then below picture of that same person behind bars, then in big red letters saying "do not shine your laser at any person, vehicle or...

Re: NUBM44 6W+ 445nm Laser Diode I might get one of these further down the track once I have completed my 510 adapter collection. The 450-455 wavelength doesn't really excite me, but 462+ (even if its lower power) does. I've become a bit of a wavelength/exotic/gas collector as per my sig. I...

Re: NUBM44 6W+ 445nm Laser Diode Wow these things are stupidly powerful. DTR is there any possible way to put one into one of your 510 adapters, or would the driver requirements (4.5 amps)/ duty cycle be too horrendous?

Shame the 520 and 462 nm diode don't colour shift as well as the 635. They would have been neat to see. I assumed (before the video) that the 462/455 would shift up into the uv area, and the 520 would blue shift. That was very cool. Plonk in LN2 for a minute, red laser becomes yellow :)

Try to also replace that anode wire with HV cable e.g. from a TV CRT LOPT transformer output (EHT/Flyback transformer). That stuff is rated to some 50,000 volts and nice and flexible. Its the fat red wire leading to the cup on the back of the TV tube. House mains flex isn't that suitable as any...

From what I recall a fellow using the handle "Zoof" programmed the software that controls the RGB projector in this fashion. I have often looked for the program but he's been very smart and not let it out into the wild from what I can gather, which is a wise move. Automated pointing of a...

Very true - not worth ruining the tube for the sake of some time and a 20c resistor. :)

Like everyone has said, if you get the characteristic orange flashes in the tube (without the ballast resistor inline) the tube should work once you get one in the anode lead. Try firing it again with a white card in front of the OC and you should see flashes of laser light each time the tube...

Yep and guess what - when focussed properly it can easily light a cancer stick :) Incredible little e-cig accessory for the laser lover :) edit: As promised I got iMovie up and running last night (and a burnt keyboard) and made a movie of this laser burning various items. The movie is...

Love the backwards statement - made me LOL :beer:

Nice collection ionlaser555 - I too couldn't imagine how bright that would be when they're all up to temperature. The pub I go to on a regular basis and sit in the outdoor smoking area has LPS lamps and I like others here think its way cool watching them plink on and start going through the...

Does the model you ordered have a warning sticker on the pointer? I'm sure unless the recipient is a complete idiot, he'd see the label, notice it has a big warning badge, and do some research into what a "dpss 473nm" thingy is :)