Re: Green Laser Safety

From: Richard Crisp ^lt;rdcrisp_at_No-Spam>
Date: Wed Sep 29 2004 - 14:43:38 MST

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Waddell" <waddell@No-Spam>
To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TAC] Green Laser Safety

>I still have my old Scientific American book showing how to make a few
>kinds of
> lasers, e.g. dye lasers, CO2 lasers and nitrogen pulse lasers. Of course,
> a home-made laser of one of those varieties will fill a small tabletop, so
> they don't exactly make good pointers.
>
> If you can make your own dob, you can make your own laser -
> in either case, it's just a couple of mirrors. :-)

About six months ago I was in a surplus store in SJ that specializes in
wafer fab type gear. They had several powerful lasers around there for
cheap.

This stuff is not hard to get at all.
rdc

>
> --
> Harry Waddell
> Caravan Electronic Publishing
> -----------
>
>
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:13:42 -0700
> "Stacy Jo McDermott" <m42gal@No-Spam> wrote:
>
>> "Lasers are easily obtainable and can be self-manufactured weapons in the
>> terrorist arsenal, which essentially can effect a soft-kill solution and
>> leave virtually no detectable evidence,"
>>
>> guess that will be the next thing that will be banned.
>>
>> <html><DIV>
>> <P><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2>Stacy
>> <BR><BR>"Why
>> yes, there is a difference between photon deprivation &amp; PMS."
>> <BR>~Konstellation Kitty </FONT></P>
>> <P><FONT face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2>Just give me a
>> dark, clear, starry Kaleeforneea sky and no one gets
>> hurt.<BR><BR>www.stacyjomcdermott.com <BR></FONT></P></DIV></html>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> &gt;From: Sean McCauliff &lt;sean.mccauliff@No-Spam&gt;
>> &gt;Reply-To: Sean McCauliff &lt;sean.mccauliff@No-Spam&gt;,The
>> Astronomy
>> Connection &lt;sf-bay-tac@No-Spam&gt;
>> &gt;To: The Astronomy Connection &lt;sf-bay-tac@No-Spam&gt;
>> &gt;Subject: [TAC] Green Laser Safety
>> &gt;Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:06:46 -0700
>> &gt;
>> &gt;Several pilots have been hurt over the years. They don't say what
>> &gt;color the laser is in the article.
>> &gt;
>> &gt;http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040928-111356-3924r.htm
>> &gt;
>> &gt;-Sean
>>
>
>
Received on Wed Sep 29 14:44:04 2004


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