I have had similar thoughts after seeing this website for hacking dvd
laser diodes.
http://www.felesmagus.com/pages/lasers-howto.html
<http://www.felesmagus.com/pages/lasers-howto.html>
The thing that is holding me back from experimenting is I do not know
enough about laser safety. It is hard enough to place components
without having my retinas burned out.
laser diodes.
http://www.felesmagus.com/pages/lasers-howto.html
<http://www.felesmagus.com/pages/lasers-howto.html>
The thing that is holding me back from experimenting is I do not know
enough about laser safety. It is hard enough to place components
without having my retinas burned out.
>I
> I have used a cheap infra-red, I can use to melt most any thin black
> material, lines so thin you need a 10x lens to see them. With a cnc,
> can rasotize an image with it. A co-2 laser is LOTS more powerful and[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]