<!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+Sep 29 2004, 12:39 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ Sep 29 2004, 12:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Too expensive... you can get a G36 for cheaper. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> But where is its laser attachment? <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Liku+Sep 29 2004, 12:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Liku @ Sep 29 2004, 12:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Even though that looks a little like the Laser Rifle from Akira, I'd rather have that looked exactly like it. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> ...
I have a sudden urge to insert my opinion manually into your face.
While I only have a basic knowledge of powering laser tubes, this looks pretty damned cool. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Lemme help you as I do know a great deal about lasers.
When it says "100 Watts" that's power usage, not optical power. Lazers are <i>the</i> most inefficent electrical device ever. They waste between 93% and 99% of all of the energy put in them to heat.
I've worked with a large 3 kWatt white laser before (UofL planetarium) which is a whooping class IV. (enough to burn your retinal cells off in 0.25 seconds) Even with a unfiltered beam (technically this was illegal to do) was just barely enough to make a piece of normal A-size paper singe. This laser needed a below freezing large cooling system to keep it from over heating.
So in conclusion: Go ahead and by this piece of crap if you want, the most you can burn are people's eyes. This is what I could call a scam if you are thinking you are getting a weapon.
~edit~ (arg typos)
PS: always look for a laser's <i>class #</i>: Class I is lowest, Class IV is highest. 3k Watt and above are considered military grade class IV. And you pay roundly 1 million dollars in maintainance every year. (no you can't skimp out on it)
While I only have a basic knowledge of powering laser tubes, this looks pretty damned cool. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Lemme help you as I do know a great deal about lasers.
When it says "100 Watts" that's power usage, not optical power. Lazers are <i>the</i> most inefficent electrical device ever. They waste between 93% and 99% of all of the energy put in them to heat.
I've worked with a large 3 kWatt white laser before (UofL planetarium) which is a whooping class IV. (enough to burn your retinal cells off in 0.25 seconds) Even with a unfiltered beam (technically this was illegal to do) was just barely enough to make a piece of normal A-size paper singe. This laser needed a below freezing large cooling system to keep it from over heating.
So in conclusion: Go ahead and by this piece of crap if you want, the most you can burn are people's eyes. This is what I could call a scam if you are thinking you are getting a weapon.
~edit~ (arg typos)
PS: always look for a laser's <i>class #</i>: Class I is lowest, Class IV is highest. 3k Watt and above are considered military grade class IV. And you pay roundly 1 million dollars in maintainance every year. (no you can't skimp out on it) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Of course, I never expected it to do more than singe some paper. I was just amused that someone was actually selling a 'kit'.
(I once roasted marshmellows on a 50 watt CO2 laser.)
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<!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Sep 29 2004, 03:03 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Sep 29 2004, 03:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm not buying diddly squat until they look, sound, and work like the ones in Star Wars. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> those arent lasers <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-NEO_Phyte+Sep 29 2004, 06:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (NEO_Phyte @ Sep 29 2004, 06:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Sep 29 2004, 03:03 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Sep 29 2004, 03:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm not buying diddly squat until they look, sound, and work like the ones in Star Wars. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> those arent lasers <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I am the last person on these forums to talk condescendingly to about Star Wars. And I know they aren't lasers.
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But where is its laser attachment? <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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I have a sudden urge to insert my opinion manually into your face.
While I only have a basic knowledge of powering laser tubes, this looks pretty damned cool. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lemme help you as I do know a great deal about lasers.
When it says "100 Watts" that's power usage, not optical power. Lazers are <i>the</i> most inefficent electrical device ever. They waste between 93% and 99% of all of the energy put in them to heat.
I've worked with a large 3 kWatt white laser before (UofL planetarium) which is a whooping class IV. (enough to burn your retinal cells off in 0.25 seconds) Even with a unfiltered beam (technically this was illegal to do) was just barely enough to make a piece of normal A-size paper singe. This laser needed a below freezing large cooling system to keep it from over heating.
So in conclusion: Go ahead and by this piece of crap if you want, the most you can burn are people's eyes. This is what I could call a scam if you are thinking you are getting a weapon.
~edit~ (arg typos)
PS: always look for a laser's <i>class #</i>: Class I is lowest, Class IV is highest. 3k Watt and above are considered military grade class IV. And you pay roundly 1 million dollars in maintainance every year. (no you can't skimp out on it)
While I only have a basic knowledge of powering laser tubes, this looks pretty damned cool. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lemme help you as I do know a great deal about lasers.
When it says "100 Watts" that's power usage, not optical power. Lazers are <i>the</i> most inefficent electrical device ever. They waste between 93% and 99% of all of the energy put in them to heat.
I've worked with a large 3 kWatt white laser before (UofL planetarium) which is a whooping class IV. (enough to burn your retinal cells off in 0.25 seconds) Even with a unfiltered beam (technically this was illegal to do) was just barely enough to make a piece of normal A-size paper singe. This laser needed a below freezing large cooling system to keep it from over heating.
So in conclusion: Go ahead and by this piece of crap if you want, the most you can burn are people's eyes. This is what I could call a scam if you are thinking you are getting a weapon.
~edit~ (arg typos)
PS: always look for a laser's <i>class #</i>: Class I is lowest, Class IV is highest. 3k Watt and above are considered military grade class IV. And you pay roundly 1 million dollars in maintainance every year. (no you can't skimp out on it) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Of course, I never expected it to do more than singe some paper. I was just amused that someone was actually selling a 'kit'.
(I once roasted marshmellows on a 50 watt CO2 laser.)
those arent lasers <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
those arent lasers <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I am the last person on these forums to talk condescendingly to about Star Wars. And I know they aren't lasers.