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Fun => The Porch => Topic started by: ptone on June 19, 2011, 08:02:12 pm

Title: DIY laser - who'll be first
Post by: ptone on June 19, 2011, 08:02:12 pm
Sounds like the hardware side wouldn't be hard for this crowd.

http://youtu.be/yEG68O6jpjo

-P
Title: Re: DIY laser - who'll be first
Post by: trekster on June 19, 2011, 09:27:15 pm
That would be a cool addition to anyone's light show!

Ron
Title: Re: DIY laser - who'll be first
Post by: dmaccole on June 20, 2011, 06:06:12 pm
Here's a link to the hardware portion of the project ...

http://marcansoft.com/blog/openlase/hardware-mark-1/

It's still a little too hacky for my liking, but surely someone will figure out how to build this in a more elegant form.

\dmc
Title: Re: DIY laser - who'll be first
Post by: rm357 on June 20, 2011, 07:47:38 pm
I love to watch, but i don't think i want to be responsible for an unattended laser in my yard...

Most people have a sense of being careful around electricy - not so much with lasers...

RM
Title: Re: DIY laser - who'll be first
Post by: tbone321 on June 20, 2011, 07:53:31 pm
I agree and I don't think that RJ would want to take on that responsibility either.  That's all this site needs is someone suing it becasue their child was injured by a laser from a kit sold from here.  That would be the end of DIY.
Title: Re: DIY laser - who'll be first
Post by: holland lights on June 22, 2011, 11:37:54 pm
Ill be using a 4 laser projector for christmas, but its store bought. Im thinking of adding a blanker with a motion sensor so if someone walkes in front of it the blanker goes down and shuts the light off, i just need to make the circuitry.
Title: Re: DIY laser - who'll be first
Post by: holland lights on June 22, 2011, 11:43:42 pm
Although, ive got a chauvet laser unit that i received off ebay for almost nothing, the laser was out and i bought a new one for it. I might be able to get it to work right as a show of how to do one.
Title: Re: DIY laser - who'll be first
Post by: magic8192 on June 23, 2011, 01:09:34 pm
Wow that is pretty neat. 
Title: Re: DIY laser - who'll be first
Post by: tonyv2842 on June 27, 2011, 06:09:15 pm
There is also an apparent rise in the amount of reports of pilots being blinded by lasers whether they be laser pointers or whatever.  I would think based on the negative publicity alone, if you had a laser on your front lawn it wouldn't be long before someone of authority would "swing by" and pay you a visit.  It's a real shame too, because you can do alot of awesome stuff with lasers, not just vector graphics, you could get into holography etc..