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  • highq's Avatar
    Yesterday, 15:29
    highq started a thread Verdi V8 misbehaving in Lasers, All Kinds.
    Greetings! I have an old Verdi V8 (2007 vintage with 2 FAPs) with power locking issues that I'm hoping someone on here might help diagnose. In light control mode it gets up to 4-5W when set to 8W, but is not stable (varying up to 20% on the scale of minutes) and always displays "Laser Seeking" at...
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  • VDX's Avatar
    Yesterday, 10:59
    VDX replied to a thread A little machining and other bits in Modifications
    ... have another, slightly bigger (275x210x210mm moving range) and with servos instead of steppers, which I was using for my laser-development. Here (last image) both, side by side, for comparison ... and much more machines or components for different configurations :cool:
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  • absolom7691's Avatar
    Yesterday, 08:45
    absolom7691 replied to a thread A little machining and other bits in Modifications
    Thanks. The tightest corner I can get is probably about a 1mm radius. Even then, 2mm end mill bits need some careful feed and plunge rates which I haven't fully cracked yet. I can mill soft alloys without a breakage but if it's a good quality aluminum, changes are good that a bit will break! ...
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  • VDX's Avatar
    Yesterday, 08:14
    VDX replied to a thread A little machining and other bits in Modifications
    ... not sooo expensive, if you can wait for occasions :cool: Here my actuall smallest CNC-mill (got it from a friend for 150€ + Touch-PC from another for "exchange")- 200x200x120mm moving space and sturdy enough for some centimeters in aluminium and brass ore some millimeters in steel:
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  • mixedgas's Avatar
    Yesterday, 07:59
    mixedgas replied to a thread A little machining and other bits in Modifications
    CNC, you lucky bastard. Manual mill here.... ;) No ultra sharp corners on LCD cutouts for me... :mad: NICE!!!! Steve
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  • VDX's Avatar
    08-29-2025, 11:46
    VDX replied to a thread Lambda Physics in The Lounge
    ... shouldn't be a problem -- I'm trying to "stack" different materials (or multiple slices of same and/or different materials) not only in homogenous layers, but too in specific patterns and geometries ... the results will give something like "3D-Nano-printing" with various materials and with any...
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  • LambdaPhysics's Avatar
    08-29-2025, 10:59
    LambdaPhysics replied to a thread Lambda Physics in The Lounge
    Could be deposited a model of photoresist on chrome-coated glass plates?
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  • VDX's Avatar
    08-29-2025, 10:13
    VDX replied to a thread Lambda Physics in The Lounge
    ... I'm doing "LIFT" with my fiberlaser or even with a 10W-laserdiode without need for vacuum :cool: Attached some Images with tests for coating thicknes with copper (the raster image, thickness from single nanometers to roghly 50nm) or creating conducting tracks on any sort of surface (paper,...
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  • LambdaPhysics's Avatar
    08-29-2025, 08:48
    LambdaPhysics replied to a thread Lambda Physics in The Lounge
    Very interesting. I had heard something about the process. Now I have researched a bit on the internet. Do you have the equipment needed for manufacturing? I make optical coatings using the Physcal Vapor Deposition (PVD) method. I have a Leybold Heraeus optical coating machine with an electron...
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  • VDX's Avatar
    08-29-2025, 06:29
    VDX replied to a thread Lambda Physics in The Lounge
    ... if you're interested in some of my methodes. then you can read into LIFT (Laser Induced Forward Transfer) -- it's essentially precoating a transparent sheet or glass plate with a material (cuould be LIFT-coated too), then evaporate it with a laser through this sheet/plate and let it "coat" a...
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  • LambdaPhysics's Avatar
    08-29-2025, 05:59
    LambdaPhysics replied to a thread Lambda Physics in The Lounge
    Hi Viktor, I am located in Europe too, but a little further East (Bucharest - Romania)
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  • VDX's Avatar
    08-29-2025, 05:31
    VDX replied to a thread Lambda Physics in The Lounge
    Hi Adrian, ... where are you located? I'm from Germany and actively testing/investigating all sorts of "surface coating" for different applications :cool: Viktor
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  • MariusTitulescu's Avatar
    08-29-2025, 03:43
    MariusTitulescu replied to a thread Liberation professional laser software - coming soon in The Lounge
    How's the project going? Any significant breakthroughs? ____________________ Marius
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  • LambdaPhysics's Avatar
    08-29-2025, 03:41
    LambdaPhysics started a thread Lambda Physics in The Lounge
    Hi everyone, I’d like to briefly introduce myself. My background is in optical coatings – for many years I worked at an optics institute where I specialized in thin-film deposition for laser and optical components. After the institute was closed, I had the opportunity to acquire part of the...
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  • bungy's Avatar
    08-28-2025, 17:00
    bungy replied to a thread Do I need a variance? in Lasers, All Kinds.
    Thank you buffo for the very detailed response! Even though my setup is not legit, I have been taking as many reasonable precautions as I can. I truly do not want to make a dangerous situation for anybody. I have ordered the ClubMAX 3000 from Pangolin (with Saturn scanners!) and they are going...
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  • absolom7691's Avatar
    08-28-2025, 14:44
    absolom7691 started a thread A little machining and other bits in Modifications
    It's been a while since I have posted any build projects. I thought I'd share some of the upgrade work that I have been doing in regards to my fogscreen. Of course, my fogscreen has been my most ambitious build and the one I'm the most proud of. Over the last few Halloweens, I have noticed how...
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  • absolom7691's Avatar
    08-28-2025, 12:00
    absolom7691 replied to a thread Dichro help in Help!
    Thanks for the reply, Adam. I might just go the knife-edging route. The "scan speed" of the transducer driven mirror is slow enough that a slightly off-axis beam wouldn't be noticeable. As for the guts, the halogen and focusing lens have all been removed. There is very little left of the...
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  • rodman1369's Avatar
    08-28-2025, 05:42
    rodman1369 replied to a thread SELEM 2025 Sign-up Thread (SELEM 18) in Laser Meet-N-Greet
    Yeah! What he said! 😉
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  • lasermaster1977's Avatar
    08-27-2025, 14:34
    lasermaster1977 replied to a thread Can anyone confirm this old IDE Seagate 180MB HD stepper motor config? in The Lounge
    Hi Adam, thanks for that neat suggestion. I could do the engraving on my CNC machine myself. I'll bet your 12" clock platter looks awesome. Surprisingly these 3.75" dia. platters make descent laser bounce mirrors and did not noticeable deform the beam shape, at least on the tests I did.
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  • TheHermit's Avatar
    08-27-2025, 12:55
    TheHermit replied to a thread SELEM 2025 Sign-up Thread (SELEM 18) in Laser Meet-N-Greet
    Thank you for sharing and debunking my 'be there or be square' theory. I understand that doing the show is a higher priority than recording video. I've scoured YT for my own 10 years' worth of works, only to find one grainy '87 VHS recording of a Carrie stage production dress rehearsal. Such is...
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  • buffo's Avatar
    08-27-2025, 11:06
    buffo replied to a thread Do I need a variance? in Lasers, All Kinds.
    To clarify Adam's point, the reason the commerce clause applies is because you have to *purchase* the laser projector. That purchase is the commerce that gives the CDRH the teeth to go after the seller's records, and from those records they can find the people who bought from them. You are...
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  • buffo's Avatar
    08-27-2025, 10:22
    buffo replied to a thread SELEM 2025 Sign-up Thread (SELEM 18) in Laser Meet-N-Greet
    We've been bad about recording video, I admit it. A few people have put together some videos from past SELEMs, however. Here are some links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VupBooxluBw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSxR2TVxVbU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPJzctwHmLo...
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  • buffo's Avatar
    08-27-2025, 10:15
    buffo replied to a thread Dichro help in Help!
    Honestly, Edmunds was going to be my suggestion, but yeah - they're prices have gone up quite a bit post-covid. You might want to do some experimenting with the dichros you already have, though, to see if you can make it work. So long as the cut-off wavelength is far enough from whatever...
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  • buffo's Avatar
    08-27-2025, 09:57
    buffo replied to a thread Can anyone confirm this old IDE Seagate 180MB HD stepper motor config? in The Lounge
    If you still have the platters from that drive, you can make a cool (and very nerdy) clock with one: take it to an engraver and have them etch the standard clock face numbers around the outer edge. Then install a battery-powered clock mechanism on the back (Amazon sells these for less than 10...
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  • TheHermit's Avatar
    08-26-2025, 12:18
    TheHermit replied to a thread Welcome to join monthly ILDA Digital Network Zoom meeting in Advanced Technical Discussion
    Thanks for sharing, Steve.
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  • mixedgas's Avatar
    08-26-2025, 10:05
    mixedgas replied to a thread Welcome to join monthly ILDA Digital Network Zoom meeting in Advanced Technical Discussion
    Helios: Helios Laser DAC – Bitlasers Helios to IDN (open source) OpenIDN network adapter for the Helios DAC – Bitlasers IDN:
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  • TheHermit's Avatar
    08-25-2025, 08:28
    TheHermit replied to a thread SELEM 2025 Sign-up Thread (SELEM 18) in Laser Meet-N-Greet
    Thank you for the wrap up, Adam. It provides great insight into the organizational efforts of you guys to continue pulling it off with every year getting bigger and better. Would love to see some videos, but I get it. Gotta be there to enjoy & contribute to the experience. Nothing about SELEM is...
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  • buffo's Avatar
    08-25-2025, 05:21
    buffo replied to a thread SELEM 2025 Sign-up Thread (SELEM 18) in Laser Meet-N-Greet
    Let's try this one more time! (I've tried to reply to this thread twice, but both times the forum swallowed my reply and returned a database error rather than posting. I know Spec has been hard at work trying to harden V-bulletin against the bots hammering the server, but it's a tough job, and...
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