Post your interesting eBay finds...

[steve-o]

I've always wanted a beam scan, ever since I would drool over them in the MWK catalogs... some day... some day

Ahh MWK .. I bought my 1st argon tube from Mike .. still got it too .. Good times

[danielbriggs]

Cheap wagglers:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coherent-M...item35d38b1e0e

[WolfMax]

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/261394519235

Has been relisted and is still for sale: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blue-laser.../261422266333?

[Junktronix]

I've always wanted a beam scan, ever since I would drool over them in the MWK catalogs... some day... some day

I have 2 complete BeamScan systems here. $200 (ea) + shipping?

[danielbriggs]

Cheap untested ArKr Whitelight (~3.5W).
http://tinyurl.com/o9vw5qt

[mixedgas]

Cheap untested ArKr Whitelight (~3.5W).
http://tinyurl.com/o9vw5qt

No remote pictured, and the remotes are customized for the heads with a chip. :-(
Wont run without the remote.

Steve

[142laser]

Also seller is not e Bay's best...pass.

[dsli_jon]

No remote pictured, and...

..Ya, and besides that, that's a 'Star-C head' supply, with a much, much older Spectrum head.. it appears that they've gone to the painstaking trouble to 'hot-rod' the Umbilical (??) for that supply, which.. would *not* be an easy thing to 'undo'.. And, actually, now that I think about it deeper, IIRC, there were even a couple interface-cards up in the C-heads, that would *not* be in a Spectrum, so.. Unless they also hot-rodded those in there, even if the Remote was included, w/o those cards to give proper-feedback to the supply, ya ain't gonna get much more than 'Error codes'..

Also, for sure, in the older Spectrum heads, the starter was up in the head, in those nice little cylindrical 'starter-modules', but in the 'C's, I believe (iirc..) they were down in the supply, so.. It would be a real chore to re-wire that head to work with it's 'native' supply...

'Bout the only thing I can see this cheapy-auction being good for (assuming the tube is still gas-intact..) was If it was an Ar/Kr tube / optics, it'd be good kit for someone that needed a 'tube-job'.. Oh, and those C-supplies are great-little 'surplus goldmines' for: A really-nice All-Brass Proteus (Briggsy should know about that.. and a bunch of nice fuses / AC/DC bridges, SCRs, pan-head screws, key-sw, etc, etc.. See? I'm still really a 'hobbiest at heart'..

..just some 'food for thought' for anyone thinking 'cheap killer Ion! cheap killer Ion!' This would be - at the very-least - a major headache-project, unless they did, indeed, 'account' / mod for all those differences 'tween the Spectrum and the Star-C.. Or, ya, unless it's a Photoshop-job... jk..

fwiw..
j

[Datsurb]

The 1watt 520nm are still dropping in price.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NICHIA-NDG74...item3cdb4eead7

Another halv year, and they might be within reach for my wallet.

[mixedgas]

Re the I70/Spectrum C:

As Jon says, nice pile of parts, Its at best a good set of white light optics, unless you hook the tube to say a Lexel or a classic RED 170 supply, which means much rewiring. Even on the sealed version of those tubes, the optics are just held in with a Indium foil seal, so the optics can be recovered. If it has the prism on the rear, like most Spectrums, it will be dual Brewster, which means no killing the tube just for the optics. The PSU is a paperweight or boat anchor, good for some NICE parts.

Steve