Beam Table Started!

[steve-o]

Thanks to everyone here, I've learned enough to begin construction on a new beam-table. (Hopefully- I'll get it right the first time ) Its going to have the dual Marconi setup and a WL SpyderII (that I got for free-so can't complain) Which I hope will all combine well. Ive got the dichro and 2 fs enh-al mirrors from EO. My digital camera's a piece of crap so please excuse the fuzzy photos..

[marconi]

Dig that heatsink...
Looks like a good start to me.
hope you dont run out of room like I did three times now.

[steve-o]

I'm gonna try to save enough room for the mandatory blue later on.
Marconi--your module runs so cool. I had it on for 15 min the other day and it didn't even feel warm (I'm [of course] going to heatsink it anyway.) Can't wait to get your 2nd module
Steve

[allthatwhichis]

Good luck man! I'm in the same boat. I just started putting all mine on an aluminum plate but don't know what to do for an enclosure. That is a nice heat sink. How powerful is that spyder? Even though it was free I shiver to see it in a "projector".

Wait, that spyder is blue correct?

[steve-o]

<edit>
Yup its a pointer but it is about a quarter watt of green
Yeh they come in blue and red too.
The heatsink and chassis came from scrap at work (it was in a garbage can) . Dam, I wish peop would quit throwing away useful stuff!
One man's garbage is...

[steve-o]

gettin everything lined up..

[allthatwhichis]

You goin gwith 400mw of red and 250 of green? You plan on 300mW of blue? How are you blanking the green?

Coming along nicely though.

[DZ]

Wow that looks great steve-o!

Yup its a pointer but it is about a quarter watt of green

Thats on heck of a pointer, will you be able to modulate the output ttl or analog?

David

[steve-o]

Thanks Y-all.
Uhh- pull the pointer and put in a module w/ blanking. -or
I may to try to work on a mechanical device that will vary the amount of green..
(working with what ive got--y'know; cashflow issues )
Steve
PS- how much blue do I need?
<edit> nevermind-I know better than to ask that question.

I was thinking of varying the input voltage for analog modulation, but I don't know if that would be too good for it. I guess that would depend on the circuit design they're using..

[steve-o]

The power supply is done and mounted. Now to figure out how to modulate the green pointer.. then I can start bolting everything down, and search for cheap scanners.
edit> oh---and a blue la$er :0
--or maybe i'll just make this a YO laser (yellow/orange)