I just wanted to say hi and do a quick introduction about my self. I found you guys when doing some research on a cheap ilda galvo set i got from ebay. my name is chris and i am from mid Michigan, I am an electronics service tech and love anything laser. my first laser i bought was from i think MWK industeries that i think is no longer around, it was a 5 miliwatt HeNe built into a tool box to make it portable, at that age i also found out why you cant run a HeNe on ac current and ruined a nice Siemens laser, even though that was over 20 years ago i still have the first working system, I am 39 now and have a hoard of stuff laying around. Unlike other fourms i hope to gain knowlage from you guys. i still need to find a DAC for that galvo. i am going to use a lower powered crysalaser brand dpss greenie. i can mod them to output about 50-80 milliwatts but i think it stresses the diode a bit. one of them has an odd over voltage problem, a number of years ago i had a chance to buy 6 of them
but anyway thanks for having me