Lots of laser stuff available
***Edit, I think much of this is pending at the moment, waiting for a response at the moment.***
Howdy folks! Ok, bit of a long story. A friend of mine was in the planetarium business for decades. He mostly retired around 2005ish. Some folks here may remember meeting him at SELEM a few years ago, Joe Hopkins. Over the past several years his health has deteriorated. The remainder of his planetarium business has been in a storage unit for at least a decade. As a favor to an old friend, I picked up a U-Haul truck in Bradenton, FL and relocated this equipment to Jacksonville, with the intention of selling as much of it as possible to pay the relocation expense and help the Hopkins family. Among the mountain of equipment is a fair amount of laser gear which I would like to post here. I will offer 10% of anything that sells here on PL to be donated to PL.
I will start with this old HeNe, 3 color laser projector (Red, Yellow, Green). It is very old school but in pretty good condition. The amps are LSDC, scanners are G-120's, it's likely good to about 10K scanning. Inputs are RCA. I don't have any documentation on the amps. Also included is a separate piece with several hankscraft motors with effect wheels. I'd like to see $350 for this, for $450 I'll throw in a blackface ADAT and all the original JHE shows in wave format. Pickup is absolutely preferred for this, shipping would likely be very expensive. Here's a video of it running: https://youtu.be/pGOfWgdGn4k
Need an ADAT? I have a few. I've tested a couple and most seem to have issues, likely due to sitting around for so long. It would take more time than it's worth to go thru each one of these and repair them. I'm asking $25 each. Come buy them all for $250 and you can take the rack with you! Also have many of the LRC's.
Single mode RGB head. I built this for Joe many years ago, I guess he never used it. The drivers are the old stanham drivers, no SBS but the response is fantastic. Requires a 9V DC power supply, not included unless I can find one. Asking $100 plus shipping.
Single mode RGB bench with Compact506 scanners. Joe won these scanners as a door prize at SELEM, they are paired with the X-Laser 12V amp. Pretty nice little setup. The drivers are the stanham drivers, no SBS but fantastic modulation response. Asking $400 plus shipping, pickup preferred!
QM16! Removed from an Amiga 3000. I do not know if it works, it is completely untested. No clue what it might be worth, asking $100 but certainly accepting offers on any and all this stuff. No software included at this time. The LD400 software disk was found but being 30ish years old, I've sent it along with several other floppy disks to another PL member much more experienced than me to attempt to capture the data.
Single mode RGB module with drlava drivers. Ok, so this wasn't Joe's, it was part of Ed Keefe's estate. I still have a few other items left from that estate that I need to get posted but wanted to add this item since it's similar to some of the other items above. Very well-made unit, the Thor Labs mirror mounts are nice. The final bounce mirror has fallen off of the flex mount, aside from that it works fine. Needs a power supply. Asking $300 plus shipping.
There is some more laser stuff that I will get to eventually. I know I saw "AppleDACS" in the pile in the garage. It's a mountain of stuff folks and this has occupied much of my time as of late. If you see something you're interested in, please let me know. I will do my best to answer question in a timely manner. Thank you.
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Originally Posted by mixedgas
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