Ok so here is my laser life story..
lets start with the fact that im 30 which makes me prime age for laser interest.
from the ages of 16-25 i was taking psychedelic drugs and going to raves all the time.
Thats where i met a guy from PAWN lasers. he let me control one of his 1w green lasers after it was all set up. no scanner, just a beam table and a bunch of mirrors and splitters with motors to make cool patterns with bounce mirrors he had setup.
At that point i was hooked but did nothing about it.
never owned a laser
never bought a laser pointer
now im an IT guy (MCDST) and i decided to buy a laser pointer.. so i ordered a 200mw DX but never got it, because as I researched i relized i wanted a lab laser, then i relized i wanted to build a projector and i canceled the order with DX. i bought a 150mw green lab laser from ebay (laser-rich.com version) and i live it..
Since that time I have learned a ton of stuff and built my own Violet (803t) and red (long open can) lab style lasers... and i have all the parts for my scanner (mostly), so now im here.