Yesterday my first argon laser arrived, i bought it for just 160-170USD shipped from australia.
Heres some pics, the box:
After removing a rainforest worth of newspaper, this is revealed:
Out of the box and sitting on my laptop:
Some numbers:
BeO warning sign:
Filament connections:
Peering down the OC:
The HR:
And this is a video of testing out number of turns for the filament winding, a nice orange glow can be observed through the OC, tho the camera seem to think its white: