I'm probably counting my chickens before my eggs have hatched but I'm waiting to hear about a potential laser-building workshop and wanted to get some advice on things I may or may not need to build lasers.
Things I have already:
Metal working
Various drills and taps
Vernier callipers
Steel rule
Set square
Engineering dividers
Scribe and centre punch
Files (standard and needle)
Screwdrivers
Vice
Hammer
Electronics
Soldering iron
Snips
Multimeter
Heat gun
Solder sucker and de-soldering braid
PCB drill
Low power LPM (Coherent LaserCheck)
Consumables
Solder
Cable ties
Heat shrink
Thermal gloop
Gaffa tape
Safety
Laser safety glasses
RCD
Some things I know I will need:
Pillar drill
UV epoxy and UV light (UK recommendations please?)
Antistatic mat and strap
Some things that would probably be handy:
IR thermometer (recommendations?)
Indium for higher power builds?
Engineers blue
Vacuum cleaner with antistatic probe
Can you recommend anything else or do you have a bit of kit which makes building a lot easier and I should put on my wish list?
I don't have a huge budget (I can't even afford to buy the flexmods which were on my list to get this month) so things like mills and lathes, which I would love to own are unfortunately out of the question at this stage.
Keith
Suggestion so far:
OscilloscopeOriginally Posted by WookieBoy
Bench PSU
Sketchup
Mini-vice/third hand
Clamping forceps
Laser power meter