Same here! Also, I've come upon this thread far too late. Y'all are almost done discussing laser theory and I've been studying them for two years
I'm not sure I should be helping people with this, BUT there is a UK distributor that sells their laser's. Or you can buy direct from them from Hong Kong in fact I'm waiting for a reply from them about shipping.
I know they ship to the UK, I don't know about shipping cost, though. Probably looking about 10-20 gbp, going by what I've paid for HK based ebay stuff.
I think I'm going to make one of these my first laser device when payday comes around again too. I've been tempted in the past with there being a whole lasers section on candlepower forums where I'm a moderately active user, but I never took the plunge. I have no use for it whatsoever, I've just always wanted a blue or green laser
You've been studying lasers yet you've never built one? Shocking! (Also, when did it become acceptable not to call them LASERs?)
Actually, I have. Only a very basic one though, and it was just a standard red diode, not a cool blue or green one! I built it from parts I bought at laserdiy.com and an old maglite body. What I mean by my first LASER device is my first high performance LASER. People who own maglites think they own high quality, high performance flashlights. My collection of lights proves that only half of that statement is true The LASERs that we use for demonstrations in uni are all pre-built units. We never got a chance to build anything ^ What they said. You're right of course, it should always be written "LASER", but I got relly tired of shift-typing it whilst typing my engineering science assignments and lab notes last semester
