Hi Gen > Humm, thats beginning to sound like non-exportable munitions. Not to > mention eyeball wreckers just from the reflections off the surrounding > walls. :( Bad idea for someone not well versed in the tech.
Yes proper eye protection is important, but also at just 2 W and a diode from a DVD burner. The power density that can be reached at the retina is surprisingly high as soon as you deal with culminated (parallel) beams. So even 2 W of continuous wave beam can cause permanent damage especially if the light is in the visible range of the spectrum. The 10600 nm fro a CO2 laser are less dangerous, as they will 'only' burn the corona and not reach the retina. cu Flo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by Intel(R) XDK Develop, test and display web and hybrid apps with a single code base. Download it for free now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=111408631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
