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How To Turn a Mini Maglite Into a Laser
Lucas123 writes "Using the laser from a DVD burner, this instructional video shows you how to create a hand-held laser that is powerful enough to light a match and pop a balloon. There's some soldering involved and the Maglite's bulb housing needs to be drilled out to fit the new laser diode, but with some basic skill, most people could do this. Just plain cool." Update: 07/09 12:23 GMT by KD : Warning, the device that results from following these instructions will blind you if you look into it.
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It's always a long day... 86400 doesn't fit into a short.
Now when I go to the movies, instead of worrying about Brad Pitt having a red dot on his face, I have to worry about the screen igniting. Good times.
Just tape balloons to people in strategic spots, I guess.
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In the words of Rainier Wolfcastle:
My eyes! The goggles do nothing!
So where did I put those frikin sharks?
Ok, so where do I get the shark ? and where is the manual on how to mount it on the shark ?
"Do not look into Laser with remaining eye!"
"To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. "
Nope. None of those things.
Articles about making lasers? Yes! Yes! It can light things on fire too?
Excuse me. I think I may have just wet my pants.
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How funny, I was reading this post and happened to see this at exactly the same time:
"Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct. The best kind of correct."
There's going to be a lot of blind hackers in the next couple of weeks. If you're smart, you'll figure out how to wrangle this as workmans comp before you build the thing.
I like music
I see you have constructed a new lightsaber. Your skills are complete, indeed you are powerful as the emperor has foreseen. - Darth Vader
Sorry about the writing. Robot fingers, you know? Cliff Steele in DOOM PATROL #23
Think of (all?) the people who now have a good use for their BluRay players. ;P
It's an American thing. The rest of the English speaking world uses 'soldering'.
Yeah, but now you can put it on sharks!
You're not the boss of me. I hate you! I hate you! God, my family sucks.
Oh, sorry. I was channeling a 14 year old emo girl for a minute.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
MY EYES! The googles do nothing!
"Things are more moderner than before- bigger, and yet smaller- it's computers-- San Dimas High School football RULES!"
Pepper spray? My balls! Nothing to teach an assailant a lesson like losing vision in one eye.
actually the one thing I am VERY interested in is if can produce enough pinpoint heat to start a flammable liquid on fire from a distance...oh.. I think I just came.
"Thank you for using Stop-n-Drop, America's favorite suicide booth since 2008"
Pfft, it's "just plain cool" - ain't no way it can be unsafe!
/. - how to convert your BB gun to fire 9mm rounds!
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which is totally what she said
If I wet the bed, I'm sending you the laundry bill.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Bush: We've go to do something to get rid of all those dangerous hackers.
Vader: Perhaps we could post a video showing them how to make a dangerous weapon that they would accidentally use on themselves.
Jobs: Hmmm... there's a dangerous laser in DVD burners.
Gates: Yeah, let's hope that works better than your plan to make them all deaf with your stupid iPod, or get them run over walking across the street, playing with their iPhone.
Place nail here >+
Oh yeah? How much does it cost to hang the sheets out on the line to dry?
The editors cannot change the article as they have killed themselves with their new maglite lasers....
"All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
Pussy.
I've got one sitting right here on my desk, and I can shine it in to my eyes with absolutely no problems. Allow me to demonstrate...
Srr?
Sbao;utelu ni orpbkens,
hang brain.
Your idea of cleaning piss stains off of sheets is hanging the sheets out to dry? I think you misunderstood what your mom meant when she said she liked having crisp sheets on the bed.
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This is a very dangerous toy
IT WILL BLIND YOU IMMEDIATELY
Humbug! All my life they have been telling me masturbation does the same exact thing.
- RG>
Hey pal, this isn't a pleasantforest, so don't waste my time with pleasantries!
Actually, if the little turds use one of these modified pointers, you can easily find and pound their asses.
Jacking up the power like this make the ENTIRE BEAM visible, not just the point.
I still want a laser powerful enough to deface bumper stickers and write insults into the paint on cars...
Visible means little when you're blind.
My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing!
That's why you should just stick with tin foil. Everyone knows that works. Believe me, if the government mind control was working on me, I'd know about it! But I have to go now -- I like to get my quarterly estimated income taxes paid nice and early.
All you have to do is watch it through a fish tank. If a beam comes back at you, it would just difuse or refract in the watter. There is a bonus if it hits the fish.
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
Visible means little when you're blind.
Warning: Do not look into LASER with remaining eye.
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