Re: Working Laser To Buy???

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From: Eric Hildum
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1987 08:50

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In article <1054@cooper.cooper.EDU> gene@cooper.cooper.EDU (Gene from EK Enterprises) writes:
>
>Anyone know where to get a more powerful, yet relatively portable (no water
>cooling equipment or rare-gas tanks) and a matching supply? How about a
>"phase-plasma rifle in the 40 watt range"? (I'm serious.)
>
>					Gene

Just what are you planning to do with such a beast??  That power level
in a laser is extremely dangerous. The damage threshold for the human
eye is measured in milliwatts - this would be well into class IV (to
put it mildly) operation. Please be very, very, very careful.

				Eric

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Subject: Re: Working Laser To Buy???
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