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Laser Resources, Let’s Build

Posted on June 24, 2016 by jccarlton

First of all, let me say that dealing with LASERS is serious business. I have an old sign that was copied from a laser company ad that says; Dang!!! do not look into laser with remaining eye. A LASER, even a low power one, can blind you and you don’t get a second chance with blindness. Always wear eye protection with correctly tinted lenses when working with lasers.

If You Are Any Kind Of Maker, You will Want This

Posted on March 2, 2016 by jccarlton

The complete Amateur Scientist on CD-Rom

http://www.surplusshed.com/pages/item/m2071.html

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0970347626/sciencehobbyist/

When I was a kid, Scientific American always had a science project that people could do in their home shops, usually with normal tools and some scrounging. The quality of these projects was always extremely high. Scientific American stopped putting those articles out sometime in the 1990’s, here they all are. There are thousands of pages of useful stuff and projects to fabricate. This is especially useful for getting info on obsolete projects and dangerous stuff.

How Nikon Made Lenses

Posted on December 9, 2015 by jccarlton

In 1966.

And

Now.

Nikon 80th anniversary video.

While the inspection techniques have improved, the basic grinding techniques for grinding lenses hasn’t changed very much.

The Power Of Optics

Posted on February 19, 2015 by jccarlton

Actually the power of a light beam. Significant energy loss occurs every time the beam goes through a lens or reflects off a surface. Still, its a pretty Rube Goldberg:

Making of: