HOW TO – Make a DVD burner into a High-Powered laser

Stephanie has an *awesome* laser project, turn a DVD burner into a high powered laser – “The laser pictured above has a peak output measured at 225 mW (average output 200 mW). It’s a visible red at about 650nm. It can light matches, pop balloons, cut electrical tape, and so forth. It can do pretty much anything a Pulsar 150 from Wicked Lasers can do, because it’s basically the same thing. The only differences? This laser was home-made, and cost about 1/3 the price. So, how did I do it? Some luck, some deductive reasoning, and some electronics experience all come into play. This page is a brief guide…” [via] – Link.

Related:

• Fun With Lasers (great resources) – Link.
• Transmit Audio with a Laser Pen – Link.
• Play Records with a Laser – Link.
• The Homemade Laser Saber – Link.
• Green Laser! – Link.
• Laser chess… – Link.
• The Homemade Nitrogen Laser – Link.