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| Thread ID: 96313 | 2009-01-06 09:16:00 | Are these legal? | pine-o-cleen (2955) | PC World Chat |
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| 735537 | 2009-01-06 09:16:00 | I thought there were restrictions on lasers? Are these (www.trademe.co.nz) 50mw lasers legal? | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 735538 | 2009-01-06 11:24:00 | I dunno, but that looks pretty cool in the pic ;) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 735539 | 2009-01-07 05:16:00 | Found out after posting that they are still legal in NZ. Not legal in Aussie and not legal in the US. They have been made illegal because people have been using them to target aircraft, and basically filling the cockpits with an intense green light. Makes visibility = 0. Idiots. Notice it's always the idiots that stuff things up for us 'normal' people? |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 735540 | 2009-01-07 05:41:00 | I thought there were restrictions on lasers? Are these (www.trademe.co.nz) 50mw lasers legal? I have two of them, they are NOT toys. you can get real eye damage very easely with 50mW |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 735541 | 2009-01-07 05:51:00 | So what do you use them for, not being funny genuine question | gary67 (56) | ||
| 735542 | 2009-01-07 06:32:00 | Apparently they go so far that you can point them at stars. Astronomers use them for pointing out star constellations etc. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 735543 | 2009-01-07 07:17:00 | Apparently they go so far that you can point them at stars. Astronomers use them for pointing out star constellations etc. and thats exactly why i have mine. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 735544 | 2009-01-07 07:34:00 | Hi Gary.... What for? I have a cheaper DSE version, smaller, which I have secured on the end of a parallel extension to a bowl turning gauge. The light is set to shine an exact margin to one side of the cutting end of the tool - which I cannot see because it may be 10 inches inside a narrow wood-turning. The light not only indicates to me the exact location of the end of the tool, but can be off-set to indicate the thickness of the vessel wall where I may be cutting at any given time. Quite important when the wall of the vessel may be only 3 mm thick and spinning at a couple of thou. Probably as clear as mud but instantly grasped when seen in action. I visited Mt John Observatory last year and took the night tour. The guide used a larger version to point to and help identify various objects in the night sky. Hard to tell how far the light carried, but certainly far enough to indicate a specific body. |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 735545 | 2009-01-07 08:08:00 | Being a carpenter/joiner by trade I know exactly what you mean Scouse | gary67 (56) | ||
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