[rescue] OT - Optics / Laser rescue bits?

[Robert Darlington]

Sorry, forgot to include the URL:
http://www.orbtronic.com/laser-safety-glasses/12-green-laser-eye-protection-safety-goggles-glasses.html

High quality (for $25) and I suspect they work pretty well if they're still
in business.  I'm not going to test them very far though.  These are just an
extra precaution.

-Bob

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Robert Darlington <rdarlington at gmail.com>wrote:

> Those lasers are no joke.  Lasers are definitely not toys.  I have a
> Coherent DPSS 532 laser that spits out 200mW of power, mostly at 532nm.
> This is plenty to burn holes in plastic (slowly).  Reflections off of shiny
> things will instantly blind you.  I bought a pair of laser goggles for about
> $25 which block almost all of that 532nm radiation but don't do anything for
> the 1064nm frequency content.  This is an incredibly dangerous situation for
> people that don't know how they work and think it's fine to stare at the
> little dim dot on the wall.   Dangerous, but I still love em.
>
> -Bob
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Ethan O'Toole <ethan at 757tech.net> wrote:
>
>>  I have no background in lasers or optics, but several laser articles on
>>> various tech sites have lead me to wickedlasers.com.
>>>
>>
>> I turned wickedlasers into the CDRH.
>>
>> They said they already had issued things to them.
>>
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