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From: ellert@argos.uucp (Leigh Ellert)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Lasers
Summary: Surplus Lasers, etc.
Message-ID: <743@convex.UUCP>
Date: 2 Dec 88 20:48:09 GMT
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Reply-To: ellert@argos.UUCP (Leigh Ellert)
Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx.
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I have bought several from Meredith Instruments (602) 934-9387.

Prices start at about $60 for 1 mw glass HeNe tubes and go up to about $125
for 7 mw units.  HeNe heads (glass laser tube aligned and potted along with
a ballast resistor inside an aluminum tube) go for $125 for 5 mw heads and
go up to $300 for the 9-11mw heads.

Power supplies are of the switched-mode variety and sell for $75 new.  These
units are physically quite small (1.0 X 1.5 X 3.75 inches for the adjustable
output item) and can be supplied for use with various input voltages (9 VDC,
12 VDC, 120 VAC)

All that is needed is a tube, power supply, ballast resistor (~ 80K @ 5
watt), suitable enclosure, and a source of input voltage.

Those guys work fast!  My goodies arrived UPS (AZ to TX) on the Tuesday
after I mailed my order (with postal money order) on Wednesday.  Twice!
They also have onesies and twosies of higher power argon and other more
exotic lasers as well as night vision items from time to time.

Another supplier is M. J. Neal Co. in Orient, OH (I think).  Prices are
comparable, but I have not bought anything from them.

Happy laseing

leigh


signature line is still backordered...