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  • I need a non-burning IR laser anyone know where I can get one?

  • ohhhh coool mannn.. lol

  • er... might not be a good idea to test it on your skin... cancer risk.

  • wow careful very cool though

  • wow careful

  • Infrared Lasers are useful as invisible scopes in airsoft. You can see them if you have infrared goggles on. 

  • How many batteries do you use? What is the voltage? Do you use any lenses/glasses infront of the laser droid?

  • THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS THE LIGHT IS INVISIBLE TO THE HUMAN EYE. IF YOU LOOK DIRECTLY IN THIS LASER YOU WILL GET BLIND!!!

    thumbs up to protect others.

  • @knalert Agreed. I did this once and had a headache for two days afterwards. No blindness yet though thankfully. Looking into ANY laser is abad idea! Looking into lasers >5mw is VERY bad idea and can burn your retinas immediately depending on power output.

  • You are pumping 4x the rated power, this thing is going to take your eye out. You won't even feel a thing until your lights go out. The most powerful solid state lasers use IR beams to cut and fuse steel, please don't mess with this shit.

  • is that the original housing for the laser? or did you buy one of those special housings?

  • Next time put your eye there.

  • how would I go about measuring the lasing capabilities of my various homemade and bought lasers with my isight camera? would I need something to compare it to?

  • they make 50w lasers that arent even as bright as a dinky 5mw red keychain because like yours its approaching the infrared wavelength

  • what does your roof look like now

  • sunglasses? What kind of blindness wish do you have? You might as well go with none at all! IR is not something that is IN the beam, it IS the beam! Don't try to give advice unless you know whats up!

  • the thing that burns your eyes is the Infrared from the beam :|

  • How would Infrared come 'from the beam'

    The wave length falls within the 0.7 and 300 micrometres or it doesn't. A your Eyes rods & cones can be damaged by the magnification of UV,IR & The visable Wave lenght. A laser in UV wont Magicly kick of a IR photon just to mess with your Ability to see.

  • i thought about using a CD burner diode but i heard someone say that it is not a beam and it is like a spray of infrared light. because kipkay said that that wont do anything and wont burn. i dont know but i will try to light a match and wear 2 sunglasses.

  • I dont recomend using 'Sunglasses', Even good Sunglasses are only ment to help with Sun light that doesn't get blocked by the atmosphere. From someone thats vision is worse from years of welding, Even the right tools will not protect you from wavelenghts that your eyes were never developed to be around.

  • What are you talking about? You saying that being close to that thing can harm you or watchin directly in it?

  • Im talkn about Hoping that this kid doesn't read the other peoples Retarfded comments thinking they are true without lookin into it more for himself. & yes I know you were joking but Alot of people dont realize that being able to See Any LASER light -Even Reflected - means Potentially Harmfull Photons are hitting your Eyes.

  • correct

  • its the same for any laser even 1mw can blind you after 30 sec to a minute

    1W will be pretty quick likke 1-5 seconds if that

  • wtf? with 1W its not even necessary a second just a fraction of it

  • @firedude201234 Your gay. 1W will blind you in a few nano seconds...

  • @mapleguy1029384756

    Yes, He is A DumbAss Aka Gay:)

    He must be Thinking about Sperm in the Eye for Fraction of A sec.

  • @M1ST3RHYDE What dumbass said to use sunglasses? I want to punch them right now trying to get people to use sunglasses and blind themselves

  • @mapleguy1029384756

    Saddly I do not recall, He is Prolly Out there walkin around with A Dog by now.

    Oh ya, That Dog is for Idiots that shine Frikin L.A.S.E.R. beams in their Faces.

    How Does humanity live on with all the Idiots out their playn with toys that can Fuck Their Shit Up. Know What I Mean.

  • Lol this is just cool. I have made my first 200mW red DVD laser, and now I have one IR diode from the same sled. I will try it, if it really stings your skin :)

  • try a 400w cO2 on your skin....

    see it u still have an arm lolz

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  • Yes they will. All DVD burners have CD burning capabilities, and therefore can burn

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  • And how many have you used in laser projects?

    I've picked apart a fair share of units as well, and from experience I can tell you: ALL of my drives used a single diode, aparrently at two distinct current settings, and they COULD burn stuff pretty well, even with no glow, or just a little red glow visible in the can. And yes, I still have my eyes, despite the IR radiation.

    Try shining one in an IR enabled camera to see just how strong they can be...

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  • I'm not going to argue further. My facts are 100% correct. How do you explain the video that you have commented on, when it states that it is the IR diode from a DVD burner?

  • Practically every DVD burner on the market does contain an IR diode capable of burning CDs at 32 - 52x. That diode will put out several hundred milliwatts. Try it yourself with one of the IR diodes from a DVD sled - on a black matte surface, you'll see a nice amount of smoke if focused correctly.

    As ever, wear eye protection, everyone!

  • WOOT BURNING STUFF IS FUN! XD

  • i have working high powered laser diodes like that but im way tooo scared to touch them i mean you could power it up and instantly go blind because the beam is bouncing of something into ur eyes

  • dude people use 350mw handheld lasers and dont go blind dont worry about it just be careful

  • 350 mw is burning. it can burn your eyeballs.

  • yea it can if your being retarded with it just wear eye protecting and watch out for reflective surfaces

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  • uhm no buddy anything above 5mw can burn your eyes, and a laser is "classified" as a burning laser at around 125mw

  • not really. I depends how long you look in to the beam, and IR lasers are much more dangerous because you will not instinctively blink to protect yourself. And you "burning laser" is not an official classification, it just means it can burn stuff.

  • As a test.If you used it as an IR illuminator for a camera it would interesting to see what visible range you would get with it. Also the camera would show you how much spread you may get with it.

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  • if lasers do that to that stuff, is it really such a great idea to have it pointed at your ceiling?

  • not really because the beam will not burn anything light colored, but good thought ;-)

  • I thought DVD burners have red lasers.

  • ir lasers are no fun

  • it'll be funny if his roof caught on fire.

  • can u use a ps2 laser? since it can read dvd's i guess it can be classified as a dvd laser.

  • no because a ps2 cannot burn dvds. ( you will just get 10 mW of red/infrared)

  • was that not burning your cieling

  • IR lasers has a focus point. And only about that little tiny point it will be able to burn something but it will burn pretty strong!

  • Use it to create an LLP multi-touch screen!

  • How?

  • Ist das ein fake ????

  • nein

  • Nope viele DVD-Brenner haben, Laser, die sich in einem Spektrum, dass das menschliche Auge nicht sehen kann einfach nicht daran erinnern, sich direkt in den Laser!

    Nope many dvd burners have lasers that are in a spectrum that the human eye can not see Just remember not to look directly in to the laser!

  • Eine Infrarot ist 750 nm - 1 mm Spektrum, sondern das menschliche Auge kann nur 380 - 750 nm, so Infrarot liegt direkt am Rand von dem, was das menschliche Auge sehen kann

    A Infra red is 750 nm - 1 mm spectrum but the human eye can only see 380 - 750 nm so infra red is right on the edge of what the human eye can see

  • how can i make one of thows

  • where i can get the OPTICS???? i dont have normal laser.

  • Does anyone know were can I find one? dvd burner has infrared beam???

  • hi i have 32x dvd burner i use 3volt battery but it dont lights a match whats wrong?

  • You need to put on some optics from a laser pointer. It should work fine then

  • I had the same problem with a normal red laser diode. U need to limit the current with a resistor of some sort because a normal 3v baterie suply just blows the diode straight away. So srry to tell u this but ur diode is dead and if u power it and point it at a camera you will see that there is barely any light coming out just a tad of purple

  • They've already developed better technology to cut through electrical tape more effectively

    -sorry to dash your hopes

  • cd-burner too?

  • hey man it was a joke

  • I wonder what the total IR output is?Do you think it would be clearly visible with NV goggles like an IR laser designator?

    Training Mode Class I (<0.5 mW)

    Laser Type Diode Class IIIb

    Wavelength 835nM (IR & Pointer)

    Beam Diameter 6.5mm @ 25m

    Power Output <35 mW max

  • Output depends on the Rated current for the diod, Any PWM circuit, and if your overdriveing it or not. Yes it would show up on NV goggles, Hell dont even need that a Digital camra could pick it up even more so if the red IR filter was removed.

  • You should get Infrared safety goggles.

  • Pretty cool!  You can sort of see the laserbeam in the smoke, but that's just because most video cameras will record infrared as visible light (point your TV remote at a video camera and push some buttons and you'll see what I'm talking about). This laser won't give you cancer, but it can easily make you blind since you cannot see the beam, and its infrared beam can potentially give you deep-tissue burns. To anyone who wants to put together one of these lasers, be careful!

  • Yeah, I tried that with my mac camera and the remote for my mac and tv, and u can see the light on the remote, it so cool.

  • cool

  • Only burner !!

  • Please use the reply button for reply at my question:

    only DVD reade/burner or i't ok the cd reader? Or the laser of Play stetion 1?

    boh, i hink it's overcharged

  • isn`t a dvd laser diode visible red?

  • the laser only becomes visible red at higher frequencies,( 7-13hrz tends to be visible) the default setting on DVD burners is very low and does not burn or cut well at all as you can see he struggled, you should have placed a POT in the circuit would have made the beam "visible" and burned/cut much much better. At a high frequency/voltage ratio a DVD burner's laser can easily cut metal. Any and all lasers can be visible or invisible all depends on frequency.

  • the diode used to read or write a dvd is visible, the one he is using is likely the CD diode from a combination DVD/CD drive. CD diodes are infrared, and mostly invisible. some people can see the beam but its very dim, DO NOT TRY TO VIEW THE BEAM DIRECTLY!! I would also like to point out that adding a pot in his circuit would have NO effect on the frequency of the light emitted by the diode, that is determined by the makeup of the diode crystal.

  • @hakanai dam my green laser went infra red when i fiddled with the variable resistor to make it brighter, instead it went very dim red and i could only tell this by shining it right in my eyeball. didnt feel hot.... reken it coulda still fucked my eyes?

  • The laser beam is the radiation, thats what they are talking about. So if you don't point the laser at yourself then you won't have a problem. There is no other radiation emitted, look up lasing on wikipedia if you don't believe me.

  • Whaaaaaaaaa.

  • Never heard CD cases having lots of lead in them. The warning about laser radiation on a CD player is just warning you about the laser, because that is what is radiating.

  • yes! now I'm going to go rip apart my computer just to get the laser!

  • this aint a very safe thing to do cuz if it can burn a match from so far away what can it do to your eye

  • cx Yeah, I will post a video of my laser cutting that black tape in like 2 seconds ..

  • how did you focus the output/regulate it, how many amps did that run? most importantly what idi you use to stop the radiatation? a cd drive has a high percentage of lead, that apperred to just be the flat out laser(message me the answers, don't post them)

  • are you kidding? as a tech i had to open countless cd drives and i dont have cancer....

    yet.

  • Does a DVD-R laser is useful???

    because i only have CD-RW and DVD-R

  • lol i bet there is a hole in the cling

  • What are you using to focus the output from this laser?

  • ya cool video but terrible editing when you were cutting through the black tape =P

  • I wonder if I could use it to remove my body hair.

  • can i use a cd buner diod

  • No they are not as powerfull and are infra red and can give you cancer.

  • Yes it's possible (48x), it's just light but your eyes can't see it, so there's no reflex. Be careful and don't do it till you know what you are doing. It's not a toy.

  • so let me get this straight..... if you get a diode from a dvd burner or your buy one from a dvd burner online or something its ok to use?

  • God I hope u are wearing IR goggles! Kids, if you are going to do this then please please protect your eyes. I dont want to sound a prude but IR light is very harmful and direct contact can permantly dammage your sight.

    Anyway, off the soap box... Does it light a match?

  • No, IR laser is invisible. Wanna know a very nice tric? Take a camera and look into the remote of your TV at the same time u press some of the buttons. Then u can see the light.

  • cool, its orange...

  • can u use the diode from a cd player at all? i dont care how strong it is as long as it can work.

  • It would be more worth it to buy a dollar store laser.

  • true

  • ur from lpf!

  • lol

  • no meddlmoe, ur the dumbass, a CD player WILL NOT work, its not powerful enough, a CD BURNER WILL NOT GIVE YOU ALOT OF POWER, still not powerful enough

    A 20X DVD BURNER WILL BURN ANY SHIT U THROW AT IT, IT WORKS

    and yes Im from lpf! w00ts

  • 54x cd burner...

    aka pwnsauce

  • aka not too powerful

    20x DVD burner (Pioneer 112D) open can diode capable of 300mW = ULTIMATE POWNAGE AND BURNING!!!

  • seriously a 54x cd burner has a decent infrared laser, just cause you crap your pants everytime someone starts talking about infra red, does not make the lasers weak. in fact htey're quite entertaining since htey have no VISIBLE beam.

  • Any optical device (CD/DVD Burner) have variuos lens that change the beam (IR for CD and Laser for DVD)

    If you take the diode from the device it will deliver an hot beam, it isn't very hot, but can easily make you blind.

  • "this video is just a photoshop fake" since when did adobe add video editing to PHOTO-shop? i think youtube needs to start screening members with i-q tests.

  • the dumbasses are the ones who defend people who are factualy incorect and missleading to other dumbasses, therefore you, and not I, are the dumbass.

  • no most cannot. passing to much current through a cheap laser will burn it up

  • camcorder CAN see that a lot better than your eyes can!! Remote controls show as green on most of them.

  • Yups, snowboard goggles with suscreen

  • do u wear eye protection when doing this

  • nice i think he used the video camera to aim the laser because its invisible. if you have a video camera try this point a tv remote at it and press some buttons

  • That is right conrad2468 :)

  • like in the sarcastic way

  • All you have to do is not look into the part of the diode that the IR comes out and you will be fine just because it is invisible doesn't mean its more dangerous if your stupid enough to look into it than you would be stupid enough to look into a visible one.

  • Not necessarily, it will slowly cause eye damage even if you arent looking directly at the diode since the lasers in dvd burners don't have IR filters, but nowhere near as fast as looking directly at it... like a dumbass, hahaha

  • It will cause eye damage from specular reflections.Because your eye can't detect them your brain doesn't tell you to look away or to blink, so you're eyes suffer more than from a visible laser.On another note lasers in dvd burners don't have IR filters because the red diodes don't emit IR radiation(and don't need IR filters) and the IR ones emit nothing but IR radiation and having an IR filter would make the emit nothing....

  • what were you focusing it with?

  • I Think the Lens which is already included or some kind of Module whateva

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  • I agree.

  • Even dispersed light from a DVD burner laser can permanently damage your eyesight so be very, very careful.

    Anyone who tells you that you can only damage your eyes from staring straight into the laser is a fool. Do your homework, the information is avaiable online and extensive.

  • Read the program description people.

    The poster is using the IR CD read-write laser of a dual laser/single lens optical pickup from a DVD/CD writer. These things have two lasers in one pickup, an IR one for CD and a red one for DVD, which is how you can have one pickup being able to deal with two kinds of discs.

    As for risking your eyes, it won't happen unless you stare into the beam.

  • since i saw these clips about dvd lasers i have been wanting to make one myself.What do you use as a lens to focus the beam???

  • If you have to ask, you have no business making one. I'm sorry if that sounds condescending, but it's DANGEROUS. And if you really don't know how to do it, then you don't know where the multiple dangers lie.

  • Well how am I suppose to know if I don't ask,genious? How am I supposed to learn anything?I bet you were just born with it and never had to ask,and so are there hundreds of guys building lasers....And besides that, I know the "multiple dangers" lie in the frickin' light getting in your frickin' eyes, ok? I just didn't know what lens to use....FYI I made a red one 2 weeks ago and my vision is yet to be impaired.

  • LASERs don't need lenses, its the nature of the light

  • oh aren't you the smart one?

  • not all lasers are collimated dumbass.

    coherency is another matter. do some reading -

    almost ALL laser modules use collimation lenses.

  • If it uses a Infra-Red laser, it's not a DVD Burner, but a CD-Burnes that also reed DVD, but dod not burns DVD.

  • If you can't spell, you really shouldn't be dispensing advice.

  • 780 nm is not red, it's near-infrared to be exactly

  • if u go to hack n mod they show u how to do it

  • hey if any of u guys could make a vid on how to make these that wud be great im from australia and its hard to get stuff u guys get in the US like prettymuch any cool stuff

  • Shut up bummerboy, can't you just read??

  • That has to be the dumbest thing I've seen. Unless you have pricey IR goggles, you are going to kill your eyes. IR is one of the most dangerous lasers out there, because it has the full eye damaging capabilities of any laser but without visible detection.

    Also if I'm not mistaken, DVD burners use red diodes?

  • Didn't it burned a point on the ceiling of your roon?

  • i think no, cos it burn only black materials

  • White is Black to IR, Basically throw every thing you thought you knew about light out the window, IR is different, It will burn white things more then black

  • im pretty sure what you said is bullshit....White reflects light of all wavelengths of the visible spectrum, all from violet to red, and black absorbs them.Why the hell would it be different with 808nm? This wavelength is so close to red you can actually see it with your bare eye as a very dim red light, think of it as a very dark red colour.I'm pretty sure radiation of this wavelength acts similar to wavelengths of the visible spectrum.

  • I said IR not near IR.... And it's not bullshit

    IR acts differently then UV and visible light

  • the point he was trying to get across is that it is friggin dangerous because you cant see the beam normally..

    some frequences such as ir blue and uv are bad for ur eyes.

  • Yes I understand, I was also trying to make a point of my own

  • oke then :)

  • remarkable

    and an eye opener for the dangers of lasers operating at invisble wavelenghts. I didn't see that coming. the abuse potentials for these types are beyond immagination. say while driving someone shines a beam on the driver, he will not know what hit him, victimised by the nastiest and undetectable prank ever played.

  • Like i didn't know that, mr wiseguy ;)

  • I hope you know that your eyes are being put in great danger. You are using a class IIIb laser. Will cause damage if the beam enters the eye directly. This generally applies to lasers powered from 5--500 mW. Lasers in this category can easily cause permanent eye damage from exposures of 1/100th of a second or less depending on the strength of the laser. Specular reflections can be just as dangerous as direct exposures.

  • Try pointing one at a disco ball in a packed night club for a bit of a giggle

  • Shooting this at a discoball in a nightclub would be dangerous since its ir, you would be blinding people and they wouldnt even know it

  • damn!didnt know there where so many plp that knew about lasers.....

  • If you don't know the basics of electronics, diodes and lasers, read about it en do some experiments with LED's before you start with this powerfull laser diodes. Your eyes don't like it #)