Pulsed nd:yag laser / ssy1 revisited

I have a rather mean looking pulsed yag laser in the works, that so far still refuses to lase, so I decided to have some fun with my small but trusty ssy1 head.

The high voltage generator is a voltage doubler, that is feed with 60v AC that gets doubled to about 500v DC. It's really mean, it can charge a 1800uF capacitor in under a second.

The voltage doubler has enough capacitance to lase the head, but the output is only detectable on IR viewing plate, it can't burn things.

The IR viewing plate can detect a laser before it has enough power for the "burn things" detection to start working.

The flash lamp driver/trigger is the serial trigger type.

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[CrashByron]

I see your trigger wire from the laser head isn't actually hooked up to anything? Are you just using an SCR in series with your flash lamp to dump the cap?

[Daedronus]

@CrashByron no, there is a pulse transformer in series with the capacitor and the flash lamp, that triggers the flash lamp and in turns the capacitor is dumped in the flash lamp.

[RedCodeStudios]

is there a place i can buy one?

[Daedronus]

@RedCodeStudios ebay? there are always a few ssy1 units on ebay, but the sellers only ship to US....which doesn't seem to be a problem for you.

Be careful what you do with it, always use protection glasses, the laser is invisible so there is no point not to use them.

[Butandiolmonoacrylat]

Where can i get as a german an ssy-1 unit? heres nothin on ebay and the us sellers doesnt exoprt :-(

its so bad :-(

[Daedronus]

I have seen some nice yag heads being sold over time on the German eBay site.

Keep keep your eyes open for one.

That, and, the ssy1 is a bit overrated. See my last video for something a bit bigger.

[psycronizer]

I too like tinkering around with these and tesla coils, seems tho you are attracting a lot of attention from noobs who dont appreciate/understand the risk...as far as I'm concerned if they dont understand the system then you shouldnt explain to them how to build it....thankfully tho optical pumping with todays doped rods isnt at crazy output levels, its the noobs playing with c02/invisible output etc that results in blindness etc..not really for joe bloggs

[RedCodeStudios]

@Daedronus thanks dude i want to make my own gun sneak up on my cousin and just ZAP and they might get a scar. Rofl.

[Mato0092]

@Butandiolmonoacrylat I bought a SSY-1 laser head from one guy from Germany. His nickname here on youtube is AnselmoFanZero.

[notaden1]

I like this, can I have your contact?