Jon’s Hobby Lasers

I actually got a lot of work done on my copper chloride laser and even had it lasing a bit as well! I posted the bulk of the project over on my Jon’s Hobbies website and need to do more work on the project to get it running continuously, but I’m pretty happy with the [...]

Continue Reading Copper Chloride Laser Project Progress

Tags: Copper, High Voltage, laser, power supply, Refractory Ceramics

I’m selling off my remaining TM-29 Thyratron Driver from EG&G (now Perkin Elmer) My asking price is $275, United States buyers with US shipping addresses only please. I accept PayPal as payment. Please use the Contact link at my other site, http://www.jonshobbies.com/ to contact me regarding this item. I do have the manual for the [...]

Continue Reading 3-21-2011 - EG&G TM-29 Thryatron Driver / Perkin Elmer TM-29 Thyratron Driver For Sale - PayPal Accepted

Tags: EGG, PayPal, Perkin Elmber, Thyratron

I gathered together some of my older high voltage capacitor discharge videos and put them into one video collection for you. The Maxwell energy storage capacitor is rated at 170uF at 10kV and is labeled as Non-PCB as are all of my energy storage capacitors.  If you have an opportunity to buy oil filled capacitors, [...]

Continue Reading High Voltage Capacitor Discharge Videos

Tags: capacitor, discharge, energy storage, High Voltage

Good News! I’ve moved the site successfully to it’s new server, here at Jon’s Hobby Lasers.  The big problem with multiple sites under one domain is that it’s difficult to track statistics and other things. I always like to see if my posts are interesting to folks and make sure I am posting stuff that [...]

Continue Reading Site Relocation and Forward Movement on Copper Laser

Tags: Copper, laser, power supply

I’m sorry I’ve not been able to provide updates more often, I have many projects going at once, on top of a very busy work ‘life’.. I wouldn’t call it a life, at work, but I guess that’s the terminology If you’re following these posts, please feel free to post a hello below. I received [...]

Continue Reading Copper Vapor Laser Update

Tags: Copper, laser, Refractory Ceramics