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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

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 picked up some EG&G Thryatron drivers today at a good price from a local surplus shop in town. I don’t go to the surplus shop as often as I should, there’s always interesting things moving in and out of that place and to catch them you really have to check often. I am somewhat […]

Continue Reading Found Some New Toys - EG&G TM-29 Thyratron Triggers

Tags: Electronics, High Voltage, power supply, Thyratron

I got the TEA N2 laser put together in its original form, well. Somewhat, at least electrically it’s all in form. The thyratron is working great as well as the trigger circuit but the laser will not lase. It occasionally arcs over the electrodes, but it’s not producing a proper discharge. I think something is […]

Continue Reading TEA N2 Laser Progress

Tags: High Voltage, laser, Nitrogen, power supply, TEA

I’ve added a page for the small argon-ion laser power supply.  I used this supply to power the Cyonics / Uniphase 2214 series heads I had, the 40MLAM multi-line and the 30SLT single line. You can find this new post on the left hand side in the pages section so be sure to check it […]

Continue Reading Homebuilt Argon Laser Power Supply

Tags: Argon, laser, power supply