black light lasers info request

Supergroover · Post by **Supergroover** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:58 pm

Hi all.
First of all thanks to all for a great burn! Really enjoyed myself and was amazed by all the friendliness and art!

One thing that I noticed were the black light lasers some people had during the man burn and the temple burn. I really would like to get some more info on these. Where to get them for example ;)
Would be great if somebody could point me in the right direction. Googled for a bit and found some things. But I am not sure if that is exactly what I saw during the burns.
Hope somebody can help me out.

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:45 pm

I think by "black light laser" you are referring to the purple ones. They don't make actually black light lasers to my knowledge.

Check Amazon and search for "purple laser".

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:56 am

or UV laser...or UV pen.

Parasitoid · Post by **Parasitoid** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:29 am

Oh ya, we love these lasers and they are an integral part of our project for 2011.

we have picked them up from small retailers for $80 and from massive retailers for around $5.

Both lasers seemed to function about the same which made the $5 one seem like the way to go in the end.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:26 am

They (we) don't make "purple lasers".

What wavelength would they be? UV is normally about 355nm. The visible "purple" light is an artifact of the visible UV frequencies.

So what do you do with a UV laser on the playa? Curious.

Parasitoid · Post by **Parasitoid** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:44 am

You send messages to your family up in the mother-ship of course!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:47 am

Supergroover, were these pointer pen lasers? Sometimes people take the blue laser from a Blu-Ray player. That's 405 nm.

Supergroover · Post by **Supergroover** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:48 am

thanks for the quick replies!
The ones i have seen on the playa seemed to be alot stronger than the green or red lasers. Are they really the purple ones? and what voltage do you think?

What would be the main important things in looking for a laser pen? the mW?

And where did you guys find the good bargains? I found some for around 80 $ but no cheapers ones yet, most were actually alot more expensive. DonÂ´t think it is allowed to put links in the topic so a pm would be much appreciated. I will continue googling when I have more time.

weirdscience · Post by **weirdscience** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:59 am

you mean these ? http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/E3_Series-108-3.html

Parasitoid · Post by **Parasitoid** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:02 am

You can find the good deals deep in the A_a_z_n rain forest of the internet.

They DO look purple, even if they aren't "purple lasers".

Most importantly for our crew though, as dougly mentioned, they give off UV radiation which is really useful if you harness it into something cool/creative.

But just swinging the laser around in the dust can be fun too.

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:06 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:
So what do you do with a UV laser on the playa? Curious.

writing on glow in the dark stuff. pointing at uv reactive stuff...

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:06 pm

Yeah, lots of interesting things glow under UV, and yeah, the output power in Watts (mW in your case) is the key factor to look for.

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:03 pm

Purple lasers:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=a9_ ... 1286399004

That wasn't so hard, now was it?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:59 pm

Your google-fu is strong, O junglesmacks.

teardropper · Post by **teardropper** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:44 pm

Yep. More irritating laser pointers, that's what we need.

That and bullhorns...

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:16 pm

Damn lasers. Damn lights. Damn people having fun. Fur...baaaaah fur. Stupid MVs. Deep playa art and the burnier-than-thou that have gall to make the stuff. DJs. Mehhhh DJs.

More bullhorn, more lasers and dammit more cowbells. Safety third while we're at it.

W could even go non Amazon! http://www.google.com/m/products?gl=us& ... er+pointer

PS. More techno, too. Oontz oontz oontz

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:01 pm

Fire_Moose wrote:
Ugly Dougly wrote:
So what do you do with a UV laser on the playa? Curious.

writing on glow in the dark stuff. pointing at uv reactive stuff...

I don't know about the playa, but back when I was interested in this, the best glue for (clear) glass was uv light activated. Sometimes I want to glue things to glass, or glass to things.

burner von braun · Post by **burner von braun** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:38 pm

Hi,
First off, I readily admit I don't know much about the latest cool lighting/ lasers gizmos, so please overlook any stupidity on my part, but..

What I saw that caught my eye was more of a "sparkly" dimentional green laser effect that someone was playing around with. Perhaps this is old news, but I was wondering what it was. I would have asked, but just then a giant firebreathing dragon rolled by and... well.. what are ya gonna do..

Any info on this sparkle laser effect?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:55 pm

I think your "sparkle" is actually "speckle". Please get it right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speckle_pattern

I don't know of a way to enhance this. Most laser jocks spend their time trying to reduce it.

The dust causes a lot of effects anyway. Laser beams are normally not visible - unless there's plenty of dust. Where would you find that on the playa?

burner von braun · Post by **burner von braun** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:07 pm

Thanks UD

lambert13 · Post by **lambert13** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:39 pm

lasers suck unless mounted on a shark

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:21 pm

Please see the safety notices on the wicked laser website mentioned above. Lasers are not toys, even low power ones. They are capable of permanent eye damage

Notice on the same web page the safety goggles.

Also lasers will reflect from a shiny surface and illuminate unintended places, like your own eyes.

Be safe, be careful, be responsible, as you will be liable for damage caused by a laser you operate.

There are federal rules about operation of lasers
http://www.laserpointersafety.com/index.html

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:27 am

burner von braun wrote: What I saw that caught my eye was more of a "sparkly" dimentional green laser effect that someone was playing around with.

It wouldn't be like this, would it?

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:59 am

Pew pew pew!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:52 am

Fire_Moose wrote:Pew pew pew!

WTFO?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:00 am

lambert13 wrote:lasers suck unless mounted on a shark

Is that your new MV? Looking forward to seeing it.

Supergroover · Post by **Supergroover** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:34 pm

Thanks for all the replies.
I ll check the links when I have the change to!
As I said I have to search more. But I am travelling Central America at the moment and that is not the best time to do an extensive search for lasers.. I l l keep that for when i get back..

EspressoDude:
I do appreciate the concern but I think most people are well aware of the risk of most things in life. Water can also kill you but you donÂ´t have to remind people all the time of the risks of life...

And for the people complaining: Go find a purpose in life and stop being negative :wink:

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:25 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:
Fire_Moose wrote:Pew pew pew!
WTFO?

Me thinks he ripped one, bad by even his standards. Hopefully not around his fire staff less.........

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Miles · Post by **Miles** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:04 pm

YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT!

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:54 am

That's the sound lasers make.

Dumbasses.

/rolls eyes