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PRO vs. DIY | Is my laser beam dump any good? (Patreon)

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2022-05-27 17:18:00

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As you know from the unboxing video here on Patreon, I have bought a professional beam dump. I finally found time to properly test it against my homebuilt beam dump.
Will my DIY model fail in the comparison when tested with three of my strongest lasers?

To improve on the homebuilt model, I will even - for the first time - attempt to 3D print my own design: A custom holder for a variable aperture. Found out how it all works out in my latest video.

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PRO vs. DIY | Is my laser beam dump any good?

Is my homebuilt laser beam dump any good compared to an expensive professional model? Or can I improve it by 3D printing a holder for a variable aperture? Let's find out! Thanks to Anycubic for helping out wit a major donation, the Photon M3 Plus and Wash & Cure Plus: https://www.anycubic.com/ Laser module for Aufero Laser 1 donated earlier by Ortur: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003346728741.html?spm=5261.ProductManageOnline.0.0.34584edfdntv2L My Patreon-page: https://www.patreon.com/Brainiac75 Building the beam dump: https://youtu.be/rRIlhskMYAM Cola and other laser beam attenuators: https://youtu.be/GcpwcpB2Z6A Laser color limits data capacity?!?: https://youtu.be/XIWy7dGLORs Science of a UV resin 3D printer: https://youtu.be/FiGtDm77HBM Bad Beams, measure laser divergence: https://youtu.be/GK8lzaFwUBg Did you miss one of my videos?: https://www.youtube.com/user/brainiac75/videos FULL MUSIC CREDITS Time codes: 0:01 + 7:19 "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1100655 Time codes: 0:49 + 5:35 "Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1300027 Time code: 1:50 "Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1100424 Time codes: 2:41 + 8:25 "Adding the Sun" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1900041 Time code: 4:23 "Darkness is Coming" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ISRC: USUAN1100584 Intro part looped by me. All music above licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Time code: 7:54 Mix of two tracks: 1) The Shimmering by fran_ky (freesound.org/s/237363) Licensed under Creative Commons 0 license 2) "Spacial Harvest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ISRC: USUAN1100653 #BeamDump #BeamStop #Brainiac75