Laser Safety and EnVee focusing question

[teach42]

Greetings! I'm now the proud owner of an EnVee 120. Been thinking about getting a laser for years and finally took the plunge. I'm absolutely thrilled with it, but I have three questions.

1) I know I need to watch out for mirrors, but can I do damage to my eyes by looking at the beam as it reflects off of everyday objects around the house? For example, shining it against my wall looks pretty darn freakin' bright. So does shining it on my jeans. Do I need to worry about doing damage to my eyes by looking at the dot there? Or do I only need to be worried about metallic objects, glass objects and other truly reflective objects?

2) Obviously I need to buy some safety goggles no matter what. I was going to buy them from Wicked Lasers, but shipping is a killer there. 20 bucks shipping for a 40 dollar item? I mean, c'mon.... Anybody know of more reaosnable priced protective eyewear?

3) For the sake of burning, I know some lasers (notably at Wicked Lasers) offer focusing cap sets to focus the beam in and increase the burning power of the laser. Is there any sort of cap set for the EnVee available anywhere? If there is no actual cap set, are there any lenses in particular that would be better for it? Also, what about a mount? Any reccomended mounts or other accessories?

Thanks for the advice/answers...

 

[AndrewAZ]

Greetings! I'm now the proud owner of an EnVee 120. Been thinking about getting a laser for years and finally took the plunge. I'm absolutely thrilled with it, but I have three questions.

1) I know I need to watch out for mirrors, but can I do damage to my eyes by looking at the beam as it reflects off of everyday objects around the house? For example, shining it against my wall looks pretty darn freakin' bright. So does shining it on my jeans. Do I need to worry about doing damage to my eyes by looking at the dot there? Or do I only need to be worried about metallic objects, glass objects and other truly reflective objects?

2) Obviously I need to buy some safety goggles no matter what. I was going to buy them from Wicked Lasers, but shipping is a killer there. 20 bucks shipping for a 40 dollar item? I mean, c'mon.... Anybody know of more reaosnable priced protective eyewear?

3) For the sake of burning, I know some lasers (notably at Wicked Lasers) offer focusing cap sets to focus the beam in and increase the burning power of the laser. Is there any sort of cap set for the EnVee available anywhere? If there is no actual cap set, are there any lenses in particular that would be better for it? Also, what about a mount? Any reccomended mounts or other accessories?

Thanks for the advice/answers...

1. Yes... dont look at the dot of a wall without glasses unless you are shining it 20+ feet away. dont shine it on your jeans thats way too close.

2. Nope WL seems to have the more decent prices on protective glasses.

3. It should be able to burn out of the box without any cap set or anything.. The cap set is made for the pulsar red lasers since the beam diameter is large so the cap set focuses it down so it can burn.. it will do nothing for a green laser. But in short the only way to increase burning power is to buy a more powerful laser.

 

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