A suggested addition for Sam's laser FAQ

[Too_Many_Tools]

I was just reading Sam's laser FAQ (an excellent FAQ and thanks to all
who work on it) and it occurred to me that a section discussing where
and how to harvest surplus lasers of all types would be a welcome
addition.

When one considers all the laser related stuff that appears on Ebay,
it all came from somewhere.

Since we are all scroungers at heart, I would think that an ongoing
section discussing different surplus equipment and its harvested
components would be of great interest.

What do you think?

TMT

[Pat B.]

TMT...you still around?

[Too_Many_Tools]

I never left.

TMT

[Samuel M. Goldwasser]

Too_Many_Tools <too_man...@yahoo.com> writes:

Of course, there is some general info on this "topic" in the
Laser FAQ chapter: "Laser and Parts Sources". This does have
sections on ex-medical lasers, which probably represents the
single largest avenue to acquite serious lasers if you're
a true scrounger!

Though, eBay is certainly my primary supplier at this point. :)

Personally, I'd just as well leave the "harvesting" to others.
I don't want to have to buy/disassemble/dispose of a 20 foot
10 ton printer just to get an argon ion or DPSS laser and some
assorted (mostly useless) optics out of it. :)

People are of course welcome to contribute to the Laser FAQ
so anything along these lines could be incorporated.

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