Free CO2 Laser Mirrors

[twehr]

That's right! A friend over at BuildLog.net (Walt) introduced the idea of making emergency replacement mirrors from an old harddrive disk. I took on the task of putting the idea to a test. WOW! It works really well.

I wrote the whole process up and included lots of pictures and some impressive test results. So take a look if you want to make your own CO2 laser mirrors for free!

Check it out here

tim
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DIY Laser BLog

[pontiacg5]

I can't get your link to work, is it just me?

I'd hardly call a mirror made from a hard drive free, with the prices of hard drives nowadays

[twehr]

Originally Posted by pontiacg5 I can't get your link to work, is it just me? I'd hardly call a mirror made from a hard drive free, with the prices of hard drives nowadays

I just tried the link and it worked fine. I also checked the blog and there have been 22 hits from here this morning, so it must be working for some. If anyone else finds differently, please let us know.

If you could get to the article, you could read that I tell people where to get free HDs as well

[keebler303]

Link worked fine for me. You would be a fool to use anything but a free hard drive to make mirrors from. If you cannot find an old free desktop computer case you are not trying.

Matt

[pontiacg5]

The link seems to work fine for me now, it was probably something on my end...

I was attempting to be funny on the hard drive prices thing, I guess my humor just doesn't make much sense to anyone else

[keebler303]

Even if you bought a $200 hard drive with 3 platters, if you get 15 mirrors from each, thats 45 mirrors for $200. Humor and sarcasm are often lost in digital translation.

Matt

[vincenttor]

Thanks allot Tim,
This is great because i needed some new mirrors

cheers

[twehr]

Originally Posted by vincenttor Thanks allot Tim, This is great because i needed some new mirrors cheers

I now have all three mirrors replaced. They work great, no loss of power, and extremely easy to clean without damaging.

[vincenttor]

Today i opened a broken Harddisk and going to buy a hole drill
its getting more fun with these cheap mirrors

[david021688]

the price of HD is higher than mirrors in china

[vincenttor]

yes a new one is, but here if something is broken we usually give it away for free.

yesterday i got 2 harddisks from my neighbour, chinese mirrors are way more expensive then.

[herby08]

Hi david
no you are wrong the cheapest HD which will do it cost pretty much then 1 mirror from china
greetings
walt

Originally Posted by david021688 the price of HD is higher than mirrors in china