The Laser Cookbook: 88 Practical Projects (Paperback)

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Product Description

The 88 laser-based projects presented here are geared toward the garage-shop tinkerer on a limited budget. Spanning a wide range of disciplines, the projects vary from experimenting with laser optics and constructing a laser optical bench to using lasers for light shows, gunnery practice, even beginning and advanced holography. Many are ideal for science fair projects and teaching tools.

Product Details

• Paperback: 404 pages
• Publisher: Tab Books (November 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830693904
• ISBN-13: 978-0830693900
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,166,220 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, do-it-yourself, affordable laser projects., September 25, 1998

By A Customer

An excellent well-written, understandable book that contains many surprisingly sophisticated projects; such as a laser seismograph, that can actually be built by the home hobbyist. This book is as useful today (1998) as when it was written. In fact the projects are now even cheaper and more practical to build! My personal favorite electronic project book. CCMadsen, Engineer, Bechtel Nevada

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely my kind of book!, December 15, 1999

By	"punish3r" (The Inner Reaches of the Scilicon Jungle) - See all my reviews

Mr. McComb, if you're reading this, thank you. This book really brought me into the laser forefront. I've been doing circuit analysis/design for about 2 years now (ever since I graduated High School) and this book was my first in-depth exposure to projects dealing in lasers. Since I first read it, I have proceeded to build an exremely large laser show setup, basing some of the simpler functions off your circuits. Just want to say that this is a great platform book! A great place to start for someone in the field of electronics interested in getting into laser systems. BTW, if anyone else is interested in laser shows, gimme and e-mail.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars usefull small circuits and drawings of power supp & optics, November 1, 1998

By	[e-mail] (israel) - See all my reviews

usefull small circuits and drawings of power supp of high voltage for lasers,drivers ,optics etc.. a lot of mechanical drawings and optics \lens placement for holografy, and other interesting exp, the book is more cw lasers and not at all pulser solid state , not include eny diode or new solid state power lasers. even i would not call it profesionall or advanced , i still recomand to buy and have this book .