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jimjim
4.99mW Green Laser Toy
Joined: 23 Mar 2009
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| Hello, I am an avid herbal smoker. I do not smoke illegal herbs such as marijuana, but herbs like Scutellaria and Pedicularis. These are legal herbs that have been used for relaxing, mainly in the pacific culture. As a true connoisseur of herbal smoking I am always trying to find the purest ways to smoke. As I stumbled across wicked lasers, and eventually this forum, I found my self wondering if I can use a laser to burn my herbs, thus not adding unwanted chemicals to my smoke such as butane from a lighter? Since my herbs are generally green, I am assuming that a red laser is the color spectrum i want to go... Right? Any idea how powerful of a laser i will need to burn my herbs? Thanks for the help. |
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Lazyboy
Modified 10mW Greenie
Joined: 16 May 2009
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| This will probably not work out well. My GXII will start a smoldering fire only if you hold it very still, which requires you to be close, but will you really wear goggles to do it? If not, it is like a welders arc. Even then, the amount of heat is, well, milliwatts, and the smoke may deposit on and damage the diode. Only a small amount will be lit. An ordinary powerful flashlight with momentary switch, plus a focusing lens, (magnifying glass) will put some serious wattage on the spot, and you can use ordinary sunglasses. |
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InnerSpace
Nexus Laser
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Posts: 96
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| Posted: 6/29/09, 1:52 PM Post subject: |
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| You should check out the Torch flashlight, I light my cigarettes with this thing all the time. |
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Athoul
Wicked Lasers God
Joined: 13 Sep 2005
Posts: 7819
Location: Canada
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The torch would definately work much better. However you are correct in that a red laser would be best (other then a CO2 laser of course).
Using a laser for this is not very practical, though it can be done. You can use a fousing lens to gain more energy/area and better results. The main issue though is eye safety.
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onyx86
25mW Classic Wicked Laser
Joined: 17 Aug 2009
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Location: South Carolina, USA
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I find that burning "herbs" is best done at first with a lighter. Then, once the green matter has turned to black with red embers, its easy to keep stoked with the laser beam. Im using a 75mW executive with the cap set....and lasershades of course.
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leftkidney
Elite Laser
Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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| Posted: 7/22/10, 5:45 PM Post subject: |
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I am a medical marijuana patient (I have crones disease) and its legal for me to smoke it for medical uses
I have seen a setup in California where someone took a mas spectrometry machine apart and used it to light herb for a vaporizer - I think they use an ion beam but it could be a powerful laser of some kind
this was just a show thingie it wasnt for sale |
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AnonymousPoster
Elite Laser
Joined: 15 Jul 2010
Posts: 195
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| Posted: 7/22/10, 6:26 PM Post subject: |
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| Can you try to stick to threads that are from the last few months maybe? |
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ScottieD
Elite Laser
Joined: 10 Jul 2010
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| Posted: 7/22/10, 7:39 PM Post subject: |
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| Have a bong then have the laser on a fixed point... if the laser is powerful enough then this might work but have laser goggles. i can taste butane when i use my torch lighter, not fun. |
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XO2
Nexus Laser
Joined: 16 Jul 2010
Posts: 96
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| Posted: 7/22/10, 8:02 PM Post subject: |
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| would the 200mW red pulsar work? |
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ScottieD
Elite Laser
Joined: 10 Jul 2010
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| Posted: 7/22/10, 8:04 PM Post subject: |
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| would the 200mW red pulsar work? |
probably, i just ordered that today... |
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photonicsourcing
Fusion Laser
Joined: 04 May 2010
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This is one of the most crazy ways of using lasers I've ever heard (if not the most). Never thought of it until now...
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Buffmuffin04
Fusion Laser
Joined: 19 Jul 2010
Posts: 420
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Lasers are completely the wrong solution to this application.
odd and unique yes, but not practical.
For the purposes of a vaporizer, no laser or anything light related will be nearly as efficient as a 12 volt electrical car lighter used as the heating element run by a 9 volt battery.
The reduced voltage will not heat the lighter up glowing red hot, so it will not burn the herb, simply vaporize the active substances out of it.
it has the convenience of easy remote push button control and removes the hazards of retinal damage from the equation. |
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