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From: piner@pur-phy.UUCP (Richard Piner)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: laser kits
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Date: Sat, 27-Oct-84 07:27:38 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 27 07:27:38 1984
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  In the past few months several people have asked me if I know
of any one selling kits to build lasers. I do not. I know where
to get OEM parts for my own lasers which I make, but I don't
know of any company that sells a whole laser in kit form. Does anyone
out there in net land know of a source? If they do, I would like
to hear of it. If it turns out that noone knows of a source,
but a lot of people express an interest in buying a laser in kit
form, then I might see if I could talk some company into packaging
such a kit. I should warn everyone, that I don't think you could
build a laser any cheaper than you could buy one. In my own case,
the laser's I build cost more than commerical lasers. But I use
several in a teaching lab, and I have special needs. If anyone
is interested, please let me know. Thanks.

						Rich Piner
						Purdue Physics Dept.