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Posted by Pauldos! on 18/04/2010
I have been a bit surprised by the response to this blog. I wasn't even sure anyone has been reading it. But the hit counter down there shows that hun
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Leica Rugby 100 Levelling Problems
Posted by Pauldos! on 12/09/2009
I have had a number of Leica Rugby 100 lasers presented to me with the complaint that the laser either does not self-level, or is out of it's calibrat
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Thermal Stability Tests of Green Laser Levels
Posted by Pauldos! on 01/08/2008
Within the company I work for, we have two departments. Building and Construction Lasers, and Industrial Lasers. I am in the Industrial Lasers departm
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Pro-Shot L4 Laser Diode Current Control.
Posted by Pauldos! on 20/04/2008
An L4 came into the workshop recently with the customer complaint 'no beam after 5 minutes'. It was tested by one of the lower-order technicians, pron
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In the unlikely event...
Posted by Pauldos! on 22/11/2007
A long time ago I was told that when someone utters the words 'In the unlikely event...', that event was doomed to transpire.

I got a call from a res
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A Pro-Shot L4 with a dead diode, or so I thought.
Posted by Pauldos! on 31/10/2007
An L4 levelling laser came in for repair with the complaint that 'it turns off after 5 minutes'. I set the laser up on the bench and turned it on. Aft
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Are lasers really dangerous to aircraft pilots?
Posted by Pauldos! on 30/10/2007
There has been some hulla-balloo in the news recently about people shining lasers at aircraft. The police say that this has the potential to blind pil
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About time I got to play with the good stuff.
Posted by Pauldos! on 28/10/2007
The military uses lasers for all the same applications that civilians use lasers for. They also use lasers for uniquely 'military' apllications. I hav
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Sharplan 5000 refurbishment project
Posted by Pauldos! on 27/10/2007
I was called out to service two Israeli made Sharplan 5000 flashlamp-pumped alexandrite lasers, typically used for tattoo and hair removal. The output
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Let's add RF burns to the injury list.
Posted by Pauldos! on 26/10/2007
Recently I was asked to repair a Coherent-Scientific RF-excited 500Watt sealed CO2 laser. The customer reported that the laser failed one day with low
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Extending the life of Topcon RL-50B and RL-60B lasers.
Posted by Pauldos! on 23/10/2007
The Topcon RL-50B and RL-60B levelling lasers use a fairly unique compensator arrangement. Most levelling lasers use a suspended compensator arrangeme
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Darling, I'm having an affair...
Posted by Pauldos! on 22/10/2007
I think that it is something that happens when you get intimate. Before you know it, it's love. I went home and I said to my girlfriend - 'I'm in love
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