[ryanlamprecht]

I have no experience with them, but I was thinking of making a laser vortex with a little mirror and cooling fan. Can anyone tell me what power of laser I should be considering? Or, can you point me to a good inexpensive laser to purchase for such a project?

 

[bkr1969]

Any standard laser pointer will work. The problem I had was with overheating and battery drain. There was a recent post about hacking a stage laser that is AC powered and fan cooled that I'm going to try if it shows up in time.

 

[ryanlamprecht]

Yeah, I saw that, and was thinking about ordering one of those today, but wasn't sure if that was a better alternative than just getting a small laser pointer. Like I said, I have no experience with them, so...