40 watt laser shotgun…
A friend sent me a link to a video on Youtube from a man who supposedly built a 40 watt laser shotgun. It is made up of 8 parallel 5W laser beams totaling to 40W. The parallel beams are manipulated with lenses, sort of like how a choke modifies the spread of a shotgun blast.
I checked it out – its damn impressive if I do say so myself!
The gentleman’s name is Drake Anthony and his motive for building the weapon exactly is unclear.
In the video Drake explains it this way:
“There’s no, no good reason for anybody to own something this powerful,” Anthony explains in the video. “But because it wasn’t illegal for me to build, I decided to build it anyways.”
Look at that beam!”
When contacted Drake admitted:
“This is definitely the craziest thing I have ever built, but I hope to beat this invention with something even crazier before too long. :D”
Source: My Homemade 40W LASER SHOTGUN!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVrJUbeuG44
Drake has also experimented with laser swords
See related video: My Homemade BEAST 1.25W Green Laser Sword!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFIvvcQeoc8 , see also 6 watt laser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53GJJHwQ8BA