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tmanmerlin "ok. Busy few weeks. I got my spectrometer working. Credit to my son who shined his iphone light directly into the spectrometer. Thanks for the tip..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
tmanmerlin "Here is a look at the set up. Maybe you all can tell if this is to far forward or up/down, or a bad orientation ( cable on top like in other pictu..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
tmanmerlin "Here is a view of my split DVD bottom (clear) and my split DVD-R (purple) " | Read more » almost 6 years ago
tmanmerlin "Another open air image. I noticed that I can block the direct light to get a black background, and the spectra is blocked from the same direction,..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
tmanmerlin "It occurred to me that the DVD I have been using may have been a DVD-R that was burned and published as a DVD. That may explain why It was so easy..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
tmanmerlin "Although I am having problems with the geometry of the spectrometer, I was able to use a split DVD and get a spectra. No purple. Once I get my sp..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
tmanmerlin "I split a software DVD and was able to get spectra from it. I asked because I had a question, and the question was, if a regular DVD would produce..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
tmanmerlin "Hi Warren, Try as I might I can not seem to get the light coming through the inlet to provide a spectra. I've tried all orientation of the gratin..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
tmanmerlin "Anyone had luck with this web camera? I tried this method with no luck. I opened up the slit hole by removing the collimator so there is a huge l..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
tmanmerlin "Tried to edit my answer. I meant that since my split DVD bottoms didn't have purple, I was concerned they were not usable. " | Read more » almost 6 years ago
tmanmerlin "Just to be clear, If I can effectively split a CD, and get a clear bottom, it is totally usable. I see you are saying that, clearly, but want to b..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
tmanmerlin "i got lucky on two ol DVD's, they split much easier than the DVD-R I got. I'm just concerned they would not be usable because of some other proper..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
tmanmerlin "Hi, thanks. I read through this article, it implies that any DVD could be used, assuming it is splitable. But it doesn't specifically state if th..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago