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[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I want an optics table for mini gaming.

A highschool lens-and-prism set is like 30-40 bucks on aliexpress, including a triple laserpointer. Not quite an optics table, but I'm assuming you don't do your tabletop gaming with orange goggles and/or actual half-molten minis?

[โ€“] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I plan on counting fringes to evaluate distances for my 40K sessions.

And yes, we use a welding laser to stimulate radiation damage.