I have a 50 foot tall dead tree in my yard that needs to come down before it falls and distroys something. All the limbs have fallen off. The tree is so rotten it wiggles in the wind. The tree is leaning slightly south if it falls it will take out the power lines to my house, the neighbors power lines and the fence. It is only 20 feet from the power line pole with 5 sets of wires to several houses and a transformer on the pole. If I cut the tree down no matter which way it falls it will take out something. The power company refuses to cut it down because it is in my yard. If the tree falls the power company will put the wires up again free but if it damages the electrical service going into my house then I may have to pay $2000 to get it repaired and inspected. A bucket truck is $250 per hour. If I didn't live in the city I could borrow a friends high powered rifle and shoot the top off piece by piece. What I need is a laser that I can use to cut the tree off in short 3 ft pieces from the top down. The tree is pretty rotten if I could set it on fire near the top I think it might burn itself down like a large candle. I tried using a lens from a photographic enlarger to make a straight sun light beam to reflect off of a mirror to the top of the tree but the tiny lens does not capture enough sun light to burn anything.
Where can I get a laser that will start a fire?
All the places that sell lasers are selling low power stuff. A laser might not be practical bucket truck rental might be cheaper than a laser but a laser would be more fun. I'm not sure such a laser is avaliable to the public I thought someone here might know.
I have a fresnel lens that will burn wood I tried to use that with 2 lens and a mirror but it all needs to be permently mounted in something fire proof.
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Where can I get a laser that will start a fire?
All the places that sell lasers are selling low power stuff. A laser might not be practical bucket truck rental might be cheaper than a laser but a laser would be more fun. I'm not sure such a laser is avaliable to the public I thought someone here might know.
I have a fresnel lens that will burn wood I tried to use that with 2 lens and a mirror but it all needs to be permently mounted in something fire proof.
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