It’s a week of awfully dangerous homemade creations as far as I am concerned. Last Tuesday, I wrote about the DIY Cyclops Visor that shoots out flames from a helmet that it poses a danger to the user, to those around him/her, and to properties. Today, it’s about a homemade 200-watt Laser Bazooka that can really burn through materials and even make some items burst into flames.

But first, I warn you that if you are not sure of what you are doing, much more, if you lack the skills to do such, please do not do this at home as you will cause damage to yourself and to property.

YouTuber Styropro (Drake Anthony), already known for his DIY light saber and laser shotgun, probably has the most powerful homemade laser in the world. Usually, powerful lasers are made for industrial, research and military applications, but Stryopro also proves that it can also be built at home as long as one has the know-how and knows where to look for the off-the-shelf-parts to put such a powerful laser together.

He put together a bunch of DLP projectors that he bought off eBay and all the parts, such as the focusing element, and housing are mainly recycled parts. The 4 DLP projectors are 50-watts each and their power are fused together by the focusing lens, thus creating the 200-watt laser bazooka.

To understand the power of this contraption, a laser pointer that is used in presentations is 0.05 watts with non-medical lasers are regulated to a maximum of 0.5 watts. Staring at laser beams below 5 milliwatts will cause some blind spots, but if an eye is hit around 10 to 20 milliwatts of continuous wave lasers at close range, it could cause some retinal damage. Well, I guess you know how it works as the power increases, and of course a 200-watt laser bazooka can really ruin someone’s day.

As you have seen in the video, the laser bazooka can burn through material such as a computer case and easily pop balloons. Drake Anthony needed to wear a welder’s helmet just to protect this eyes when handling the laser bazooka.