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I have no tools and have little experience in electronics! It looks easy and want to try it, but at my home I don't have any tools like soldering iron etc... At school I learned some basic electronics stuff also, like: How to wire stuff, We made some kind of little machine powered by batteries etc. It would be awesome if I could, but you know! No tools, little experience with electronics = FAIL laser. And I am only a 13 years old kid that is a laser enthusiast.
 





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the tools to get stated are super cheap. mainly a solder iron, and digital mulit meter. both can be bought used at pawn shops. laser diodes are cheap too. and you can make your own driver are even cheaper. now that that is clear, no more excuses!!
 
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Sa2fan said:
I have no tools and have little experience in electronics! It looks easy and want to try it, but at my home I don't have any tools like soldering iron etc... At school I learned some basic electronics stuff also, like: How to wire stuff, We made some kind of little machine powered by batteries etc. It would be awesome if I could, but you know! No tools, little experience with electronics = FAIL laser. And I am only a 13 years old kid that is a laser enthusiast.
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Building a laser doesn't require much knowledge of electronics. As long as you understand the difference between + and -, you should be okay. I'm sure your parents will help you get the tools and equipment you need; just ask nicely.
 
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Get the right soldering iron and solder. A 25W iron with pointed tip will be OK. Don't use thick solder, solid solder, or plumbers solder and paste. You need fine (0.5mm) rosin core electronics solder. Read the "sticky" on soldering technique, and the info stickies relating to first laser builds. This will help you decide how much that you wish to do yourself the first time. On this forum, you can get diodes, diodes in aixiz module, heatsinks, drivers, hosts, and even laser kits. There are members that will assemble for you, for a fee. You can learn this stuff, I could solder well at age 13 ...

Bill.
 
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billg519 said:
Get the right soldering iron and solder. A 25W iron with pointed tip will be OK. Don't use thick solder, solid solder, or plumbers solder and paste. You need fine (0.5mm) rosin core electronics solder. Read the "sticky" on soldering technique, and the info stickies relating to first laser builds. This will help you decide how much that you wish to do yourself the first time. On this forum, you can get diodes, diodes in aixiz module, heatsinks, drivers, hosts, and even laser kits. There are members that will assemble for you, for a fee. You can learn this stuff, I could solder well at age 13 ...

Bill.
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Who could assemble me a Blue-Ray laser? In a Dorcy Jr. Flashlight would be great AND good output power :)
 
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Sa2fan said:
Who could assemble me a Blue-Ray laser? In a Dorcy Jr. Flashlight would be great AND good output power :)
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Just put an ad in the BST section. IIRC, there was a guy that offered building services for $10; you just need to supply the parts.
 
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Glutton said:
which diode do you want in your dorcy?
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Hmmm... PHR-803T 405nm laser diode would be good enough. Btw, How many mW does it have?

I'm not ready to buy anything. So don't build anything yet o_O
 
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Sa2Fan ---
Read the posts -- YOU can do it. You are not too old to learn. Read Ohm's law and all the info here. YOU can do it and have bragging rights.
Too many schools discoruage kids. WE DON'T. Read the posts here and DO IT. Others like you have done it.
Any ~13 year old builders here to encourage him?

Mike
 
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Depends on the current you input. Between 80mW and 150mW seems normal. If you dont think you can build it yourself I will do it for free (well... for the fun of it). I have many of PHR sleds and I feel comfortable enough with them to build one. I just wouldn't do anything more expensive than a PHR because if I mess up your PHR I can just replace it.


EDIT: yeah mike has it right. You can do it! soldering irons and DMMs are not very expensive. You can even have you driver preset to the correct current before you buy, but if you do this more then a few times it will defeat the purpose of not getting a DMM and become more expensive.
 
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It will only cost a little more to have one built for you... then you can
learn to build your own by example...
You will then have time to save your money for some basic tools to
eventually build your own... while enjoying your built laser...

And like H_M said YOU can do it....

Jerry
 
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Glutton said:
Depends on the current you input. Between 80mW and 150mW seems normal. If you dont think you can build it yourself I will do it for free (well... for the fun of it). I have many of PHR sleds and I feel comfortable enough with them to build one. I just wouldn't do anything more expensive than a PHR because if I mess up your PHR I can just replace it.


EDIT: yeah mike has it right. You can do it! soldering irons and DMMs are not very expensive. You can even have you driver preset to the correct current before you buy, but if you do this more then a few times it will defeat the purpose of not getting a DMM and become more expensive.
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You really can do it for free? It would be great! Im gonna PM you... I could also try to build it when Ima be 15.
 
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I'm only 16 and I'm thinking about building sightfx's 7 color laser kit. I'm going to need to research for weeks, maybe months, start a thread or two (or three) about the questions I have, spend hours building it, and a lot of the money I've earned from part time and summer jobs. But it will be so incredible once its finished.

How's that for encouragement?
 
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ZRTMWA said:
I'm only 16 and I'm thinking about building sightfx's 7 color laser kit. I'm going to need to research for weeks, maybe months, start a thread or two (or three) about the questions I have, spend hours building it, and a lot of the money I've earned from part time and summer jobs. But it will be so incredible once its finished.

How's that for encouragement?
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Pretty good :O
 
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Sa2fan said:
You really can do it for free? It would be great! Im gonna PM you... I could also try to build it when Ima be 15.
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If you really want to go this rout, yes I will do it just for the fun of it. I enjoy building lasers, and it wouldn't be satisfying to take 10 or 20 dollars from a 13 year old to pay me to do something I think is fun in the first place.

I still suggest that you try this yourself in the future. It is very satisfying when you turn on a DIY laser and watch it work.
 
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