nice!i will post pictures when i finish mine.

Sweet. If you have any questions, feel free to ask as well.

Have you recieved that heat sink yet?

I have asked Jayrob to do some testing with this laser in his awesome pool and he has been kind enough to agree to take some time out of his busy schedule to do some tests.

His beautiful pool is at max 8.5 feet deep. I never really expected for this laser to go deaper than that, so his pool is perfect.

Either Jayrob or I will post the results on this thread or some other one.

Thanks Jayrob...I owe you.

FYI...I am currently using Jayrob's blu-ray lens mod and I couldn't be happier with it.

I'll take is to 3' first, then dry it off and check it...

Then maybe 5', 6', 7' and 8'. I sure hope it doesn't leak! I would hate to damage it.

Please confirm:

SF-AW210 diode
FlexDrive
405-G-1

Is this the current configuration?

P.S. The 405-G-1 glass lens is a good choice for such a build. Because you will not be focusing this laser. And the 'short focus' design of this lens will allow a good 'all around' beam if you focus it to the best visual dot at about 30'. (IMO)

For red, the same thing goes for my Meredith Glass lens mod!

you are Spot on with the configuration.
I would hate to have it leak too, but it's a risk that I am willing to take on my first build with this host.
It's running in between 205mA and 220mA.

I commend you on your creativity!


Will there be a tutorial?

I tried to make some instructions. I believe that the instructions are poorly made, but it should be enough for everyone to understand how to make it.
Click the link to download instructions. (11.3MB Zip File)
http://www.mediafire.com/?yimmxmjynmc
There is one last thing that I would like to add to those instructions...use some thermal glue between the heatsink and the driver pill. It makes everything more solid.

Thanks to Jayrob....I now know how much the Protective lens is stealing from my blu-ray.
A quote from Jayrob...
"I measured the power with and without the glass lens. It is 198mW's without the glass lens, and 182mW's with the lens. An 8% loss."

To be honest, it isn't as bad as what I thought it would be.

Thanks again Jayrob for your help with testing out my build.

No problem...

Tomorrow I'll take it to 3' in my pool for about a minute or two. Then dry it off really well and check the inside for any leaks.

If it is waterproof at 3', I'll try 5'. Then 1' at a time...

Nice build by the way!

Test results!

Very impressed with your build!

Absolutely water tight even at 8'...

I tested it at 3', 5', and 8'. Each test was with the laser on for over 1 minute at that depth.

Really cool that this bad boy is water tight! I should mention that the water temperature of my pool was 85 degrees. So there was little chance for condensation issues that I would expect to see under different conditions.

But still... Very cool!

I can send you back the laser tomorrow...

Sweet I am glad the results are good!!!!
Thanks Jayrob....I will send you a PM


I have got to ask...Do you have any pics of it in your pool?

I did not take any pictures. I just finished, and it is 4:20PM. If I wanted to take a picture, I would do it at night. That way you could see the laser on.

Did you want me to take a night shot of your laser on at 8' depth?

Holly crap...do I ever.
How visible is the beam in your pool?

My pebble finish is mostly white. (speckled with black) But with the sun shining right on there, I can only see the dot as if there was no water, shining on a white surface in broad daylight.

I'm sure it will look pretty cool at night though...

I'll post the picture when I get it later tonight!

Under water beam shots! (not quite completely dark out yet)




The first picture is illuminated in the lower left corner because I forgot, and left the kitchen light on in the house. But the beam is so bright under water, that it didn't matter! Strange how the water makes the beam appear to 'bend'...

Also, besides the camera, the under water beam is very bright to the eye as well!

I may have to build me one of these now!

Wows that's a nice pool. And a nice laser!

Thanks Jayrob, those are some awesome pictures

Let me know if you do decide to make one.

awesome beamshots.i will take some also when i finish mine in my aunt's pool!

wow, beautiful!
congrats on the laser and its fully watertightness! :-)
hmm.. a tiny amount of fluoresceine, so little its invisible and non-hazardous.. the laser will find it, i'm sure! :-)

oh, and you need a line-generating lens in front of that! :-)

manuel

Thanks....and a line-generating lens would be sweet!!

I am going to try to make another one of these, but this time my goal will be making the focus adjustable underwater.

Wish me luck. This will definitely take me a long time to make.

TO ALL
Thanks again for the complements...
Iskor12

Here is my new design idea on paper....sorry, no cad software was available at the time.

good luck for the waterproof FOKUSABLE laser^^
i plan to build first such a waterproof as in your first post
really cool!!

bigG

Holy s**t, man! Didn't we tell you to put some lasers on your pool?

It's a DEFINITE must now that I saw those awesome pictures!



Laserpool(TM).

Ha Ha!... now I better get working on some special eye protection for swimming!