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Im interested in building a 5w laser or something close I'm new here so some friendly pointers would be nice thank you
Im interested in building a 5w laser or something close I'm new here so some friendly pointers would be nice thank you
Are you talking about a handheld laser or a lab laser?
5W pointers will require two diodes (see the build in my sig), unless you don't mind an invisible wavelength (IR) or a red diode with large divergence.
If you haven't already I highly recommend starting with lower powers before you jump in to a 5W laser. They are incredibly dangerous and will ignite almost anything after pointing at it for a second, even if it is meters away.
Yea I think I'll start small after posting I found the page I wanted build.
I'm not sure on wavelength. See I forge knives and carve wood so I would like to be able to
have a handheld laser that will burn into wood nicely and leather
So while I research the more expensive laser where's the best place to get parts for the 200mw