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Cigar tubes as Host?

ZheolD

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has anyone tryed this? i have been Lurkin for a few weeks now i was gonna buy some diodes from one of the members but my world Fell apart so now i'm gonna wait to build a laser so i figured i would look at other items that would be imho would be good hosts
 





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Wouldn't they melt if they get to hot?

I don't smoke but I'm pretty sure they're thin plastic.
 
ZheolD

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thay have some made from Silver, stainless steel and i'm sure thay have alum also with Screw on Caps
 
dr-ebert

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I don't smoke either, but I think he means a single-cigar carrying case which I'd think are made of metal.

Why not? As a youngster, I built (among other things) a 5V power supply into a band-aid case...
 
hakzaw1

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I was thinking about putting a laser inside of a carrot--should be good heatsinking and cheap too LOLOLOL
 
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hakzaw1 said:
I was thinking about putting a laser inside of a carrot--should be good heatsinking and cheap too LOLOLOL
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Smart ass....

Anyhow, the host is only limited by the imagination of the laser builder. I say give it a shot, would be nice to see one even in glass...just don't drop it =P
 
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a while back someone made one in a mustard bottle....and i am pretty sure they made it so you squeeze the bottle of activate the switch.

...i'm thinking trick camera, with 8x BR in the aperture of the camera.....say cheese! :)
 
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I know I should not pick on the noobs- but could not resist-perhaps there is some T_J in me!! ;) Actually when I got my first 100mW red module- wanting to seem the beam without delay- took a paper tube from a roll of tinfoil and put three fatty 'D' cells in it and a wire and taped the whole affair together with duct tape-- took all of 15 min.- later redid it with a piece of pvc drain pipe- and a switch from a pc PS- still that way today(4 yrs later) the batts BTW last for over a year!! I call it my nightstick/laser cop special. ---------------m<(*u*)>m--hak
 

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rog8811

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I bought a cigar case to use as a host but ended up padding the inside and use it to carry my RGY laser around.

The downside to using it for a host is that it slides together rather than having a screw on cap but this is not insurmountable.

Regards rog8811
 

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chipdouglas said:
i will let the red text and peoples own imagination be the joke :whistle:
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lol .. that one made me laugh

I was thinking of making a plexiglass tube host. just need to run a thin translucent wire to the negative.

but the cigar cases that are made of a conducting material would work.
 
Benm

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If its the right size for the batteries and module, why not?

For something low-power it'd work, but i suppose most cigar tubes are too thin to spread the heat decently on more powerful versions.
 
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