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Please take better Care of your lasers

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ElektroFreak said:
I appreciate anyone who gives useful advice on this forum, so for that I thank you LaserRX.. but it sounds to me like you're profiting a bit from these lasers' demise. It's just job security for you, honestly..

Please believe me when I say this, I do not repair any lasers to make a profit, I would rather not have to repair broken units at all. I usually do not even offer to repair theml, only sometimes I get sob stories and I guess I have a soft spot. Just lately I have had many sob stories!

This is really a genuine request to all those mainly starting out or that do not fully know what they are doing to read up on things before proceeeding. I am not addressing those that know what they are doing, as because these are not the people having the issues.
 





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Someone puting double voltage in his laser deserves his laser to be broken and not to be repared. If I were you I would have killed him when he had told me that.

What an idiot.

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Niko said:
[quote author=ElektroFreak link=1234563186/0#13 date=1234669348]I appreciate anyone who gives useful advice on this forum, so for that I thank you LaserRX.. but it sounds to me like you're profiting a bit from these lasers' demise. It's just job security for you, honestly..


What?

Dude he's just trying to help newbies, what's the big deal about this?[/quote]

You misunderstand. I wasn't saying anything negative about this.. I just assumed (based on the first post) that LaserRX fixes lasers professionally. If that were the case, then the more broken lasers the better, right? And as I said, I appreciate the helpful words that LaserRX was kind enough to share..

I really don't understand why every time the word "profit" gets used on this site, someone gets mad. There's nothing wrong with making a profit, people! As long as your methods are ethical, then I can't see any problem with it. It's the fuel that feeds the fire of capitalism. There's absolutely no reason to expect people to provide goods and services with no gain to them whatsoever. If they want to provide them without profit then so be it, but profiting from the sale of goods and services is not bad, unethical, immoral, crazy, anal-retentive, "being a jerk" or anything else other than good common sense. There's absolutely nothing wrong with looking out for yourself and your own interests, as long as it doesn't come at the expense of one's ethics or morals.
 
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I just don't think it is worth the risk of modifying an expensive unit, period. Just my opinion. Not that it really matters...
 
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hey twilyte 17th post baby in a year and a half you should jump in more often
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I know. However, I think before I post something. I'm a noob, and I don't want to end up posting anything stupid.
 

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This is a really odd thread.  Why would you care Mr. RX if people break their stuff or not?  Sure, it can be very disappointing when some person does it, and if they wish to walk the extra step to repair their units, then good for them.  I've ruined several lasers in my time, some I’ve rebuilt, others I scrap for parts, even ship them off to other members who could use them for free!  And there are ways to mod lasers, right ways and wrong ways.  There are lasers more suitable for modifications then others.  For anybody (noobs) who experiment by trying to mod their lasers need to be responsible for their own actions, just like everything else.  When they begin their modifications, they made that choice that they could break their unit at that time.  They decided to keep their hand, bet their laser, and lost.  You can't say; "Please make better choices with your poker hands"... not that it is a gamble but it is.  And mind me ask you Mr. RX, what are the majority laser models do you service?  I'd be willing to guess, New Wish?  An $11 5mW to a $60 200mW?  I would assume anybody spending the big bucks on some of the other model lasers mentioned in this thread would have the sense or knowledge to do it correctly, not at all, or repair it themselves.  Or are you a Wicked repairer?   ;D

However, I do respect the specific facts you mentioned about high-powered lasers being more difficult to mod thus increasing the risk or damage in comparison to 5mW versions.   One thing about Forums is that there can NEVER be enough information!

Actually, I do have a confession to make, which I thought was really funny.  I’ve had many DX 5mW pointers, a few I’ve given away to associates for profecional courtesy, a few I’ve hacked apart, and I had one left stock, one that could have sold for a 30mW.  I haven’t messed with it in a few months, and I decided to throw some batteries in it for shits and giggles.  Well it already had one battery in it, so I just put in a single AAA.  Well it was bright!  More like 50mW!  Nice clean, stable beam… for about 5 minutes of use (on and off that is) then it just stopped working.  I removed the batteries to descover, what do you know, a 10440 3.7V at the bottom!  I laughed because I remember I had used the battery holder for testing another of my builds (using 7.2V) and I completely forgot that I had left that battery in there!  Well now I plan on replacing the LD, maybe even making an IR laser, I don’t really know.  But I don’t really have all the time or money in the world right now so it’s just sitting there.  Point of the story is, WHO CARES?  I bought it for $17 about 1 ½  years or more ago.  

And my initial thought when I saw the title of this thread, I was thinking more along the lines of what not to do with your lasers as far as safety, which in my opinion is much more important.  Anyway, this is not a rant.  

Peace - Ace
 




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