Dear people at LPF,
After spending many hours in reading stuff on this forum i finaly decided to register. First time i came here was after found out that times had changed since last time i was searching stuff about lasers. They have became cheaper, alot, especially the ones from china. After some reading here it became clear to me that getting a Dilda from DX was the way to go as a beginner. So there i went, spended 60 bucks on a laser, some battarys and a charger. The laser is amazing for burning, pointing, basicly everything. But as many of you probably noticed with lasers, once youre into it, you want more than one...
So i started reading some more. This time my intrest went out to a green laser, still while being on a budget I went looking for a laser not much over 100$ but still having good power. After reading many good experiences with o-like modules I took a look on Susie's site. I noticed that the 120 - 150 mw module was for sale for 105 $ dollar, this seemed like a good deal to me. I also saw a ready-made, laserpointer putting out 120mw + For only 3 dollars more. Since im not a good DIYer yet I asked Susie if it used the same module as the ones that get sold seperatly, and she said yes they are. I orderd the laser and 2 weeks later i recieved it.
The laser itself was intact, i recieved it in some bubble wrap, just like with the Dilda from DX, when i first lighted it up i was amazed, much more visable than the Dilda but i noticed the lens was dirty. And yes its using the same type of module you can buy separately by judging the lens Using a cotton tip i tryed to clean it, but its verry hard to do and nearly impossible to totaly clean the module.
With some fresh batterys (using panasonic's Oxyride battary's having a 1.7v initial charge) it will hurt your skin, burn tape, pop balloons, light matches so basicly the whole shabang. But after some usage it wont anymore. Iam suspecting this is because the laser needs a little bit more than the 2.5 - 3v the 2 AAA battery's are giving. I know from reading the forum that o-like modules work the best with a voltage around 3.6v.
Now, after the wall of text, here come the questions
Ive orderd some 3.6v AAA sized battery's from DX, With using a spacer i hope to increase the voltage and hoping to make this laser live to his full potential. Do you guys recon this is a good idea? I know the pointer has a crap heatsink so i will keep the duty cycle short.
Also the lens is dirty. And after cleaning it still is I dont know if this is because the lens is made out of plastic and that there is nothing to do about it. Anyone knows this?. I'm very tempted to take a tube cutter and cut the tip off so i can clean it properly. I could cut it in a good way so that with some tape i can put the tip back on if i wanted to. What do you guys recon? Its just an Ebay stile pointer btw. Nothing fancy. I know i could really screw up the host with this but if it doesn't work out ill try to extract the module and try to buy an o-like host from one of the forum members here. What do you guys recon?
Thanks in advance and i hope you guys are willing to answer my questions,
Sonic.
After spending many hours in reading stuff on this forum i finaly decided to register. First time i came here was after found out that times had changed since last time i was searching stuff about lasers. They have became cheaper, alot, especially the ones from china. After some reading here it became clear to me that getting a Dilda from DX was the way to go as a beginner. So there i went, spended 60 bucks on a laser, some battarys and a charger. The laser is amazing for burning, pointing, basicly everything. But as many of you probably noticed with lasers, once youre into it, you want more than one...
So i started reading some more. This time my intrest went out to a green laser, still while being on a budget I went looking for a laser not much over 100$ but still having good power. After reading many good experiences with o-like modules I took a look on Susie's site. I noticed that the 120 - 150 mw module was for sale for 105 $ dollar, this seemed like a good deal to me. I also saw a ready-made, laserpointer putting out 120mw + For only 3 dollars more. Since im not a good DIYer yet I asked Susie if it used the same module as the ones that get sold seperatly, and she said yes they are. I orderd the laser and 2 weeks later i recieved it.
The laser itself was intact, i recieved it in some bubble wrap, just like with the Dilda from DX, when i first lighted it up i was amazed, much more visable than the Dilda but i noticed the lens was dirty. And yes its using the same type of module you can buy separately by judging the lens Using a cotton tip i tryed to clean it, but its verry hard to do and nearly impossible to totaly clean the module.
With some fresh batterys (using panasonic's Oxyride battary's having a 1.7v initial charge) it will hurt your skin, burn tape, pop balloons, light matches so basicly the whole shabang. But after some usage it wont anymore. Iam suspecting this is because the laser needs a little bit more than the 2.5 - 3v the 2 AAA battery's are giving. I know from reading the forum that o-like modules work the best with a voltage around 3.6v.
Now, after the wall of text, here come the questions
Ive orderd some 3.6v AAA sized battery's from DX, With using a spacer i hope to increase the voltage and hoping to make this laser live to his full potential. Do you guys recon this is a good idea? I know the pointer has a crap heatsink so i will keep the duty cycle short.
Also the lens is dirty. And after cleaning it still is I dont know if this is because the lens is made out of plastic and that there is nothing to do about it. Anyone knows this?. I'm very tempted to take a tube cutter and cut the tip off so i can clean it properly. I could cut it in a good way so that with some tape i can put the tip back on if i wanted to. What do you guys recon? Its just an Ebay stile pointer btw. Nothing fancy. I know i could really screw up the host with this but if it doesn't work out ill try to extract the module and try to buy an o-like host from one of the forum members here. What do you guys recon?
Thanks in advance and i hope you guys are willing to answer my questions,
Sonic.
