Hello to all.
I'm new to this forum and this is my first post.
First off, I want to say thanks for all the good info on here, and big ups to the very knowledgable users.
Before I realized that there were cheap high power lasers available.. I started a plan to make or customize my own.
I bought 2 ebay greens; shipped for $11.00
I bought a "50 mw" module for $20.00 shipped.
My plan was to just carefully swap out the mods.
Didn't work so well. Good thing I bought 2, cause I totally fckd one proper.
I watched the video on pulling these shits apart.. and thought i was prepared.
As soon as I got the cap off.. I knew it wasn't happening (mod swap). It was my error to think that all these pointers were a standard design.
I expected to pull out the module, attached to the cap. no.
Now these are the pointers that are black and have the rubber-feel to them. The clip says LASER POINTER.
I have the extra pointer.. but I'm not going to dismantle it, because it seems as though the production in this model is hard against any type of mod. Looks like the module is set to screw in.. and magically align for the button to function. And.. looking at the now destroyed mod... looks like a POS compared to the nicer stuff I've seen on the site. Is this a plastic focusing lens? seems like a really shitty focusing setup. My the good modules seem to house the focusing.. where as this POS seems to use the case tubing to support the plastic focusing housing. lame.. also looks like there is also NO heat dispersment(sp).. IF the diode actually needed it. This has to be the bottom bucket for < 5mw. POS.
So I guess the point of this post was to inform anyone like myself that not all cheapie eBay lasers are built the same.. and also.. that a mod swap is very difficult .. if possible at all.
Seems like I have a nice module... thats really too nice for these shit pointer cases.
Does anyone know where I need to place the order to get the pointer (case) that my module is compatiable with. I'm pretty sure it should be the one in which the pointer cap screws on to the mod.
Here are some pics for " a 1000 words ". sorry for focus.. shit phone cam.
what a shitty module right?
i planned on having a nice 50mw in my pocket for the tech parties in detroit next weekend... looks like im gonna have to macgyver some type of housing for my mod.
glad i only wasted about $6 so far. what a piece of shit though.
anyways.. thanks guys.
nice site.
I'm new to this forum and this is my first post.
First off, I want to say thanks for all the good info on here, and big ups to the very knowledgable users.
Before I realized that there were cheap high power lasers available.. I started a plan to make or customize my own.
I bought 2 ebay greens; shipped for $11.00
I bought a "50 mw" module for $20.00 shipped.
My plan was to just carefully swap out the mods.
Didn't work so well. Good thing I bought 2, cause I totally fckd one proper.
I watched the video on pulling these shits apart.. and thought i was prepared.
As soon as I got the cap off.. I knew it wasn't happening (mod swap). It was my error to think that all these pointers were a standard design.
I expected to pull out the module, attached to the cap. no.
Now these are the pointers that are black and have the rubber-feel to them. The clip says LASER POINTER.
I have the extra pointer.. but I'm not going to dismantle it, because it seems as though the production in this model is hard against any type of mod. Looks like the module is set to screw in.. and magically align for the button to function. And.. looking at the now destroyed mod... looks like a POS compared to the nicer stuff I've seen on the site. Is this a plastic focusing lens? seems like a really shitty focusing setup. My the good modules seem to house the focusing.. where as this POS seems to use the case tubing to support the plastic focusing housing. lame.. also looks like there is also NO heat dispersment(sp).. IF the diode actually needed it. This has to be the bottom bucket for < 5mw. POS.
So I guess the point of this post was to inform anyone like myself that not all cheapie eBay lasers are built the same.. and also.. that a mod swap is very difficult .. if possible at all.
Seems like I have a nice module... thats really too nice for these shit pointer cases.
Does anyone know where I need to place the order to get the pointer (case) that my module is compatiable with. I'm pretty sure it should be the one in which the pointer cap screws on to the mod.
Here are some pics for " a 1000 words ". sorry for focus.. shit phone cam.
what a shitty module right?
i planned on having a nice 50mw in my pocket for the tech parties in detroit next weekend... looks like im gonna have to macgyver some type of housing for my mod.
glad i only wasted about $6 so far. what a piece of shit though.
anyways.. thanks guys.
nice site.
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