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Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top that

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Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top that unscrews, so I can take out the laser inside?

And what is the safest way to remove the laser without damaging it?

I've been searching everywhere and can't find one. If someone could please tell me where I can buy one it would be greatly appreciated.
 





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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

Extracting a laser diode isn't something you as a product developer would wish to happen easily, especially considering that most customers want to see that the laser keeps its integrity through use and not fall apart easily. Plus there are users out there that can't figure out the instructions of replacing a battery despite directions printed in 14 font, and would unintentionally unscrew the business end [if it was made that way], misalign the laser or destroy it trying to access the battery compartment and cost your company on liability issues alone. :( :eek:

Even if you managed to get the head open, a good laser would have had its metal slug glued to the inside of the body for proper thermal dissipation. Extracting the diode would constitute as modifying the laser, which will void whatever warranty it happens to have, and its a trial and error on your part. Since there are many forms of portable lasers out there, it would be logically impossible to have a standardized extraction manual...remember we are not talking about a blu-ray drive, we are talking about a laser pointer. ::)

In short, there is no such product that I am aware of. Should there be such a product it would constitute as a epic design flaw in the eyes of the general consumer and an epic fail [or phail] in my book
 
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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

i don't know about 5mw, but there are a couple rominsen 30mw's on DX that should fit the bill.
You just unscrew the head and there is the module, ready for whatever
 
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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

If you just want the module, why not buy a module instead of a complete pointer?
 
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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

frogger said:
i don't know about 5mw, but there are a couple rominsen 30mw's on DX that should fit the bill.
You just unscrew the head and there is the module, ready for whatever

:eek:
I guess I wasn't very observant :-/
 

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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

Cyparagon said:
If you just want the module, why not buy a module instead of a complete pointer?

I want the pointer so it can fit in my pocket. I'm going to do a pot mod.

I'm thinking of buying one of these 2. Replace "dot" with "." and "slash" with "/" (duh).

http: slash  slash www dot amazon dot com slash Pointer-Astronomy-Military-Flashlight-Microfiber slash dp slash B001AAXGL4 slash ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1233917557&sr=8-23

http: slash  slash www dot amazon dot com slash Pointer-Astronomy-Military-Flashlight-Microfiber slash dp slash B000UTOXTU slash ref=sr_1_45?ie=UTF8&s=office-products&qid=1233917593&sr=8-45

Which one should I get? And what is the best way to remove the head? Someone told me that using pliers and carefully trying to remove it for about 10 minutes might loosen the super glue.
 
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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

Ah, the true problem arises. You've been misled into thinking Pot Mods work.
 

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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

So tightening the screw doesn't make it brighter?

And would I still need eye protection?
 
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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

sb__iq said:
So tightening the screw doesn't make it brighter?

And would I still need eye protection?
You'll be killing the thing so quickly.
 

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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

DC (Don't care.)

Does it actually make it brighter? Would I still need eye protection?
 
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sb__iq said:
DC (Don't care.)

Does it actually make it brighter? Would I still need eye protection?

it might be brighter for a few seconds/minutes until your pump diode craters itself....

and yes you'd still need eye protection (until it breaks anyway)
 

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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

What's the best way to remove the top?
 
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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

cut it off with the big scissors that you use to cut tree limbs... Little damage done, and it's quite fast
 
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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

An AXE will work quite well also ;D ;D
 

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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

Can this laser be pot modded? (Replace " dot " with "." and " slash " with "/".)

http: slash slash www dot dealextreme dot com slash details dot dx slash sku dot 16962
 
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Re: Where can I buy a 5 mW green laser with a top

You need to start taking our advice unless you want to loose a decent chunk of change.

Would you modify your car to always run at 12000RPM?
 




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