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Re: PERMANENT THREAD: Ebay& other internet FINDS of interest- read all the OP please

HeNe pointer, I've heard of these. So cheap as well. Thanks for sharing. :)
 





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Re: PERMANENT THREAD: Ebay& other internet FINDS of interest- read all the OP please

I've seen these before. They are under 1 mW and somewhat larger than pointers today. Still, it was a portable laser back in 1988.
 

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Re: PERMANENT THREAD: Ebay& other internet FINDS of interest- read all the OP please

Brilliant! A novelty laser for the hobbyist. :p
Let me just get my gas pointer out along with my brick of a mobile phone. :D
 
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I know that many people don't like a lot of these ebay lasers but I found some of those polished brass/golden lasers for $40. I'm pretty sure they run off the A140s, and I've had two at 1500mWs and 1700mWs. I think they're nice, and I'm gonna see if I can extract the diodes from 2 of them for personal builds:D

Military Bur ning High Power Laser Pointer Blue Visible Beam Light 10 Mile Range | eBay

Edit: I mean I want the hosts for my own builds:crackup: I don't care much for the diodes
 
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I know that many people don't like a lot of these ebay lasers but I found some of those polished brass/golden lasers for $40. I'm pretty sure they run off the A140s, and I've had two at 1500mWs and 1700mWs. I think they're nice, and I'm gonna see if I can extract the diodes from 2 of them for personal builds:D

Military Bur ning High Power Laser Pointer Blue Visible Beam Light 10 Mile Range | eBay

Edit: I mean I want the hosts for my own builds:crackup: I don't care much for the diodes

That host is very small and it must have a very short duty cycle. I think you can do better than this to use for a host. I doubt the output power they are claiming.
 
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That host is very small and it must have a very short duty cycle. I think you can do better than this to use for a host. I doubt the output power they are claiming.

The host was longer than I had expected, but still not large enough for good heat sinking. I'll get some proper measurements when these new ones get here. I've tested these before and got power ratings of about 1.5-1.7Watts. But I'm not getting them for the A-140s. I'm really interested in placing a red diode and a green diode inside. I think that they would look great with those colors:D they might be able to fit one of DTRs 20mm heatsinks inside, but I'll have to wait till I can measure them.
 

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The host was longer than I had expected, but still not large enough for good heat sinking. I'll get some proper measurements when these new ones get here. I've tested these before and got power ratings of about 1.5-1.7Watts. But I'm not getting them for the A-140s. I'm really interested in placing a red diode and a green diode inside. I think that they would look great with those colors:D they might be able to fit one of DTRs 20mm heatsinks inside, but I'll have to wait till I can measure them.
It say's it take 2 18650's? On the reviews some claim its way underspec and another claims 1 battery is an extra for charging while the other is in use?
It has to be a typo and takes 2 of the 16340's or such and someone is underdriving them with a single 18650?
Looks like some bad QC issue's, but nice host either way.
 
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It say's it take 2 18650's? On the reviews some claim its way underspec and another claims 1 battery is an extra for charging while the other is in use?
It has to be a typo and takes 2 of the 16340's or such and someone is underdriving them with a single 18650?
Looks like some bad QC issue's, but nice host either way.

From my experience with them, they tend to have 2 sections for the batteries, but one could easily be removed so that only one battery could be used. I have always got them with the 2 sections though. And yeah, they fit two 18650s:)
 

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From my experience with them, they tend to have 2 sections for the batteries, but one could easily be removed so that only one battery could be used. I have always got them with the 2 sections though. And yeah, they fit two 18650s:)
Looking closer at their pic's you can see a seam in the host that you don't notice first couple of glances.
Who knows what these reviewers did as far a battery's??:thinking:
It does though sure make it look like a decent host to try 20mm of sinking:)
 
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Looking closer at their pic's you can see a seam in the host that you don't notice first couple of glances.
Who knows what these reviewers did as far a battery's??:thinking:
It does though sure make it look like a decent host to try 20mm of sinking:)

That's exactly what I was going to try for:D I hope the 20mm modules fit in there easily though:undecided:
 
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(Lildutchboy7) the laser you posted i purchased it i will post a review on it hehe
 
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(Lildutchboy7) the laser you posted i purchased it i will post a review on it hehe

I truly do love those lasers and they are really well polished:D
I'm going to place a high powered red and a high powered green in them once I get my two:)

Not sure what I'll do with the A140 modules though:undecided:
 
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Re: PERMANENT THREAD: Ebay& other internet FINDS of interest- read all the OP please

I know that many people don't like a lot of these ebay lasers but I found some of those polished brass/golden lasers for $40. I'm pretty sure they run off the A140s, and I've had two at 1500mWs and 1700mWs. I think they're nice, and I'm gonna see if I can extract the diodes from 2 of them for personal builds:D

Military Bur ning High Power Laser Pointer Blue Visible Beam Light 10 Mile Range | eBay

Edit: I mean I want the hosts for my own builds:crackup: I don't care much for the diodes

I've seen a lot of reviews on them that say the laser was unable to even light matches, and that the beam was very skinny and dim. How is that possible if you managed to get ones that output more than a Watt?
 
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I've seen a lot of reviews on them that say the laser was unable to even light matches, and that the beam was very skinny and dim. How is that possible if you managed to get ones that output more than a Watt?

I had 2 of these so far and they were 1400mw+ and 1700mw+.

I'm sure there are some duds or dishonest sellers out there that have placed weak diodes in these, but my experience with them so far has been good. If these two new ones that I am getting are duds then I'll be sure to return here and warn others of the sale.

I'm pretty sure these are just a standard laser the is made and resold by various Chinese sellers though.
 

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I truly do love those lasers and they are really well polished:D
I'm going to place a high powered red and a high powered green in them once I get my two:)

Not sure what I'll do with the A140 modules though:undecided:
When are they due?
as for the A140's why not try one in a Laser 66 pen. It would be a fun 30 second or so burner. Cheap enough to risk the chance of killing:)
 




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