IsaacT
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The Ivy Sceptre
Hello, everyone! A good while back I purchased an 800mW PGL-III-C 532nm Laser from a CNI group buy. Not long
ago, however, paradise was shattered when there developed a short in the side clicky in the PGL-III-C Host.
I am a custom host nut, however, and I saw it as a prime opportunity to convert a lame black
run of the mill hosted lasers into a shiny, sleek, Ehgemus crafted laser. It wouldn't have been
my first time transplanting a DPSS module with Ehgemus' help. But it would prove to be the most difficult!
As I set to work dissassembling my precious beacon, I began to fear the worst. And I quickly
hit walls I hadn't been forced to tear down before. CNI, as it turns out, are believers in liberal
epoxy use. I was stumped, my efforts to scrape it away had stripped my threads, and it was
beginning to look more and more like a pretty damn expensive paper weight. I was resigning myself
to it, but I opened up a help thread to get some opinions on how to possibly salvage my 532nm treasure.
After a certain point, member Ultimatekaiser offered to attempt an extraction for me. I was hesitant
at first...one doesn't simply send one's precious into the arms of another....someone
you haven't met! But after stripping the threads and being locked in a stalemate I relented
and shipped it off.
The wait was long and my hopes were short, but I was pleasantly surprised at work to see a
picture of my module, taken apart and put back together again....and ALIVE! After a long
conversation on the phone with Ultimatekaiser, who deserves any and all reps thrown his way, I
contacted Ehgemus about having a host made.
I gave him a general idea of what I wanted and the battery configuration needs and let
the master go to work. My biggest thing was that I didn't want some overdone thing
for a laser I planned to keep for a long(ever?) time. Items were shipped, and time flew by.
That is, until I was greeted one day by a PM with a picture and a comment:
Well, this will be one of the very few custom lasers I will own that I will not have assembled. Which is somewhat unfortunate but I find it hard to be upset when I have things like that to look forward to!
I finally got it in the mail after what seemed like an eternity. Divergence was just as meh as when i shipped it off, but I am glad to have this very special piece of my collection back safe and sound.
PICTURES:
Last Thoughts
I hope you all have enjoyed this walk through the transformation of an incredible laser into an extraordinary unique piece of art. I have the following people to thank for this fine piece of my collection:
Thanks guys, I wouldn't have a laser without the fine members of LPF.
-Isaac
Hello, everyone! A good while back I purchased an 800mW PGL-III-C 532nm Laser from a CNI group buy. Not long
ago, however, paradise was shattered when there developed a short in the side clicky in the PGL-III-C Host.
I am a custom host nut, however, and I saw it as a prime opportunity to convert a lame black
run of the mill hosted lasers into a shiny, sleek, Ehgemus crafted laser. It wouldn't have been
my first time transplanting a DPSS module with Ehgemus' help. But it would prove to be the most difficult!
As I set to work dissassembling my precious beacon, I began to fear the worst. And I quickly
hit walls I hadn't been forced to tear down before. CNI, as it turns out, are believers in liberal
epoxy use. I was stumped, my efforts to scrape it away had stripped my threads, and it was
beginning to look more and more like a pretty damn expensive paper weight. I was resigning myself
to it, but I opened up a help thread to get some opinions on how to possibly salvage my 532nm treasure.
After a certain point, member Ultimatekaiser offered to attempt an extraction for me. I was hesitant
at first...one doesn't simply send one's precious into the arms of another....someone
you haven't met! But after stripping the threads and being locked in a stalemate I relented
and shipped it off.
The wait was long and my hopes were short, but I was pleasantly surprised at work to see a
picture of my module, taken apart and put back together again....and ALIVE! After a long
conversation on the phone with Ultimatekaiser, who deserves any and all reps thrown his way, I
contacted Ehgemus about having a host made.
I gave him a general idea of what I wanted and the battery configuration needs and let
the master go to work. My biggest thing was that I didn't want some overdone thing
for a laser I planned to keep for a long(ever?) time. Items were shipped, and time flew by.
That is, until I was greeted one day by a PM with a picture and a comment:
Ehgemus said:This thang is freaking amazing.
Well, this will be one of the very few custom lasers I will own that I will not have assembled. Which is somewhat unfortunate but I find it hard to be upset when I have things like that to look forward to!
I finally got it in the mail after what seemed like an eternity. Divergence was just as meh as when i shipped it off, but I am glad to have this very special piece of my collection back safe and sound.
PICTURES:
Last Thoughts
I hope you all have enjoyed this walk through the transformation of an incredible laser into an extraordinary unique piece of art. I have the following people to thank for this fine piece of my collection:
- Ultimatekaiser - Without you this laser would be dead.
- Ehgemus - For always putting up with my host requests and churning them out quickly and with a very high level of QC.
- Zraffleticket - Advising me
- Jander6442 - Advising me
- Bowtieguy - Advising me
- Ru124t - Advising me
- Smeerworst - Advising me
Thanks guys, I wouldn't have a laser without the fine members of LPF.
-Isaac
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