Tiny spiro.....

rog8811 · Apr 4, 2009

....Or how to ruin hours of work with a moments stupidity.....
I closed this up before the glue was completely dry, it has fogged the mirrors :-[

For what it is worth here is a short video

Regards rog8811

[edit]Sorry video in wrong format, back soon[/edit]

rog8811 · Apr 4, 2009

....Try again, this build cost me 2 senkat reds as well so all in all it was a bit depressing when I realised what I had done....

Lol · Apr 4, 2009

Sadly the video won't work for me

Tried in WMP and VLC

Hemlock_Mike · Apr 4, 2009

You should have been a watch maker ;D
I try to use UV cure glue around optics so I don't have the fuming problem.

Mike

rog8811 · Apr 4, 2009

I have just tried the video in windows media player, it takes a while to buffer but it comes up eventualy.... If others report problems with it I could try a different format.

I try to use UV cure glue around optics so I don't have the fuming problem

It was just such a stupid thing to do, I know the problem with super glue and I used just a couple of drops to tack the bounce mirror in place, Will a blu-ray cure that adhesive mike?

Regards rog8811

Lol · Apr 4, 2009

The video works now

Diode_Virgin · Apr 4, 2009

rog8811 said:
....Or how to ruin hours of work with a moments stupidity.....
I closed this up before the glue was completely dry, it has fogged the mirrors :-[

For what it is worth here is a short video

Regards rog8811

[edit]Sorry video in wrong format, back soon[/edit]

another cool idea from rog +1

rog8811 · Apr 4, 2009

I don't think it is worth trying to rescue this one, I have noticed people selling inners for these lighters on ebay, I may just try again and maybe learn from my mistake :'(

Regards rog8811

Hemlock_Mike · Apr 5, 2009

Rog --

Go to your dentist and ask for "expired" adhesive or a near empty bottle. Keep it cold in the fridge. Yes, I use my 180 mW 405 to cure it in about 5 seconds.
I'm lucky, my oldest kid is a dentist !!!!!

Mike

rog8811 · Apr 5, 2009

Brother inlaw and nephew both dentists, I feel a phone call coming on, thanks for the idea.

Regards rog8811

Switch · Apr 7, 2009

Hey what kind of motors did you use? :-/

MarioMaster · Apr 7, 2009

rog8811 said:
....Try again, this build cost me 2 senkat reds as well so all in all it was a bit depressing when I realised what I had done....

If you wanted you could try some windex on a cotton swab to try and clean the glue off the mirrors - might be worth a shot :-/

Windex and stuff like acetone can help dissolve the superglue

rog8811 · Apr 7, 2009

Hey what kind of motors did you use?

1 was a 5mm dia (rubber covered) the other 7mm dia vibro motors without the weights.

If you wanted you could try some windex on a cotton swab to try and clean the glue off the mirrors - might be worth a shot

No room to get at the mirrors sadly, the gap where the beam comes out is to the right of the switch on the photo below.

Regards rog8811

Morgan · Apr 9, 2009

... Ah-ha! The Tiny build you were on about!! ;D

Have you bought a job-lot of those lighters Rog?!

Nice though!!!

Pity about the fogging. I'll have to remember that myself.

Don't know if it's my media player but I couldn't see the pattern. It's a 2 motor jobby, right? So it must be the pattern I'm thinking it is.

What size are the mirrors? Are the motors connected directly to the batteries or are you running a driver for them? Power source?

Small is beautiful.

Good show!

M

rog8811 · Apr 9, 2009

Don't know if it's my media player but I couldn't see the pattern. It's a 2 motor jobby, right?
yes, 2 motor, the pattern is visable close up but is all fuzzy so at a distance is just a blur

What size are the mirrors?
1st mirror is 8mm dia, second one is 7mm dia

Are the motors connected directly to the batteries or are you running a driver for them?
There is an LM317 driver in there for the senkat red LD, the motors are part of the circuit.... they run from the ref voltage

Power source?
GP A10 9v, just like the laser lighter.

I have got most of the bits together to redo this..... I will not be making the same mistake again.

Regards rog8811

Morgan · Apr 9, 2009

Cool, we'll wait for the rebuild.

Good work, as ever.

M

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