How to tear down the arctic Host

G'day,

So im building a few wavelengths out of the Arctic Spider host from Wicked lasers, Ive already done a 635nm and have a 445nm doing 1.25W so now im going to do a 405nm ad 532nm, so i thought id show how i tear them down to modify!

Here's a nice arctic host with a driver, smart switch and indicator LED's connected, note there is no diode or lens cover in this host but ill cover what you gotta do with them.



Remove the top crown, it should screw straight off:




Success!



Now you will see a lens cover (not shown), unscrew that, now you should be able to see the lens screwed into the diode heatsink.

IMPORTANT! we are about to unscrew the diode heatsink! Doing so there is a large risk that you will twist the diode leads so much that the diodes legs will fall off! Knowing this you can continue on or pussy out.
Unscrew the diode heatsink:



Success!

Now here's the fun part, we want to remove the ribbed for your pleasure body piece from the host, do this by heating it up evenly with a heatgun like so:



Once hot, twist it back and forth to break the glue, you may need to heat and re-heat a few times, id also recommend wearing gloves or putting a rag over the host, she gunna be hot.
Twist and pull off the ribbed body part.



Success!



Now you can pull the driver out, be careful of the positive and negative driver wires, de-solder them before removing the driver fully.



Disconnect the 2x plugs for the smart switch and indicator LED's from the main driver board:



Now its time to remove the smart switch, it is glued in position on the inside of the host, break the glue away with a small flat blade screw driver and lever the switch out.






Success!

Now we will remove the host piece that covers the indicator LED's, heat it with a heatgun evenly all the way around, then twist it to break the glue and pull it off the host:





Success!

Now you can remove the indicator LED PCB.



You can see the host ground connection spring:



Finished!



Give yourself a cookie!

Thanks for looking!

Fiddy.

Omg torture

Don't suppose ur making them to sell

i rarely sell lasers like this.

That laser is my dream laser, my goal is to obtain one....it's on my bucket list

Its hard to have a steady hand when you're that excited to tear it down.. great work :beer: Thanks for sharing!

jakeyboii said:

That laser is my dream laser, my goal is to obtain one....it's on my bucket list

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umad i have 4 of them?

sinner said:

Its hard to have a steady hand when you're that excited to tear it down.. great work :beer: Thanks for sharing!

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haha calm down!

OMG 4

Yes I'm am very mad
You've gotta sell me one!

Ehh

<$500

Yes u will be happy with that Arctic it will melt a beer bottle within minutes. LOL

Any one got a broken arctic for sale, please PM me

Now here's the fun part, we want to remove the ribbed for your pleasure body piece

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Buahhh :crackup:

I am reviving this thread to ask a question. I just got in my "new" second hand artic, and it's hitting a bit less than 800mw.
I would like to know if anyone knows if the laser can be upgraded, but just the diode, living everything else in...
Anyone has tested the mA that the driver is giving? What diode would fit in the original heatsink? M140?

Thanks

My Arctic is way back in the WWSNW WL saga, it's actually pretty good for an Arctic from that time period but I'm wondering... is there a way to increase the output power??? I know these 445nm diodes can output much much more than 700mW... oh and btw, I'm not really up for potentially screwing over my diode just to pot mod it or something

Where can i find a replace ment diode for WL ARTIC BLUE. I unscrewed mine and riped wires off of mine.this is my first day time on here and am lost. Any help would be greatly appreciated...