SAIK SA-305 BDR-S06J blu ray build

I had a spare flexdrive and a a high power blu ray diode which I harvested months ago from a BDR-S06J. I recently bought a SAIK kit by Mohrenberg which I decided would be excellent to turn into a 405nm laser. I took a lot of pictures during the assembly so it can be used as a guide for those who are planning a similar build. Don't mind the arctic alumina adhesive. I didn't glue the flexdrive on the heatsink in the end. Wasn't worth it plus I may need to use it in another build sometime( which I doubt since I love this laser ). Anyway, I'll let the pictures do the talking.












WARNING

DO NOT USE ALIGATOR CLIPS TO HOLD A FLEXDRIVE. PART OF THE PLASTIC COVER OF THE COIL BROKE. FORTUNATELY THE FLEXDRIVE STILL WORKED LIKE BEFORE.



I used some fine heatshring tubing .



I noticed a small gap between the aixiz module and the heatsink, so I threw in some prolimatech thermal adhesive to achieve a slightly better heat transfer. Better than nothing.



Now, here's where I got confused. For some reason I soldered the wire that goes to the positive input of the driver to that pad on the stock driver pcb ( Of course I removed all the components from it before ). That was wrong. The correct pad was a small circular pad right below the blue wire. For the driver - input, a small metal pin was already there so I just soldered a wire there.


Wrapped the driver with some insulation tape just in case.



I then moved the head to the rest of the body, screwed it, then put everything together and it's done



Reading with a 405 AR glass lens


Reading with a 445 AR glass lens


Hope you you like it

Nice tutorial/review

If I can save up enough money I will add a saik to all the other laser Im going to be buying, lol

Plus rep if teh system lets me.


EDIT: how much did that custom lpm cost you to make?

LaZeRz said:

Nice tutorial/review

If I can save up enough money I will add a saik to all the other laser Im going to be buying, lol

Plus rep if teh system lets me.


EDIT: how much did that custom lpm cost you to make?

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billg sold it to me for less than fifty bucks iirc. Its a nice little diy lpm which is not accurate apparently but gives you an idea of the actual power. I burnt the sensor a little yday while measuring a 445's power. it still works like a charm though. From what I read in other threads, the reading i got is really close to what I should get at 464 mA. :beer:
I also had the feeling that i pushed the diode too much into the heatsink, or it went in there with an angle? maybe it's cos I didn't get any sleep the last too days and I see things the wrong way?

Well, pushing the diode in past flush is actually better (heat transfer)

although it could give you focusing problems...

btw, the heatshrink doesnt need to completely cover the diode, just as long as it stops shorts.

LaZeRz said:

Well, pushing the diode in past flush is actually better (heat transfer)

although it could give you focusing problems...

btw, the heatshrink doesnt need to completely cover the diode, just as long as it stops shorts.

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What do you mean completely cover the diode? :/

LOL, woops, I meant the heatshrink tubing doesn't need to completely cover the pins

Typing is a bit hard when you have a stitched up thumb... i cant keep track of what im typing...

LaZeRz said:

LOL, woops, I meant the heatshrink tubing doesn't need to completely cover the pins

Typing is a bit hard when you have a stitched up thumb... i cant keep track of what im typing...

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Absolutely. It's just to cover them and dont cause any shorting. But i saw in other people's builds that they make them perfect Guess I want things to be as good as possible, but that makes you an expert aint it?

Nice review. :gj:

Glad it all worked out. It was definitely better not to sink the flex since you are not pushing anywhere near 1A.:beer:

DTR said:

Nice review. :gj:

Glad it all worked out. It was definitely better not to sink the flex since you are not pushing anywhere near 1A.:beer:

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Yep plus I wanted to get done with this assembly. I made everything the professional way and it took me some time to finish it, so I was like, meh just throw that flexdrive in the barrel and lase

This is most/best documented build I have seen in such a long time. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Man, with that HS push that diode up to ~550mA. I run these diodes at 501mA in hotlights.

Newbie here just wanted to know where to start, 1w blue laser kit. What's a really simple housing to use?

Very nice build silvershot !!! I love the saik kit but i am collecting money right now ! Can you tell me how you made your lpm ? Do you have a schematic ? Because now i dont want to spend 135$ on a laserbee 2,5W (will buy later). PM me if you want !

Excellent build. You are the First Guy who use SAIK host with 12x 405nm Diode.:bowdown:

How about to Turn the Pot at ~600-700mA
<1W 405nm Saik!

+1:beer:

eytyxhs said:

Excellent build. You are the First Guy who use SAIK host with 12x 405nm Diode.:bowdown:

How about to Turn the Pot at ~600-700mA
<1W 405nm Saik!

+1:beer:

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Bro, stop trying to kill his poor diode!

LaZeRz said:

Bro, stop trying to kill his poor diode!

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Lazeerer has Already try this 2 times!:beer:
Diode working Fine.:shhh:


OffTopic:Did you read his Signature message? he Lost Power From the Hurricane. :cryyy: