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Hiya, you all maybe seen my thread here:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f63/billg519-nicest-guy-earth-45633.html
Well, recently there was a situation where I needed some adapters which contained cylindrical lenses for my high power IR projects, and I PMd Bill
for those since there was one in his previos package already.
In short, he said something like: Yeah I sent you some adapters and a TO3 LD...
I was like, OK , thanks a bunch!
Well yesterday, I talked to my mum and she said that Bills package arrived... weighting about 1.5 KG !
I was like WTF, and I PMd Bill again saying: Unless you packaged adapters in 1.47 kg of bubblewrap, I am obviously going to have another unpacking day
What on earth did you put in there?! (<- short version)
His answer was:
It sure took a while for that to get there. Must be the excess weight and larger than normal box. I put in adapters, the TO-3 weak LD's, some lithium
batteries in various sizes, a whole bunch of resistors, a cylinder lens, switches, PC board, some sleds (all LDs still in), various electronic components, and some laser diodes, including a very special one that got tested on my bench
prior to shipping. I needed to know that this diode was still in good working order and still capable of damaging power. I never ran it flat out, but did it ever do damage to a CD case. Melt and vaporize ... Optics to go with the special diode
are included. Also there is some resistance wire for making low value power resistors for current sense resistors, etc. I think that you'll find the contents interesting and useful (There's a lot more than I've mentioned here ...
can't remember it all.)
Jeez I was starting to have them nerves jumping out of my nose or something, I needed to endure a whole day in school and a trip back home (2 hour train ride... damn)...
Well anyway, I asked around more of the contents...
His reply:
Hi,
I think a 25W 808nm minibar qualifies as a special diode ... It fried the crap out of a CD case and I was only giving it 10A. A rod lens goes against
the diode, cylinder lens then focuses to a burning point. I think that I put in 3 rod lenses and one cylinder lens somewhere in the packing. It will be messy, many components are loose in the box. I think that there are 18650's, 14500's,
and 10440's mixed in there somewhere.
There should be a plastic box with some LDs in it. There might also be a red c-mount somewhere in there but I can't really remember ...
25W diode?!?!
To spare you any further reading (I already know you took a peak at photos down there), I am just gonna post a wall of pictures here:
Da box
Note the shippement fee (Per avion mail)
Contents of the box freshly opened:
My box getting full
and some 0.5mm PCB blanks at the end
This gave me a good laugh :crackup:
And a strange desire to look up those tiny li-ions... 10260 or what were they...
Notice 25W diode bar
I am afraid to power it up
Sleds... LPC , brand new
And here, the protector strip on diodes speaks for itself
Some TO3s
'Some' smd components
'Bunch of resistors':
All sorted out..
Misc stuff, LDs, components
And guess what I found in a small box neatly packaged...
Cool, huh?
I really could not believe what am I seeing here, y'all do me a favour and when this man posts here, +rep him...
"Reputation beyond repute" is an understatement!
http://laserpointerforums.com/f63/billg519-nicest-guy-earth-45633.html
Well, recently there was a situation where I needed some adapters which contained cylindrical lenses for my high power IR projects, and I PMd Bill
for those since there was one in his previos package already.
In short, he said something like: Yeah I sent you some adapters and a TO3 LD...
I was like, OK , thanks a bunch!
Well yesterday, I talked to my mum and she said that Bills package arrived... weighting about 1.5 KG !
I was like WTF, and I PMd Bill again saying: Unless you packaged adapters in 1.47 kg of bubblewrap, I am obviously going to have another unpacking day
What on earth did you put in there?! (<- short version)
His answer was:
It sure took a while for that to get there. Must be the excess weight and larger than normal box. I put in adapters, the TO-3 weak LD's, some lithium
batteries in various sizes, a whole bunch of resistors, a cylinder lens, switches, PC board, some sleds (all LDs still in), various electronic components, and some laser diodes, including a very special one that got tested on my bench
prior to shipping. I needed to know that this diode was still in good working order and still capable of damaging power. I never ran it flat out, but did it ever do damage to a CD case. Melt and vaporize ... Optics to go with the special diode
are included. Also there is some resistance wire for making low value power resistors for current sense resistors, etc. I think that you'll find the contents interesting and useful (There's a lot more than I've mentioned here ...
can't remember it all.)
Jeez I was starting to have them nerves jumping out of my nose or something, I needed to endure a whole day in school and a trip back home (2 hour train ride... damn)...
Well anyway, I asked around more of the contents...
His reply:
Hi,
I think a 25W 808nm minibar qualifies as a special diode ... It fried the crap out of a CD case and I was only giving it 10A. A rod lens goes against
the diode, cylinder lens then focuses to a burning point. I think that I put in 3 rod lenses and one cylinder lens somewhere in the packing. It will be messy, many components are loose in the box. I think that there are 18650's, 14500's,
and 10440's mixed in there somewhere.
There should be a plastic box with some LDs in it. There might also be a red c-mount somewhere in there but I can't really remember ...
25W diode?!?!
To spare you any further reading (I already know you took a peak at photos down there), I am just gonna post a wall of pictures here:
Da box
Note the shippement fee (Per avion mail)
Contents of the box freshly opened:
My box getting full
and some 0.5mm PCB blanks at the end
This gave me a good laugh :crackup:
And a strange desire to look up those tiny li-ions... 10260 or what were they...
Notice 25W diode bar
I am afraid to power it up
Sleds... LPC , brand new
And here, the protector strip on diodes speaks for itself
Some TO3s
'Some' smd components
'Bunch of resistors':
All sorted out..
Misc stuff, LDs, components
And guess what I found in a small box neatly packaged...
Cool, huh?
I really could not believe what am I seeing here, y'all do me a favour and when this man posts here, +rep him...
"Reputation beyond repute" is an understatement!
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