FS: >110mW PHR, >140mW 4x & >170mW 6x Blu-Rays

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BTW, I got a reply from the lens manufacturer today.. The lenses will be finished this week they say.. And shipped to me on next Monday or Tuesday!

Yaay!

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Email Sent!

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Ok, i have to prepare all the shipping stuff now, and in the evening, i'll send everyone their tracking numbers.

Everyone, except for those, who asked to wait for something, that is..

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IgorT: "Yes. I'm almost done. Then i'll try to make some pictures if i have some time left.

I would really hate to send them all out without at least making a nice group picture first.. "
Well, did ya take a group pic? :

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He mentioned in an e-mail he already has all the packages ready,so he probably already took pictures,I would like to see them also ;D

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Hey all!


Most of the lasers are shipped, and i have only the special orders left for tomorrow.
I finally managed to find some time to edit the pictures i took during testing.


Check out these beam shots. 0.5 and 0.65W of 405nm!

In the picture on the right, where all the beams cross, i noticed something interesting. 0.65W of blu-ray met in one spot, and created an "air-pixel"..


P.S. In the right picture, five are the new host model, and the one on the left is the only modular original host laser in existance - the one i wanted to use for all lasers, but the model was changed, when i ordered more of them.. But at least this way i get to keep it, i guess.

Oh, and i got burnt, when making the crossed beams picture.. ;D

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And a picture of the new host model lasers, with the GITD lens caps on.

The lasers are ON in the left picture, and the right is with the lasers off, immediatelly afterwards.
If you turn the laser ON with the GITD lens cap, it glows so bright, it's hard to look at it, even during the day!
At night, you could read from all that light. The camera can't even take the picture properly, and the lightst were on in that picture.

After you turn the laser off, the caps keep on glowing bright enough, to illuminate the surroundings at night!

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Pretty cool Igor! But I hope you aren’t burning a hole in the caps! ;D

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scopeguy20 said:

Pretty cool Igor!  But I hope you aren’t burning a hole in the caps!  ;D

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Hehe.. Well no. You can't really, because they are GITD caps.. With black ones, they would get very hot very fast. But these convert 405nm light into green light, which radiates out, so they don't really get hot.

I left a blu ray on with a black cap, by mistake once.. It was on in my pocket for 20 minutes, and then on a table for another twenty. And it had no heatsink! When i took the cap off, the AixiZ module was VERY hot. But it survived.

Here, the heatsinks keep them nice and cool. The modules came out so great man! The entire laser module is 17mm dia and 26.7mm long. It's shorter than an AixiZ module, but it is pretty much a laser by itself.. It's a bulky aluminum heatsink, containing the diode, driver (size - 13x9mm  ) and battery contact PCB. The fat module unscrews at the the top, to reveal the guts. I still can't believe how small i managed to make it all!

This module then has threads, which allow it to screw directly into the host head. The host is just a battery holder.. Everything important is in the tiny but massive 27x17mm aluminum module.


Anyway, i'm so happy, it's all finally done, and that everyone will be able to enjoy their lasers soon! You won't believe, how tiny they actually are.. But they are also quite heavy at the same time, especially with the battery inside. I like the massive feeling they have.

BTW, i had to go through 23 diodes, to find enough of those, that would do >100mW at this current. I am left with five, that are too weak in to use... They could be used as 80mW, but they could also reach 100mW and more, only at a higher current. So i'll use them, to see how far these can be pushed...



P.S. I still can't believe, how visible the beam is at this power level.. It's dark outside, so i picked up a 100mW i still have here, and shone it through the window. It looks amazing.. I think the air moisture is high these days.. Maybe that helps a little, cos i don't remember my 80mW being this visible. Or maybe 20mW more is really that noticable!

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IgorT said:

P.S. I still can't believe, how visible the beam is at this power level.. It's dark outside, so i picked up a 100mW i still have here, and shone it through the window. It looks amazing.. I think the air moisture is high these days.. Maybe that helps a little, cos i don't remember my 80mW being this visible. Or maybe 20mW more is really that noticable!

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It's probably a combination of both. A little moisture in the air goes a long way at brightening this wavelength.

Wait until you push one toward the limit!

Peace,
dave

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Wow, those pics are really great! I want mine now!

You mentioned earlier that you should send some glow in the dark lens caps, but I didn't know they would glow THAT bright, amazing! Now I won't need to have a lamp lit in my room when I am reading anymore, I can use my lazor...  ;D

I am all the time asking about the beam visibility of those, but is the beam really that bright in real life? IMO, that color is MUCH more neat than a green.

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Hehe, yeah, i'm already planning that..

Anyway, i'm real glad these are finally completed.. I can probably start sleeping again tomorrow..
But i have to finish the pens first...

The drivers were the hardest part.. My driver fits an AixiZ module, but after i had to change the flashlight model because of the DX screwup, the AixiZ module doesn't fit! So i had to cut 1/3 away from the driver, and move some bulky components on the other side... The rest of the components are so small, that it's hard to see them sometimes! If i drop one, it's just gone.

But now, that i know, how it all fits together, i can make them much faster in the future... At least i know what parts to order, without the risk of getting the wrong thing. The host screwup cost me so much time and money! :'(


But i really don't care about that now, i'm just happy, that the lasers are on the way to everyone.

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LazerGuy said:

Wow, those pics are really great! I want mine now!

I am all the time asking about the beam visibility of those, but is the beam really that bright in real life? IMO, that color is MUCH more neat than a green.

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Yours is on the way already.. There was a holiday in Slovenia, so i actually went to Austria, to make some shipments, instead of waiting till today.. Don't be surprised, when your package arrives from Austria, instead of Slovenia.


Yes, the beams really are that visible at this power.. There is a lot of moisture in the air today, so that helps a bit. But i'm surprised at the visibility myself. Reds can't really compare. In some conditions, reds still look brighter, but somehow the blu rays are more visible. It's hard to explain. In other conditions, where you can't really see a 200mW red, you can still see a 100mW blu ray easily. Greens are still much brighter of course.. But in comparison with this, they are almost boring..


BTW, i'm gonna have to offer some lower power lasers as well, otherwise i'll be stuck with many diodes simply because they do a few mW less.

So maybe i should also provide 80 and 90mW.. The funny thing is, that in the beginning i thought they would be >70mW. Now all of them are >100mW, because of the careful diode selection!  

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You're the man Igor!

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I can't wait to get mine!

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I don't remember ever having felt so good about making a deal for a laser (or several lasers) before. Igor has got to be the best micro-assembler tech we could ever get lucky enough to have build violet lasers for us! If I were rich, I'd fly over there just to shake your hand!