vw3858, I sent your DIY Green kit today. (Friday)

Hope you like it!

got a question.

i accidentally dropped the kit today.
and then i noticed the dot was huge.

and i didnt know what is was.

the thing is that the ring (focus ring or whatever makes the dot bigger or smaller) around the lens (with the 2 notches beside it) has come loose.

i remember you told me it wasnt focusable but whatever...

so how do i fix this?

o and btw i tryed to fix the module position a bit. (because i saw a bit of the front piece) but it didnt work. but i doesnt matter. its not factory made and stuff so...

Yes most green modules have the final collimating lens glued in place in the brass barrel...

If it is loose, then you may have gotten lucky and only have to focus it, then use some small amount of adhesive to keep it in focus.

Hopefully that is the only problem. But sometimes if you drop a module, other lenses and/or crystals come unglued.

As far a moving the module position. This is done without the battery installed. And then you will most likely need to adjust one or both spring lengths to fit the battery properly...

About focusing green lasers. There are a few hosts available which will focus a greenie...

I have one that I experimented with. It has the final lens in a movable (threaded) ring on the host. I removed the brass barrel and final lens from a green module and installed the module into the host, adjusted it's position so that the final lens of the host could be used to focus the laser.

It worked perfectly. Except...

For me personally, I did not like focusing a green module. In fact, I took the module out of the host, and put it's brass barrel and final lens back onto it.

I found that since the green beam on the DPSS module was already so thin, that trying to focus it only brought about less that desirable results. (IMO)

I found that the best position for the focus, was to have the best visual dot at maybe 50 to 70 feet. And that would result is a nice dot at just about any normal distances. But to move the focus either way from there, would only mess up the clean dot.

Sure, you can focus it to a tighter dot at close distance. But it's not a big deal. It's not like 150mW's it a serious burner or anything. If you want to burn, use a blu-ray or a red.

Anyway that's just my personal opinion about focusing a green...

ok tnx will try that.

nothings broken or anything i just needed to adjust the focus a bit.

so now its a "shake to focus" laser.
but now that i know adhesive is the same as glue (al those difficult words...) im gonna glue it together as i still need to figure out how...

It's threaded right? Just use a small amount of medium strength thread lock...

my english is not perfect but i think you mean you can screw it out?
well i dont know yet but i will try it out. (you can only just turn it left and right until it does not go any further????)

and i also adjusted the focus a bit it now even better then before i dropped it.
from a distance from around 15m~20m the dot was 10~15cm in diameter. dont know if thats good but its better dan before.

sebmarra, I sent your DIY Green kit with green tritium marker installed, Mini Green kit, and 3405 V2 heatsink today. (Wednesday)

Hope you like them!

DIY Green Kits shipping today: (Tuesday)

Maki
noch (with Kaleidoscope tip as well)

Hope you guys like them!

got it...thanks

ok one last question.

(you know the whole story about i dropped the laser blabla)

i just got the glue but now it shows sort of pixels around the dot. (like the snow on the tv) i tryed to clean it but its not on the lens. can i screw out the lens to clean it? (the way you would focus it but than so far so you can take it out)

EDIT: heres a pic

EDIT2: nvm. got it fixed. i cannot tweak alot with my laser since i dont have goggles. (witch color do i need for green??)

i will post some pics soon. its hard to take a decend picture of you beam and/or dot. any tips? (got one: dont use you moblie phone:P)

Glad you got it fixed... When you get safety glasses, just make sure the range covers 532nm for green.




turjillo123, I sent your DIY Green kit with copper heatsink today. (Thursday)

Hope you like it!

swrightman4, I'm sending your DIY Green kit today. (Wednesday)

Hope you like it!

I received it today thanks! (I'm swrightman4).
By the way this is amazing.

lost a couple pics but here are some

Thanks for posting back!



DIY Green kits shipping today: (Tuesday)

terdy
eliteunltdpe

(both of these kits are using my 18650 host per our conversation)

Thanks!

pipan10, I am sending your DIY Green kit, with your Pocket Mini 'Hot' option kit and 650-G-1 glass lens today. (Thursday)

I have it set at 400mA's per your request...

Thanks!

MrTechyGuy, I sent your DIY Green kit today. (Tuesday)

Sorry about the wait, thanks for being so patient!

Hi Im new here and I have a 50mw olike module and have been looking for a simple build kit. I notice you have a range of hosts. Can you recommend anything, this one looks good but a bit out if my price range. Also do I need to worry about a ir filter? Cheer

This kit is the easiest build...

It offers the best heatsinking for your module as well. (out of my kits)

The extra cost is because of the extra front piece.

About IR. Personally I wouldn't worry about it with an o-like 50mW module. It may be about 5mW's IR, but your not going to be looking directly at the aperture when the laser is on... (I hope not anyway)