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James Bond's Laser Pistol

jnhowett

jnhowett

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Hello everyone, this is my first full DIY 445 build and I am pretty proud of it.

Modeled after a Walther PPK I dissected and modified this airsoft pistol into a high powered 445nm laser.



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It took me a while to dremel the metal frame to accept the parts and modifications that I wanted to make but all the hard work payed off in the end.

My diode is being driven buy a well heat sinked 1.8A jib77 driver and providing the voltage are two AW 17500 batteries. Finding batteries that fit inside of the host but still had enough juice to last a decent amount of time was an adventure in itself. The two batteries are held in place by slightly modified AA battery holders. I decided to utilize two different switches, a traditional slide switch and momentary on / off switch. The slide switch acts as a safety similar to a firearm. The laser only functions when this switch is in the "on" position. And of course the momentary switch is activated by pulling the trigger.:cool:



Disassembled
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A big thanks to Jayrob for creating the perfectly fitting heat sink:thanks:

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Battery holder modified with an earth magnet

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1.8A jib77 driver heat sinked with pennies

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Safety switch

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Momentary "trigger" swith

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Survival Laser focus knob
Bottom few threads ground down two focus the G-1 lens

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:evil:BEAMSHOTS!:evil:

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This is my favorite laser so far and I plan on making at least another laser with an airsoft gun host because I think they make pretty sweet lasers.:eg:

Thanks for reading,
jnhowett
 
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think its a sweet built but is that really a picture of you firing it off indoors without glasses on :spank:
 
think its a sweet built but is that really a picture of you firing it off indoors without glasses on
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Yes and I apologize for that. There is no excuse for that I will take that picture off.

Here are the goggles that I own and should have been wearing
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Lol what kind of pennies are those?
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Pre 1982, when pennies were still copper.
 
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That is such an awesome laser is the whole airsoft gun metal? As in realistic?
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The whole thing is metal except for the grips. It is pretty thin, nothing like a real gun.

Now how can I do mine and not look like I was copying?
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I wouldn't mind if you copied, I mean like you said it is pretty awesome! And I am sure there are a lot of things you could do to make it your own. There are just as many airsoft gun designs as there are flashlights. And I actually looked at that laser before I decided to go with an airsoft host. I thought it was too small to do what I wanted.
 
That is a very cool build and an interesting application of our extended focusing ring! :gj:

Have you measured the actual output?
 
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jnhowett said:

Hello everyone, this is my first full DIY 445 build and I am pretty proud of it.

Modeled after a Walther PPK I dissected and modified this airsoft pistol into a high powered 445nm laser.
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This fake gun looks very real. For your own safety I suggesting you paint the knurled lens assembly a flourescent orange.
 
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This fake gun looks very real. For your own safety I suggesting you paint the knurled lens assembly a flourescent orange.
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painting the focus ring might be a good idea
as from a from a distance it does look like a ppk with a threaded barrel
witch is kool as hell if you ask me :gun:
 
This fake gun looks very real. For your own safety I suggesting you paint the knurled lens assembly a flourescent orange.
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That is a good idea.
 
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