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Got a couple of super mini 445s I want to build but I won't have the room for the standard super x or Astral driver. I can find a ton of 16mm+ pill drivers but nothing that is 12mm or under.

Well I have one of these handy dandy 1w cree host 445 lasers. It uses the famous 445nm diode from a certain projector along with a buck driver. Ive had it for a few months now but its always put up and never getting used so I figured someone else could use it more than I do. Plus after some jerk...

Well I have a couple of labby style lasers Ive built that are fairly lower power, the strongest one only pulls about 3-400ma. Ive been using a 9v battery but that dies pretty quickly so I was digging around in my drawers and found a couple of 12v wallwork transformers. One is rated for 600ma and...

Well Ive seen many project box setups, the components usually end up in the box. So I wanted to do something a little different, also I didnt want to arse around with drilling plastic with no clamps. I made 2 labby style lasers today, one using an lpc-815 at 375ma using a lm317 based driver. The...

Well Im building a dual laser box, one sfaw210 and one lpc815. Im guessing a small heatsink (like the cheap one aixiz sells) would be fine but Im not sure. Any leads on a decent cheap heatsink? Here is what I am planning 2 round spots next to the battery are the separate switches for each...

Well Im waiting on my driver to be replaced so in the mean time I would love a working laser. Im thinking of running up to radioshack and picking up a lm137t, 1ohm 10w resistor and a random cap. Im not worried about reverse polarity protection since Ill make damned well sure the batteries are in...

Well I think I blew my first diode, I had my ~1w 445nm roll off of a table about 1.5-2ft onto carpet/plastic carpet protector (computer chair) while off. When I went to turn it on it was dim, like really really dim. So I swapped batteries and nothing. So I unscrewed everything (cree aurora c6...

Well long story short my 30mw amazon green laser (more like 40-50mw) fell from my pocket on to a tile surface. I picked it up and no lase, so I turned on the trusty cell camera and shined into it and sure enough... pink. So I pulled it apart and the piece holding the crystals broke its glue and...

Well got some dust from the inside of the focus cap on my diode (o-like waterproof) and was wondering if there is any way to clean off the diode it self. I know lens you can clean with various items but how about the diode it self?

Well after getting a wonderful paycheck this week Im looking at the 200mw reds, like the ones you can get at o-like or rayfoss and Im wondering if there were any US sources for these? I have no problems ordering from o-like and the whatnot but I would like to have a laser in under 3+ weeks. Or...

Well I was going to order from olike this weekend however they seem to be having some site difficulties so I figured I would try here. Basically Im looking for any of the o-like 200mw reds, not too worried about old vs new style. If anyone has any they would like to sell (the protective goggles...

Well I just got my $10 ebay 405nm earlier today and noticed something, if I shine it through my transition glasses anywhere the laser hits goes dark. Found this out by catching a bit of a reflection then seeing a dark spot. At first I thought this 5mw blinded part of my vision then I realized it...

Hi, been lurking these forums for a few years (off and on for around at least 3-4 years) found this originally when trying to learn about pot modding a cheapie leadlight pointer for a friend. I thought I had an account but I guess I didnt. Ive had a 5mw green laserpointer for 7 years ($70 at the...