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Thanks to both of you :) Yeah for some reason he wrapped the 2 wires with Teflon tape after soldering, then a single shrink tube over both. I cleaned them up with just enough solder and shrink wrapped them both separate. Probably should’ve cut the 3rd wire right off but clipped off about 1/2 in...

Good call on the tail switch ground bowtie :) The contact area of the pcb appeared to be too small to contact the body of the host. I ran a bead of solder around it but didn’t change the diameter really. Also added a goop of solder to the spring and filed a flat spot for a greater contact area...

Disregard this thread for now! Just put the guts together on the workbench hardwiring the outer ring on the rear switch to the negative side of the diode, pushed the button and it lit up! So it’s either a flawed contact at the butt end where the switch is supposed to ground to the host or the...

Sorry I guess I should probably just scrap this thing after reading how much of a total douche Eitan is/was...But I never throw anything away that can be fixed Still not perfect due to some slight pitting in the Aluminum. And don’t have a bench top polisher yet so this was done by hand...

It would be a shame not to get this running again, it’s a pretty skookum unit

This is the host. I had a local guy test the output of this when it arrived. Can’t remember the exact number but was 1.8w give or take a bit

Yup bought it from Eitan. Early/mid 2015, was a classic mess dealing with him. This was a sorry shipment based on a crappy first purchase. Got a really good deal in the end though, only charged me $100 including shipping for this Best plan of action just buy a new diode and driver? There may...

I’ve had this laser sitting in a ziplock bag for a couple years waiting for the time to figure out why it stopped working. I don’t remember why or when it no longer worked. It worked a couple dozen times over the course of a year and then one day nothing... Where to start. Assuming it could be...

I would've posted specs but I think it might give away who I got it from. The fact that it burns stuff is great, just what I needed. But the service I received from this vendor was brutal, so I'm choosing not to say anything negative toward them directly or promote their business because in my...

Sorry meant 3-element.... I was shopping for Simms fishing waders yesterday and had G3 on my mind ;)

Thanks for that link Pman, one photo in the link is nearly identical to what I'm seeing. It appears to be a G2 lens as there are a bunch of thin lines at 25' so I guess its just normal. I might try and order a G3 and sacrifice some power then It's a DTR module and registers just over 2.8watts...

Well thanks for the advice, I screwed around for 45 mins with the Olympus and the Canon T3i and couldn't come up with any decent pics, they're all too bright or too grainy. Tried all the advice given but I probably didn't use the best surface to shine the beam at. Ended up using the bottom of a...

I just received a laser from a vendor here which was built for me but the beam appears to be flat and won't focus correctly. I would like to take a picture of it on the wall or something so I can post in the help section on how to repair it... The pics I've taken so far just shows a really...

Re: Sci Fi Lasers - Update Awaitng your email reply from a couple weeks ago, feel free to get back to me sometime. :whistle: Thanks in advance

Thanks for the welcomes and advice, definitley a tonne of info here. An hour or 2 a day is all can handle

Hey peops, Recent first laser owner here. Bought a 50mw green off eBay in hopes of cooking some reef aquarium pests... The picture shows it lighting a match, but not even close! So here I am to research and learn how to build something more capable. Goggles have been ordered :)