Hello! Name's Adam, 21 year old college student with a wide range of expensive hobbies- one of which being lasers!
I got into lasers about two years ago, not quite sure what prompted it, just liked laser pointers but I was a n00b and would buy modules off of ebay/DX, try to mess with the pots/resistance to peak output and sell to friends after throwing everything in a radioshack project enclosure with a button xD
Lost interest in lasers after that, moving on to other hobbies but lately my interest has grown again.
I've decided I want to build myself a proper laser, no more ebay cr*p.
I've recently, before joining this forum, purchased an m140 445nm diode in an aixiz module (ironically form ebay, seemed legit, also ironically from DTR whom through skimming various threads is pretty big here! I suppose that's why his ebay username is dtr-lpf) and have been skimming threads to see the next proper steps until I have myself a quality laser.
I'm currently looking for the right driver and host for it and think I've settled on an Aurora Cree Cheap Aurora C6 Cree P4 LED Flashlight (1*18650/2*CR123A) for the host but need to get a heatsink from jayrob?, and am still iffy on the whole driver situation. I've found a 1.7A V2 FMT boost driver which was linked to in dtr's ebay posting for the m140, but have read that a flexdrive would be a good choice though too but more expensive? This probably isn't the right thread for me to be blabbering this in but I get carried away in thought a lot, my apologies.
ANYWAYS yeah,
name's Adam, 21, n00b, building my first 'real' laser now with the diode ordered and debating over other parts.
should also mention i'm an engineering intern/assistant (I don't really have a title at my job, I just get paid to work there part time in the engineering department while in school helping with whatever's needed, occasionally getting my own projects) so I do a lot of soldering work and have access to their machine shop should help with the final build.
You guys seem friendly.
-AC
I got into lasers about two years ago, not quite sure what prompted it, just liked laser pointers but I was a n00b and would buy modules off of ebay/DX, try to mess with the pots/resistance to peak output and sell to friends after throwing everything in a radioshack project enclosure with a button xD
Lost interest in lasers after that, moving on to other hobbies but lately my interest has grown again.
I've decided I want to build myself a proper laser, no more ebay cr*p.
I've recently, before joining this forum, purchased an m140 445nm diode in an aixiz module (ironically form ebay, seemed legit, also ironically from DTR whom through skimming various threads is pretty big here! I suppose that's why his ebay username is dtr-lpf) and have been skimming threads to see the next proper steps until I have myself a quality laser.
I'm currently looking for the right driver and host for it and think I've settled on an Aurora Cree Cheap Aurora C6 Cree P4 LED Flashlight (1*18650/2*CR123A) for the host but need to get a heatsink from jayrob?, and am still iffy on the whole driver situation. I've found a 1.7A V2 FMT boost driver which was linked to in dtr's ebay posting for the m140, but have read that a flexdrive would be a good choice though too but more expensive? This probably isn't the right thread for me to be blabbering this in but I get carried away in thought a lot, my apologies.
ANYWAYS yeah,
name's Adam, 21, n00b, building my first 'real' laser now with the diode ordered and debating over other parts.
should also mention i'm an engineering intern/assistant (I don't really have a title at my job, I just get paid to work there part time in the engineering department while in school helping with whatever's needed, occasionally getting my own projects) so I do a lot of soldering work and have access to their machine shop should help with the final build.
You guys seem friendly.
-AC