Hello from Jules in Texas

Hello all I am very excited to have found this board. In a nut shell I am an avid hobbyist. I build my own speakers and other assorted audio gear, mostly in the studio kind of thing. I am an electrronics guy with a degree in Physics. I LOVE Lasers and played with them all the time in college. That was in the days of HeNe 5 milliwatt's. OK since joing last night here is what you guys have caused me to. (I was up so late my wife thought I was checking out porn)

I have ordered:
a 30 mw green laser from dealextreme (Yes, I read about the vendor and for 20 bucks or so, couldn't pass it up)
1 x Sony Diode Pre-Installed In Aixiz Module (SLD1239JL Installed)  = $26.99
1 x Aixiz Diode Housing Module (Aixiz Diode Module Housing)  = $5.99 (before you say, it was not needed...)
from Geeks.com an HD-DVD player to strip out the 405nm diode.

My wife will probably wish I was just watching porn when this is all said and done!

I have all the test equipment I need and I think I actually have a couple of LM317's around too.

Now, I will need some mirrors, a fog machine, some stands, DC motors, X/Y drives (I haven't checked yet but when I was in college we used a speaker to move a mirror driven by an audio oscillator, one for X one for Y no where near linear but fun none the less) and a couple of weekends...

This board Rocks!
This is bad I think... Real bad.... I am SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!

Oh, hi!

That is some avatar you got there, I like it.
Good luck with your projects and have lots of fun.

Welcome to the forums!

Thanks on the Avitar, I am looking forward to getting a few things going light show wise. Now to read up on saftey etc.

When I get the DVD burner I'll do a little DIY dissassembly on it. I never thought good would come from HD-DVD's demise... Surplus blue/violet lasers Sa-Wheat.

Great Forum!

Jules

hello Jules, welcome

did you make that avatar yourself?? it looks like marilyn manson

Hi Jules. Where in Texas are you sweating away at?

Welcome from another Texan (and a newby as well). I found DealExtreme first, and then this forum, but the habit seems to be progressing about the same. I now have a number of off the shelf lasers from 30 to 200mw and ought to have a phr-803T blu-ray up & running soon. Be sure to read up before wiring up. If you are going the LM317 route with a 405nm diode, you are going to need a bit over 7volts for your power source, I think. Be sure to double check that with some of the folks here that actually know what the heck they are doing. If you want to go with a smaller, lower voltage power source, you can alway purchase a lavadrive from DrLava. That is a buck/boost curretn regulated driver that will provide whatever voltage the diode needs (within a limited range - I think it is 2.5 to 5.5V) at whatever current you have selected via the onboard potentiometer. For a blu-ray hand held laser pointer project, the flexdrive / lavadrive makes a lot of sense. Check it out in the Buy/sell section - oh, heck - here is a link.

http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1209418066

Welcome again, - JeffP

Oh, hey, you might want to edit your "custom text" in your profile. It shows up under your avatar and helps communicate the theme of your profile. Have fun!

JeffP