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PINK C3 host for those interested in more variability.

rhd

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bloompyle said:
That being said Wolfman does things for pretty cheap, RHD generally sources to him for cheap heatsinks.
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Huh ?!?

When have you ever talked to me about where I get my heatsinks made?!?

I have at some point or another sourced heatsinks from a lot of the machinists on the forum. Eud, Lazeerer, Moh, Jayrob, Bobhaha, Ray, Wolf, Helios, and I may be forgetting a few others. I don't "generally source to Wolfman". I've ordered a few heatsinks from him (two sets), but hundreds from elsewhere.

I don't know why you're talking like you know how I do things....or where you're getting your info - I'm pretty sure I've never discussed this with you.
 





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RyanElectro said:
Ah, pink host -> good for marketing to women, haha

I was wondering, what happens if you want to get a host that doesn't already have a heatsink, can you send it to someone to get them to machine a heatsink for you? I wonder if Flaminpyro would do that or Eudanium (forgot his actual username).
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Jayrob also can do heat sinks. If you measure carefully I'm sure your local machine shop could do it. Or you can pay out the hind end for emachineshop dot com.


Wolfman29 said:
Hey, just so you know, I did do heatsinks for a while, but it's far too time consuming for me :\ I took it out of my sig a while back and haven't really been in the shop in a while. I have restricted my own heatsink making for my own lasers... I'm getting into drivers now. You'll all see a new buck driver on the market soon ^_^
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Any estimate on pricing?


Mohrenberg said:
Eventually, I'm hoping to have all of those in stock, cnc machined.
So far i've gotten the focus adapters taken care of, and C6's on the way.
Next up are 12mm modules cnc machined from copper for about ~$3ea instead of these normal $8.99 or $12 prices we've been seeing.
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I'd like that!

Keep an eye on "the Chinese" though, make sure they don't send you copper samples and then make you copper plated aluminum bulk quantities.

Also, if possible shoot for pure 101 copper. Even the SMALLEST additions of alloys radically change the thermal conductivity of copper. It is insane how little it takes to bring it down around aluminum - at which point you might have well just used aluminum. :(
 
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@rhd - he asked me who I did work for and I said, I mostly do it for rhd. It may have been some confusion. While it's true most of the machine work I have done was for you, I certainly did not say that most of the machine work that was done for you was by me. May have just been a source of confusion there. Wanted to clear things up ^_^

@tsteele: I am thinking I am going to be doing pricing at around $18 or so... considering these can drive past 2A and they can take upwards of 10V (more, but that would imply using bigger caps which I can't fit on my FlexDrive-sized board ;) ).
 
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That doesn't sound bad if they can truly run more than 2amps.

At that point I would consider upping size some anyway because it is probably going to need to be in a bigger host with some good heat sinking!
 
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Actually, with just a little copper heatsink I thermally glued onto it, it is capable of running for a good while. I haven't had it scoped yet, but I have one running a 445nm at 1.57A or so, and it doesn't mind being on for a while, nor does it kill the diode (indicating that the ripple isn't too high).
 
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Yea but driving a 445 at 2 amps needs a good bit if heat sinking like saik grade
 
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DJNY said:
Adding another pink flashlight host

Olight i3 EOS Cree XP-G 3-Mode AAA LED EDC Waterproof Flashlight Torch Purple | eBay
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Lol that thing is small :wtf: :eek:
Too small for a laser build ?

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Or he has big hands. :D
A skilled builder could fit a laser inside.
 
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