My first DIY Blu-Ray Laser

First of all I have spent over 2 weeks researching thank you all for helping me and answering all my questions...No thank you to the people who say "Just go look around and use the search button"..really hate those people i bet you have asked for help before too.. well anyways..!!! My first laser---completed 12/21/09 5:27 P.M!

Host/heatsink - Jayrob (Recommend him for everything...that has to deal with heatsinks)
Complete module - Mohrenberg (He's a great guy who helped me out a lot and i bought my complete module from him driver/diode/axixz module), great guy!!


YouTube - MXDL 3405 (Blu-ray laser)

congratulations i am thinking about making one myself here soon.

couple questions? on how to make it.
Was it hard?
How long did it take you?
is a 13 year (very smart one...) capable of making one?
and all said and done how much did it cost you?

Questions on laser itself:
how many mW is it?
can it burn anything?
is the beam visible at day/night?

Thanks!!
Timmy.

P.S. FIRST POST haha

It's not that hard for at least.. i got a complete module as explained on the top.. so it was easy all i had to do was buy batteries since i bought the host/heatsink..waiting was the longest thing around 1 month.... the cost was around $80 not bad..

Don't know mW
I don't know haven't tested...
It's not visible in the day as much as green but it's brighter then red...
Night you can see the beam depending on how dark night is though.. i have a lot of lights.. and i can barely see it

This is also my first dead laser....