Zom-B
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An acquaintance saw my laser builds and wants to build a laser for himself (to be precise, something to be mounted in a large machine to harden UV-activated glue). He asked me for a link to a website explaining how I build mine. I said, mine is just one of many ways of doing it, and you'll probably want to do it different.
I tried to find a nicely general tutorial but I couldn't find any. Preferably it should not bias toward any laser diode, any driver, any host, or any source for parts. It should be clear enough so a complete laser n00b can find all the information he needs (including safety) to build something working.
Ideally it would be something like: these laser diodes exist and are recommended, they will have these recommended specs, you will need one of these collimating modules, you can use these drivers, they have these advantages/disadvantages, you can use them with these recommended hosts, or build your own. Then the building instructions and stuff.
I tried to find a nicely general tutorial but I couldn't find any. Preferably it should not bias toward any laser diode, any driver, any host, or any source for parts. It should be clear enough so a complete laser n00b can find all the information he needs (including safety) to build something working.
Ideally it would be something like: these laser diodes exist and are recommended, they will have these recommended specs, you will need one of these collimating modules, you can use these drivers, they have these advantages/disadvantages, you can use them with these recommended hosts, or build your own. Then the building instructions and stuff.