jayrob
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Man after I saw this custom host first shown by DTR, I had to have one!
So I contacted Ehgemus, and he sent me one in short order...
It is a perfect size that is very small, but still has great heatsinking and a decent size battery...
I just used the diode case pin for the negative.
With a FlexDrive, you can also just solder the diode case pin together with the diode negative pin, and then go directly to the driver negative output. But I used an isolated wire from case pin to driver negative input... (if you are using a Micro Boost, you must use the method shown - isolated wire from diode case pin to the driver negative input)
The only modification that I needed to do, was to drill and thread the focus adapter deeper, as well as machine the front of the AixiZ 445 lens a little shorter.
This was because I wanted to minimize the gap between the focus adapter and the head of the laser.
If I had not pressed the diode past the flush point, I probably wouldn't have had to do this modification. But since I had already pressed my diode, I had to follow through with the extra work.
But this 'keeper' deserved it!
My choice for the current setting, was based on the idea of getting at least an hour of run time between charges...
Not trying to go for max power, just a conservative setting, but still very good power!
Ehgemus really does some nice work! These are the kind of builds that I will always hang on to...
So I contacted Ehgemus, and he sent me one in short order...
It is a perfect size that is very small, but still has great heatsinking and a decent size battery...
I just used the diode case pin for the negative.
With a FlexDrive, you can also just solder the diode case pin together with the diode negative pin, and then go directly to the driver negative output. But I used an isolated wire from case pin to driver negative input... (if you are using a Micro Boost, you must use the method shown - isolated wire from diode case pin to the driver negative input)
The only modification that I needed to do, was to drill and thread the focus adapter deeper, as well as machine the front of the AixiZ 445 lens a little shorter.
This was because I wanted to minimize the gap between the focus adapter and the head of the laser.
If I had not pressed the diode past the flush point, I probably wouldn't have had to do this modification. But since I had already pressed my diode, I had to follow through with the extra work.
But this 'keeper' deserved it!
My choice for the current setting, was based on the idea of getting at least an hour of run time between charges...
Not trying to go for max power, just a conservative setting, but still very good power!
Ehgemus really does some nice work! These are the kind of builds that I will always hang on to...
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