Kevlar
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Well since I sold all my lasers recently I was feeling kinda lonely. I had a flexdrive, 445nm diode, host and heatsink sitting around so I decided to put one together.
I bought this host months ago. I think it's the same host jayrob uses for his pocket mini.
DealExtreme: $12.83 Ultrafire 602C Q5 5-Mode LED Flashlight (CR123A)
And can you believe I've had this A-130 diode sitting around since EF's GB?
Here is a pic of a very small heatsink.
Due to the size of the host and heatsink I set the flexdrive to 600mA. I wanted to post this build mainly to show some of the newbies that you don't need a 2W, 1.5W, or even a 1W laser to have a bright, beautiful beam. Or even if you're into burning. I had a 1.1W build that I sold and this mini 445nm burns just as well!!
I love this host. It's the size of a Bic lighter, much easier to carry around than an Artic. Even with this small heatsink and host, set at 600mA, it will run a good 5 min before it even gets warm!! And at 600mA, there is no need to heatsink the driver.
Enjoy. :beer:
I bought this host months ago. I think it's the same host jayrob uses for his pocket mini.
DealExtreme: $12.83 Ultrafire 602C Q5 5-Mode LED Flashlight (CR123A)
And can you believe I've had this A-130 diode sitting around since EF's GB?
Here is a pic of a very small heatsink.
Due to the size of the host and heatsink I set the flexdrive to 600mA. I wanted to post this build mainly to show some of the newbies that you don't need a 2W, 1.5W, or even a 1W laser to have a bright, beautiful beam. Or even if you're into burning. I had a 1.1W build that I sold and this mini 445nm burns just as well!!
I love this host. It's the size of a Bic lighter, much easier to carry around than an Artic. Even with this small heatsink and host, set at 600mA, it will run a good 5 min before it even gets warm!! And at 600mA, there is no need to heatsink the driver.
Enjoy. :beer: