Recent content by cwa11is

Nice work and cool beam pic. Tesla coils huh?....interesting.

I don't know how to determine the limits of a duty cycle, but I just shined it for 70 seconds and it was only beginning to get warm.

Hmm. Well after the pop off, I applied a little liquid flux, clamped it back in place with an alligator clip and heated the sides with the iron for a guesstimated 10 seconds or so. It stayed in place and works...for now.

Thanks for your input. It popped off before it ever powered up. I could have overheated it with my solder job though. This is my first one, so I have a lot to learn. For now it works seemingly fine. I still have to thermal paste the heatsink to the module and epoxy the driver to the...

Look what you guys made me do! More like an assemblage than a build, but still got my hands dirtier than just buying a shiny thing. Hand picked parts that I learned about here on this forum. Survival Lasers: Eagle pair 190-540nm and 800-1700nm goggles Stainless steel host Battery tube...

I know I responded last Friday, but my post seems to have disappeared. Hmm. Yes, I've seen the light about laserpointerpro thanks to you guys. I also appreciate the packages put together by Jetlasers. My simple minded attraction to shiny things has shifted a little for the better. I think a...

I'm Chris in Fort Worth. I registered here to see the pics and attachments better on this site as I research. I'm a 52 year old welder/art maker, obsessive compulsive, perfectionist type of guy. I'm a firearm collector, shooter, and ammunition handloader, so yes, I take safety precautions...