Recent content by daguin

I am very pleased to see your dream becoming a reality. Congratulations.

Sorry, Lunatics. I didn't mean to hijack your thread :/

'S purty :D

Look at the pictures that Red Cowboy posted. The "module" in these types of lasers is "pressed" into the host. There is nowhere to "open" it. You can **sometimes** grasp the end and wiggle it free, but you run the risk of messing up the alignment or simply breaking it. You usually CANNOT...

In reality, nothing had to have "happened to" the laser for it to fail. It does not necessarily require a bump or drop. Sometimes the temperature just reaches a tipping point. Sometimes it is simply that it has heated up enough times for something to shift. Often, there is no one to blame but...

I recently retired. We'll see where my interests flow ;)

It sounds like a contact issue. First make sure all of the contact surfaces are clean and free of any "coatings." This includes any springs and the threading for the tail cap. Make sure the switch is secure in the tail cap (it shouldn't move around ;) ). It could also be that the new...

Re: Holy @#$%... $120 488nm diode!! Oh sure! Make me build another laser :gj: Peace, dave

Sweet! And an AMAZING price for it! Peace, dave

These are cheap and easily obtainable via eBay, DX, etc. Also, if you are going to be hunting critters, there are better options to use than a laser ;)

*Most* of the music, on the charts, in 1954 was "boring" ;) Peace, dave

Yeah. When he was building these, he was originally only making single 18650 hosts. I talked him into making this host for me to use 2 x 18650's to power the "new" 9mm 445nm diodes :beer: Peace, dave

Mine is an Oscar winner ;) Peace, dave

Are you referring to this one? If so, that is a host that I had custom made by DeadEYeMo Laser Pointer Forums - Discuss Laser Pointers - View Profile: DeadEYeMo He turned them, individually, by hand. AFAIK, his shop is no longer making them I think that his son was going to continue, but I...

Thank you. I'm only 27 in my mind ;) I don't post much any more We agree on a great many things. It is just that we only spend time and energy speaking about things that we differ on ;) I'm always "around". About all I do now is moderating duties in the background :tinfoil: There is a "W"...