Recent content by jkoeller

I have been trying to press the diode further into the housing but it just doesn't seem to want to budge. I've been using small drill bits wedged between one arm of a vise and the diode, with the other arm against the lens side of the module, and the bits themselves start bending before the...

Yeah, this is the way it looks on all 6 of the lasers I currently have, although the others aren't this bad. They only have a ring around the beam. Do you think the ring is also caused by the diode not being seated in the housing properly?

Is there anything I can do to the lenses I currently have? Or is this just how all the Aixiz lenses are?

Can anyone please tell me what is going on with my lasers? On nearly all of them, there is a ring of light that circles the main beam, often accompanied by other unwanted distortion. An example: Not the best pictures, but you get the idea. And the secondary dot that is present below the...

This is more of a general question but can you not just power diodes with a variable voltage and current bench top power supply?

It's not really flat or cylindrical it has a weird shape to it because of the heatsink it's attached to, and I haven't yet been able to get it out. It could be flat without the sink I'm not sure. I sort of gave up because I didn't think I'd be able to mount it in anything. I was able to light a...

I went with the 650nm one because if you look up the non pre assembled versions of those two on modwerx you find that the 650nm has twice the power output for the same price. If my understanding is correct the only difference besides that is the wavelength and therefore the color. The 650nm is...

Excellent, just the info I needed. Thanks!

I checked StoneTek, they only have one type of diode and it's a BluRay one, and Aixiz, and they have one for $40: AixiZ but I'll keep looking. Also, I was under the impression that because I live in the US I couldn't buy just a diode of this power I had to harvest one from a DVD Burner. Is this...

I am also relatively new at this stuff, although I do have a fair bit of electronics background. My question is how to acquire a diode. Where can you get this diode sled you speak of for $10? I bought a DVD burner today but the diode seems to be glued into a heat sink and it doesn't resemble any...