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What about using a "protected" battery in a laser that calls for an "unprotected" one? Would that do any harm if the AMPs are correct?

No, no. Nothing like that. Pointing at the sky at night, yes. But not doing bad things. Trust me, the PM request would be to discuss things that would be best said privately. That was my reason for the request.

That's something I'd rather discuss in a PM.

If aluminum heat sinks are all that's available with their lasers, would it help to have a different host, as in a larger one? The ones posted earlier (the Orion and my Antares) are small and use a 14500 battery, while ones like below are larger. Would that help with heat dissipation and...

Is there a way I can PM you?

I just put your post through Google translate starting at the word "Aluminum". Here's what I got: Ossido di alluminio e ossido di cromo. Il corindone (zaffiro/rubino) è ossido di alluminio cristallino con impurità. I rubini contengono impurità di ossido di cromo che li trasformano dal bianco...

The one in my picture is the 700mw 520nm. Were you referring to the Antares 700mw or the Orion 3.5Watt 465nm when you said it showed a copper heatsink on the website? I'm hoping the Orion has the copper since the higher wattage would need it more. Also since I was thinking of getting one.

I went ahead and just took a close-up picture. I may not be technically proficient with lasers, but I can manage a good camera close-up! :) Everything here is silver colored.

Against my better judgement, I unscrewed the focusing ring until it came off. There is a spring underneath it which wouldn't come out, and I couldn't see anything beneath that. As for colors, everything is silver which is the same as the entire body of the laser. The focusing ring is silver...

Ha! I wouldn't doubt it. And those rubies he makes are real. He showed how he did it in his record-setting 200 watt handheld laser, and mentioned that he would be selling them on his site. Good idea! Now if he starts building and selling 200 watt lasers--bad idea! (not that they wouldn't...

No, and I wouldn't know how to find out. If I start taking things apart, I'd probably wreck it since I'm not familiar with laser building. But here is the diode (I'm assuming that's what you're referring to) that he sells on his site that is probably the same as he built my laser with...

Yep, and that was his latest. He was using a handheld 200 watt laser to do this. It makes me wonder what he could make if he focused his 2,000 watt welder/rust remover laser in one spot. I'm not into chemistry, but if 200 watts can make rubies, then something 10x as powerful could probably...

I have another laser from him using the same host. It's the 700mw 520nm. 1 minute on, 5 minutes off, and that's 1/5th the wattage of the one I was considering. I try not to do more than 30 seconds on, just to be safe, but sometimes I lose track of how long it's been. I try to stop if the...

Maybe not guarantees, but I'm sure some here have tried it and have experience as to whether there were any ill effects, and if the laser performed as well as with the "correct" amperage. I was surprised after getting the 3A batteries I have now, trying out the "lesser" battery I have with no...

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