Recent content by Lucian

I only recommend putting the pictures in the first thread. The WTF factor would have been the same but without the "FU" response.

I might be mistaken. I honestly don't know crap about electrical engineering. I do know that I've seen this same complaint many times about the micro boost / SOJ6 combo... and ONLY that combo. I seem to remember something about it being important to cut a battery off when it is providing a...

This happened to mine as well, I have a post about it in my sig. In addition I"ve had 4-5 people contact me about the same thing. I honestly think the problem is with the micro boost. I have a sneaky suspicion that when you attempt to power it with an almost dead battery the driver is not...

Here is my advice. 1) China can legally lie to you about the power and limitations of the device. That is a fact. They can't get in trouble for doing so, and so you are betting on the integrity from someone who will never hear from or see you, ever. I've personally considered buying a Spyder...

Well Technically I can still run it with 3 dummy cells and 1 real battery. The drop in module is the same but now I am using a 1 battery boost driver instead of a buck driver. I DO have the 3 dummy cells so really... Its just 2 hosts for the same drop in module now. The problem with running it...

RIP: Gladiator. Nothing was actually wrong. I fixed the connection issue, as well as heat sinked the driver. But it STILL was over heating due to the inability to heat sink properly. So I deconstructed this build. I might give it another go later with a lower power buck driver. For now I rebuilt...

Flaminpyro I know that these won't be available for quite some time due to the time/effort it takes and how long your list is. But please put me on the list. Seems to be worth the wait.

I might send you a message about this in a few days if you don't mind. I'm shelving the unit until my day off. I bought it back in April, been holding onto it this long before I had funds to finish it. Since I am using the X Drive which is a very good Bucking Driver I figured this was a good...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I've checked the connections between the batteries, the Spring is very tight and holds them together well. I believe my driver may not be heat sinked properly and is going into protection mode (A feature of the X Drive). I'll look into this when I get home from...

Lol lots of good places for me to look guys and MUCH appreciated. I'm working out the kinks on one of my builds now and I'll be in touch with some of these suggestions for my next 3 builds (V1 Magicsticks I'm going to call "The Triplets").

This is the Gladiator. She took a long time to build. Hmm... I guess its a she. The picture doesn't have the diode in, although it is right now and I will add some pictures once I fix a stability issue. Diode - M140 - 445nm "2W" Version from DTR Heatsink - Jayrob SolarForce L2P (Fits perfectly...

I can't wait until my 3 V1s arrive so I can hurry up and use them and order more... My first laser died :P (Not with this host. It was a Solarforce L2P and I'm not sure why it died. I honestly think it just pushed a little hard) My second one is being built shortly after I confirm something...

You know if you are just looking to build a fun laser; Consider that Green is the most visible color to the Human eye. It is 10-20x more visible than some of the other laser colors. That means you can build a relatively low power one (BUT STILL DANGEROUS SO KEEP IT AWAY FROM EYES) and still be...

Thanks for all the help guys. Much appreciated. I love the community here... but I do have to finish my 3-4 projects before moving on to one of these :P

I did a quick search. I think those are it. I had no idea they were just illuminated all the time. Are there any other cool addons similar to these? Like in a circular band fashion?