thanks for all the replies, didn't even know that relative brightness calculator website was a thing its pretty cool. And thanks laserbee iv learned a lot the past 1.5 years about building lasers and have recently built a 1 ish watt 405nm laser.
Good news the new driver got it working learned my lesson the hard way don't hook battery's backward to ur laser. Thanks for all the replies and help, and thank you dtr and survival laser for the good quality parts.
Here's a pic:
Well my replacement driver comes in today I hope it all goes well I'v been waiting a long time to build my first laser best laser I'v had before this was some radio shack 10 mw green one.
Im using the stainless steel from survival laser with the extension tube.
DIY Stainless Steel Host Assembly, Extended and Tapered Heat Sink, Unmarked
I'm liking the feel of the stainless steel goes together smooth too.
Alright thank you for your replies and yes I don't have a proper power supply to test the diode with but I'v already ordered a new driver so I hope it all turns out good.
So finally got my parts to build my first laser have been wanting to for a long time.
Parts list:
Diode:NUBM06 450nm Laser Diode In Copper Module W/SXD Driver & 405-G-2 Lens
Driver:4A Super X-Drive(SXD-V3)
Batteries: 2 18650 lg
So I wanted to do a quick test to see if it works so I put...