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I have emailed to get thread sizes, both internal and external. if these come back a standard, buying a G2 lens to fit allowing short focusing. then either buying an adpater or making one as you suggested and we might have a solution? or have I gotten confused again! Thanks for all your...

the thread on the laser in the pic, is it a starndard? if so do you know what it is?

Yeah, I have quite a lot of experaince with LED strips, there are addreassable ones with much higher density 312led per meter :) Probably is with strips is left to right flexibilty, OK for slight curves, also power consumption if you turn then all on, lots of amps. Arduino isn't an issue as...

The core is 170um the outer is 1mm thick approx, thats why I think they use FC connectors. but maybe I'm over thinking it. Do you think the laser in the advert picture would be able to focus on a 0.17mm fiber at a resonable distance (max 10mm)?

EL wire is nowhere near as bright, my first costume was EL wire and whilst better than nothing lacked the intensity and complexity I wanted, then came V2 in EL wire, made a lot of effort finding the brightest EL wire and made quite a good complex pattern. But it was hand sewn onto the costume...

Intresting, I love forums :-) you start with one thing and end up finding something else. I was looking at that type of thing but the bulky LED unit is the issue. have thats why I went for FC laser as is small and light. If there is anything else you have seen please post info. I'm always...

Hi, This is not a comercial thing, it's a costume for a festival, I originally used EL wire but this broke easily, I then found corning side emitting fiber, this is robust and bright. the total length is no more than 10m but I use differet lasers so I have a few colours. As this is "hobby" I'm...

Hi RedCowboy, Whilst no expert I can comprehand most things, am good at making / designing things and love to learn, but always seek advice / pointers (pardon the pun!) from more experienced people to avoid mistakes. I get all the cleaved / polished fiber ends and have very sucesfully done...

it's always hard when your knew to things, thanks for your help so far. I think one thing that I also need to understand is focus. as the laser focus point is quite close (mm's) from the end of the diode. is there a range of diodes that have such a short focus point? Thanks P.S. you say "our...

Hi, I have a 100mw laser diode with driver circuit (5v) it was working fine with only about 20hours usage. I turned it on one day and after about 2 seconds it went dim, now it's always dim. no overheating issues or over use. Is it broken beyond repait? What tests can I do if you think it's...

Hi RedCowboy, Thanks, but I'm trying to figure out what makes FC lasers so much more expensive than a basic laser, I understand the focal point and of course the actual connector but appart from these points which I would not think adds significant cost, what else is there? I have quotes for...

Im Geek, thanks for the reply. Sorry think I should have made that clear R (comma) G (comma) B. so basiacally three seperate lasers :) Steve

Have I asked the wrong question? Is this not the right forum? Is it such a stupid question everyone is rolling their eyes! Steve

Hi All, I have some side emitting fiber for display purposes, I am looking for a cheap 100mw laser module(s) R,G,B that I can use with this fiber. it has a FC connector on the fiber. All the ones I look at are expensive! so here are my questions. Is there a cheap supplier of ready built FC...

Hi All, Totally new to lasers so please take it easy on me if I ask stupid questions ;-) I have a project that uses a RGB 1w laser (china) you can see in the picture the black plastic exit hole (just a hole no lens) of the laser module. I need to fit a lens and then a FC connector to it...