Recent content by sparky0101

It doesn't say any brand on it. I just tried to decan an old red laser diode with a drill and a blade and broke it. I got a nice clean cut but the blade must have gone inside the can and broke one of the wires. I might shell out the £98 for that tool actually just because I love tools and don't...

Thanks all I will have a go with the razorblade and drill method when I get time.

Anyone point me to a good decanning tutorial please?

Hi Lifetime17. Ahh that's so sweet, was I missed? LOL! No I have been doing other things that gave me no time to play with lasers but now I can again. Here is a pic of the beam with a lens and without

Hi all. I recently bought a 1Watt blue laser from a friend. It cost me peanuts because there is an issue with it. When turned on the beam (spot) has a haze around it. I tried cleaning both the lens and diode lens but with no real change. I then decided to look at the top of the diode lens with...

Can someone tell me if this is knackard? I have (I think) broken an internal connection (See Photo) but can I use the other Pin for the earth?

Hi All! I am in the UK and browsed this forum many times with great interest in a newly developing hobby with LASER's. I believe I have made a discovery today that may help out some UK enthusiasts in creating a more powerful LASER pointer. Unfortunately in the UK we can only buy 1mw LASER...