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Thanks, Fiddy!!!!!!

Note to self... wear long sleeve shirt when grinding pennies into fine dust. it got all over my arms and neck and legs... buried into my flesh... itchy:yabbem:

Finished grinding down my pennies... stuck them together with thermal adhesive... going to attach the edges of the pennies to the edges of the inside of the host. then I will use thermal adhesive to glue down the driver to the pennies. I will attach the negative wire to the pennies and the...

Here is an idea to use pennies... to heat sink the driver and distribute that heat to the actual host ... So after I dremel them smooth and attach them together in that configuration using thermal adhesive... then I can attach the driver and then somehow attach the whole thing to the inside -...

Yep! Since I started messing around and learning about electronics and lasers... (about 2 months ago)... I have sliced, singed, burned, ripped, gashed, punctured, scraped, branded, and taken large chunks of flesh from both hands and fingers. :yabbem:

Yea, I read that one many times... I actually used a picture from that post in my example.... A few major differences: I do not have an aluminum pill. I do not have a perfectly fitting dollar coin I want to use pennies to build a heat sink for the microboost driver but want some advice on...

I know there are some posts about this already but I would like some advice regarding my build specifically. I have a guidesman C6 host, M140 diode in aluminum heat sink and a microboost driver. I need to heat sink the driver... do I attach it to the back of the diode's aluminum heat sink? Or...

very nice!

Amen Quetzal!

I would like to know what it is about lasers that fascinates you so much. I am completely addicted to everything laser... I love the coherence of the light. I love how all the power is concentrated onto a very small spot. I want a free electron laser! .... in a pointer! lol

More playing with the laser - YouTube

Frickin beautiful!!!!!!

nope:whistle: About to try it when my thermal paste dries! thanks, DTR, as always!!!

Testing out my new diode... mandatory lighting of the matches... http://youtu.be/GEcufyL6G9g

So I made a quick video... of me doing a current measurement... The heatsink is barely warm, the batteries are cool to the touch... however, the diode goes into blink mode after a very short time... I am using 3 alkaline D batteries. :shhh:(I know.... I know... I am still waiting on my good...

Alkaline... I had my goggles on AND I'm color blind! lol... so... ;)

Yeah, that's another thing I'm trying to learn... being more specific... ;) Yes, I had the M140 diode attached to the microboost driver which is set at 1.7a. I had the driver connected to 3AA batteries. Thanx for your replies! :p

The diode was in a module placed into an aluminum heatsink with thermal paste. Thats what I believe happened... the current hungry driver taxed the poor AA batteries beyond their capability... lol! so much to learn with this new obsession of mine!:whistle:

I believe I mentioned that it was connected to an M140 diode:huh:

Ok... so I believe I know what happened... but I would like to know what you think happened... I have a microboost driver set at 1.7a with an M140 diode... and just because I am still waiting on my battery to arrive, and just to test out the new diode... I attached 3AA batteries. I ran it for...