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Re: 50mw Snoctony labby More beamshots...

Well, it took 17 days to get here...two weeks and three days.  I guess that really isn't all that bad, coming registered USPS from China.  I was worried there would be problems with customs, but apparently there was no problem.  It arrived registered mail, which meant a signature was required...

Re: Another AixiZ 50mw (the new variety) reviewed Yes the AixiZ driver is the one on the far right in the picture with the heatsink painted black, rather than just plain aluminum showing (as is the case with the Snoctony). I agree with your point completely, at that great price I am not...

Re: Another AixiZ 50mw (the new variety) reviewed Kage, Wannaburn, ElektroFreak, all: Well, I received my Snoctony 50mw labby.  With this one, I decided to power up using a variac in order to try and be safe.  Now I realize this may not help with a switch mode supply like this, but I guess I...

Re: 15mw 532nm Aixiz lab module with 5vdc power su Thank you. That would be great. I have a friend who is sending me a small hybrid in the mail soon...I think it's of the very tiny Casix 0101-0102 variety, something like that or similar. It was real cheap in any case. I think I'll use that just...

Re: 15mw 532nm Aixiz lab module with 5vdc power su Wannaburn, Thanks for the detailed description of the meticulous careful disassembly of the dpss module.  I know I'm going to be referring to this in future mod projects. My question is, where did you order the larger "chunky crystals"? and...

Re: Another AixiZ 50mw (the new variety) reviewed Kage, I did try the procedure you mentioned including turning down the pot and powering it up, but I still think there may be a bigger problem. I'm beginning to believe either it took the c-mount LD with it, or the LD was about to go already...

Re: Another AixiZ 50mw (the new variety) reviewed Ok, thanks. -Brett

Re: Another AixiZ 50mw (the new variety) reviewed ElektroFreak, So am I correct in assuming that the 3 x 5-ohm resistors provide additional voltage drop for the <2v pump diode?  Other than this I could follow the schematic shown by Daedal? How about voltage input? -Brett

Re: Another AixiZ 50mw (the new variety) reviewed Kage, Wow, I'd give 5 bucks for that review really!  Everything you said up to the disassembly mirrors my experience with this laser (particularly the lack of stability), although there seemed to be a point or two on the pot that resulted in...

If you are talking about the power cable from the mains, I would just look around for an old appliance that has died or a lamp with a short, and just cannibalize that.  I have lots of power cords in storage from various things I've disassembled for parts over the years from my other electronics...

Thank you for the good info as usual.  I have been wanting to order some 1W 808's from Snoctony anyway for building DPSS systems from scratch (starting out with the hybrid crystals), so now I have even more reason to do so.  Plus, it just makes sense to start out modding before trying to take on...

Do you or anyone know what exact C-mount 808 diode is in these lasers?  When you took yours apart was there a serial number on it (so I could find a datasheet)? My driver has apparently died already (after having mine for only a few hours).  I heard a soft "pop" right when I plugged it in a few...

Sorry...my fault for trying to use terminology from biology in the laser/optics field.  I just meant as in an apparently useless organ or structure.   I just wondered (regarding that apparently useless glass piece in your pictures) if there was such a piece in the AixiZ module, which when...

Re: Another AixiZ 50mw (the new variety) reviewed Montana64: What you found seems to corroborate what others have said (and what I had a hunch about), regarding this driver not being the best in the world for these modules...or at least that there is a lot of variation in quality between them...

Re: Another AixiZ 50mw (the new variety) reviewed Here's a pic of both labbys together. I have sort of rigged up the 15 to a thick piece of lexan (and was thinking about building a lexan enclosure for it but not sure).

Re: Another AixiZ 50mw (the new variety) reviewed Here's a shot showing both the beams and spots...the 15mw AixiZ is on the right, and the 50mw is on the left. I don't think I'm getting the 100+ mw that Daquin and others were lucky enough to get unless the 15 is giving that much power...hehe...

Re: Another AixiZ 50mw (the new variety) reviewed Ok, here's a beamshot for some qualitative comparison between the two AixiZ lasers the 15mw labby and the 50mw. The beam on the left (as seen through the camera's eye view) is the 15mw (unmodded), and the beam on the right is the 50, after I...

Well, I received my Aixis 50 lab module today in the mail...it must have been shipped Priority (as was my 15mw) since I ordered it late last Saturday (or early Sunday morning perhaps).  Assuming it shipped out Monday or Tuesday, that's right on the 2-3 day window.  That's a good thing when you...

Good point...and I should deduced that from the pictures. I would have realized it if I had been the one doing the surjury myself. Hey...I wonder...you you know if the AixiZ 50mw has such a "vestigial" lens? I got my 50mw Aixis labby in the mail today. See the reviews section. -Brett