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Do your research bud... Most of the plans you'll find anywhere on here use a pot in there somewhere. However in order to both turn on the laser AND control power with just one knob you'll need a pot with a switch built in. As far as I know they do exist but again, do your research before you...

Welcome to the forums Ben. As lasersbee said, ya gotta do some research before you ask questions that have been answered before. I'll admit, I made the same mistake lol, just make sure you've searched all that you can before you ask anything on here, it just ends up cluttering the forums up...

I just had surgery on Friday, so I've been stuck at home in a bit of pain lol bored as hell. So to ease the pain of boredom for the next 4 weeks or so while im stuck at home, I've got some parts coming for my own 7 color. So I was looking online at hobbypartz.com just seeing what kind of motors...

Well for starters, label it. Something like "150mW laser. DO NOT POINT AT ANY LIVING THING!" or "DANGER. HIGH POWERED LASER". And as far as someone picking ti up and playing with it, just dont leave it anywhere an inexperienced person might have access to it. Other than that just dont let people...

I'd say dont risk it. It's much safer the other ways.

Very carefully. Deffinately use a grounding wrist strap. When you get the diode off of the slep with the heatsink still on it, use a jewelers saw or something similar to cut about 3/4 of the way through one side carefully not to cause too much vibration or friction heat. Then you can take 2...

Is this all with just the aixiz acrylic lens?

Re: Build Tips - 7 Color Laser Using Adjustable Sled Mount/Heatsinks Well, in preparation for my time at home healing from my surgery (which will hopefully be next week) I went ahead and ordered some parts for my 7 color today:yh:. I ordered a 130-150mW green module from o-like because I want...

Re: Build Tips - 7 Color Laser Using Adjustable Sled Mount/Heatsinks Well jayrob, I found out today I've got to have surgery and I've got at least 4-6 weeks to heal at home SOOOO I can finally get the time to start working on my own 7 color :yh:. So hopefully I'll have my twist on it up here...

Nah it's not serious. It's just a pilonidal cyst, Here is a link if you don't know what it is and actually care lol. This is the second time its happened and second surgery to remove it. Last one was 5 years ago and it was fine for a while then it just came back in the last 48 hours but oh well...

Well today I found out some bad news that could be good at the same time haha. I found out that I've got to have surgery soon that's going to suck and take 4-6 weeks minimum to recover. The good news however is that those 4-6 weeks will give me tile to work on a few laser projects I've had in...

The original power source was some sort of 4V battery I believe that had no button on either side just 2 flat negative-looking ends. As far as the flexdrive goes, I'd prefer to make my own driver. Its not that I dont trust the flexdrive, its just a personal accomplishment thing lol. I like...

Re: Build Tips - 7 Color Laser Using Adjustable Sled Mount/Heatsinks Oh yeah I dont doubt that took a hell of a long time to get tweaked perfectly. As soon as i can get some shop time I've got a couple different projects lined up haha not only lasers but other random things. I bet it feels...

Re: Build Tips - 7 Color Laser Using Adjustable Sled Mount/Heatsinks Man JayRob I've been coming back to this thread every few days for the past month or so just to look at the pictures haha. I'm still amazed at how nice and clean a build it is. I'm just starting to modify a laser sight for my...

Ok so here are some pics or the actual sight. The entire thing is made of aluminum so it already acts as a heat sink right off the bat :D. The last pic up there is the thing assembled, and the first pic is the thing completely disassembled. From left to right in the first pic is the lens nut...

My uncle is a gun collector and way back when he bout a 5mw red laser sight for almost $300 for his .44 magnum desert eagle. While I was visiting him we started talking about lasers and he asked me if I could do anything to make this one brighter and possibly a different color. Now the entire...

awesome. thanks guys. I've been out of town for a few days so i just now got a chance to get online haha but i do appreciate your help

How exactly do boost drivers work? I've been curious lately and i want to be able to drive a red or BR diode with the power from just 1 18650 or other 3.7v battery. i would also like to have the ability to control output like with the lm317 drivers I just also want to be able to power it to its...

Awesome I really appreciate your help guys. The reason I asked is because I plan to build a blu-ray,green,cyan laser for someone for christmas haha. I want to make it a neat and clean build.

In the past I've either bought my laser diodes already removed from the sled so the ribbon was already removed or bought the sled and taken the diode out but left the ribbon. In order to make my future builds neater and cleaner, i was wondering what is the best way to remove the ribbon without...