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Re: I'm alive!!!!! Sore but doing alrighT LL, totally admiring the positive attitude. If I should ever find myself in a similar situation, I hope that I will handle it as well you have. Things like this are also tough for a primary care giver too. After you are finished healing, help your...

Welcome to the forum Brandenkokim from a fellow new member. Nice job. I take it you are part of the heat sink. I didn't catch what current you are running at (The full 200mA?). How long can it run before it gets uncomfortably hot (heat sink side, not the business end)?

Whoa, she's a beaut. Thank you for the great review and beam shots.

Hello from a fellow tinkerer and new member. Hope you have a great time here Joshua.

Thank you Tmack.

Thank you Hakzaw1. Looks like Newton is a few hours from me (I'm between Greenville and Columbia). August is probably too hot and humid, but I wonder if anyone camps out (in nature) for the event.

Nice build. It's good to see those 9 led lights put to better use. And, off-the-shelf parts gets bonus points in my book. Another battery option is 18500 Li-ions. That would almost double the capacity over 3AAA's. They drop in length-wise just fine. A little cardboard as a spacer and you...

Welcome to the forum TulpekUK Welcome to the forum TulpekUK. I'm new here too. Hope you enjoy your time here.

Same here. Definitely subscribe to walk quietly, but carry a big stick here. Fun creation there. Do the corks loose speed or tumble fast?

Are we witnessing the Doppler effect in those pictures? There seems to be a shift in color. Especially, in the first picture.

Re: I'm alive!!!!! Sore but doing alrighT Good news. Think healing thoughts. Wishing you a speedy recovery LL.

Thanks Zeebit. An now I notice it's a 1 mode driver.

My google fu is weak tonight. So far have not been able to find a definitive answer. Does anyone know if that driver uses PWM?

Ah, Thanks Z. It would be nice to have one high quality pair that covers most/all lasers. I sense in my future that my wallet will become $60 lighter (Actually $120, got to protect my wife's balls too).

LOL, Thanks Sinner. Will do.

Thanks ZRaffleticket. I've seen those mentioned quite a bit, but I thought IR was around 800nm. I take it they are adequate though. I have a lot more reading to do before I ask questions. My DIY knowledge doesn't extend to optics. The IR filter idea sounds good. I thought I read somewhere...

Thank you ZRaffleticket. Do you have a budget recommendation for safety glasses for the 532? I have a 200mW 532 that I never used because I still need to get glasses for the IR part of the output.

Thank you Area of a Circle and Hakzaw1. Hakzaw1, I will definitely research this SELEM event and try to got next August. Thank you for the tip!

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Hey Down. That beast looks wild. I'm at work. So I will have to read that thread later and I'm looking forward to it. The driver came with the light. It's 5 mode buck with that stupid next-mode memory. The next mode can be fixed by putting a smd resister (usually 330ohm works good) on the...