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I already broke the bank, :( But this robot I'm building is gonna cost me 500 easy. It will be sweet when I get it going though, I'm still trying to decide what kind of laser i wanna put on it. I have some 20w diode bars also. Talk about home defense, this thing is gonna be awesome... :D

I did too like yours! :D I just like the portability more than the bigger box look. Thats why I'm gonna try to use a clear tube for mine.

Were they impressed? 8-) Thats gotta be one of the coolest laser builds I have ever seen Mike. :D When I get paid, I'm gonna grab some of those drill battery's. 8-)

Yes! that would be very cool! (drill handle with battery) I have to wait till I get some more money to buy anything else, Christmas has been a little tough this year! Plus, I started another project to build an internet rover with a roboteq controller in it, HMM... I could build it so it has a...

Ok, I got we got the second laser going, and it is now under my friends tree! lol! Now I can play with my first laser and get it finished. :D :D I'm sure y'all were wondering where I went. :) I think I am going to rebuild mine in a clear plastic tube similar to the way Mike did his... It just...

that is a possibility. I will try it after I get my 1w recharged tonight. 8-)

ok, so now has anyone tried to see what effect a magnet would have on it while its suspended there in the beam? :-? Also, Im gonna have to see if my small sheet of magnetic film will detect the beam, its gonna be hard to not hit the film with the laser.

I was able to do it with an open can doing about 235mw, and an aixiz module with the plastic lens. :D Whats strange is I couldn't do it with my 1w laser at exactly 998mw. :-?

Hey Mike, what amp hour are the gel cells you are using to run your laser? At 23.5 volts, mine draws 11 amps. :)

Nice! Ill do a video when I get everything finished, and my second laser working, I'm waiting on a transistor from Chris for the second laser.

did you get pictures? or better video? :-?

well, its hard to tell, I think that it does try to pull more and the ps only allows it to pull 11 amps... so if the voltage is above 24v, the ps adjusts the power and causes it to drop to where its able to supply 11 amps... I am quite sure it will do more with the 18650s in parallel. :D

Well I got a 10amp, 30v variable lab supply for Christmas! (early) It runs my laser pretty well as long as I keep the voltage at 24v... If I turn it up farther, the fire doesn't pop out when I turn it on. Im sure this is because Its only 11 amps at the most. Tomarrow, ill try it with the li-ions...

Re: ALL GONE! 15W RF EXCITED CO2 BURNING LASER! My first laser sometimes does that, (flame) I don't know why it isn't the same every time... Hopefully when I get my power supply done, it will do that every time. :D

Thats extremely beautiful! :D

Re: OUTRIGHT BUY! 15W RF EXCITED CO2 BURNING LASER oooh, you BOTH blew the power supply? sounds like it's too easy to blow it. Mines still working, now im afraid to try adjusting it! :o Max

Re: OUTRIGHT BUY! 15W RF EXCITED CO2 BURNING LASER [smiley=thumbsup.gif] LOL!!! I wonder if a solar cell would extract the audio at a huge distance!? What did the swr start off at before you used the tuner? Did the power level seem to effect the tuning any? (hear the tuner re-tune as you...

Re: OUTRIGHT BUY! 15W RF EXCITED CO2 BURNING LASER :D AWESOME!!!! Now just think what it would do if you hooked a 500watt amp to it! I like the antenna tuner idea, I wonder if they are all at 27.119? has anyone else measured the frequency? :-? The 2 lasers I got were slightly different, one...

Re: GB ROUND 2 OPEN for 10W RF EXCITED CO2 LASERS! LOL, they are! ;D I needed something for a fast test, and the benadryll was the first thing I saw. I got some more lt battery's to take apart, so far I found 9 more good 18650s. These are "us18650s" though. Maybe if I can come up with enough to...

Re: GB ROUND 2 OPEN for 10W RF EXCITED CO2 LASERS! ya, they are protected, I was hoping it would at least do 8 or 9 amps... oh well :(