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don't do kipkay's minmag hack, you WILL kill the diode. i recommend building yourself a homemade laser driver found on this site and put it into a radioshack project box.

that is amazing! u should sell the technology to Nova for thousands, or better yet, market it yourself! you will be rich man!

that sounds like an insane laser! will the 6 beams be collimated together?

i just gave them the most sweet and kiss-@$$ review they ever heard! if they don't send me something for free, Ill eat my hat. If I get a Core, ill even do an ad saying "I can't believe its not Nova!"

yeah i always just solder my capacitor leads directly to the ld leads to lessen the risk of the cap discharging into the ld.

i might just mount it on a small aluminum block i have for some reason. that will do the job of taking away some of the heat of the aixiz. what do u mean by my regulator will drop out?

that red glow is the ir light, and its a lot more powerful than it seems. never look directly into it. it seems to me that there's a problem w/ ur crystals. its possible that they are wayy out of alignment, either that or its nonexistant. its possible to fix, but i wouldn't attempt it. u should...

lol. i have some prior know how about diy lasers, i just finished my second 200 mw red. would i be able to use the LM317 circuit with it? and what would i use to collimate and focus the beam?

a couple? lol how much money do you have?!

where do u get diode sockets?

where should i go to get a nice, high quality, burning ir laser for around 100-200 bucks?

thats a fantastic deal! i wish i had that much money to burn, but i gotta buy a car!

PROB. not, but ive never had any experience with the nexus, so i can't say for sure. dx 20's i know for sure can do a little burning, but that's probably because they have no ir filters.

Re: FS: WL 532nm laser shades you need to have different glasses for different wavelengths? geez that seems like it would get expensive...

pot modding is risky business... u r basically making the diode run at a higher current than its meant to do, it really decreases its lifespan. if you want more power, u have to buy a diode that is meant for that power.

im thinking that the burning cigarette would damage the lens or diode itself, because i once wrecked a diode from lighting a match to close to it.

Re: will this circuit work? one of it inside its project box. man my camera sucks.

Re: will this circuit work? heres another one of it out of its project box. its connected to 4 AAA's and a rocker switch.

here's some pics of my homemade laser diode driver. i followed dd's schematic. before i hook up my precious new sony diode, i wanted some input from more experienced laser-ers. im using 2 10 ohm resistors in parallel, a 25 ohm rheostat, a 47uf 35 volt capacitor, and an LM317T voltage regulator...

beautiful laser! mine used to have the same artifacts around the dot, and what i hear from other laser builders like ourselves, its quite normal. well, mine USED to have those artifacts, until i killed it by discharging the cap directly into the diode :'( anyway my circuit looks very similar to...