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It's been a while since I posted, but I've been mulling around the idea lately about using a laser pointer as home defense and wanted to get peoples opinions. Do you think, if used in your own home in the case of a break in, a .5w+ pointer could provide any self-defense? I realize lasers are...

So, I haven't posted in a while, but I was sitting here at work after installing a bunch of router cards, and have these empty anti-static bags laying around...I took my blu-ray laser and pointed it at one, careful to hit a flat spot and not one that would reflect back at me...and the reflection...

Hello Me, asking a noobish question again...I have a nice dSLR, and I'm curious if taking a picture of the dot or beam can hurt the CMOS sensor? Not really sure if too much light can damage the electronics like it can damage our eyes. Thanks! Ian

Good Morning I have the following issue. When I power on my laser, there is a fraction of a second where it's the old brightness, and then it's very dim, like an LED. Is this a battery problem? Perhaps my cr123 went dead? Or, is it something more problematic, like the diode being burnt out? I...

Hi Everyone Today, my final piece arrived, DrLava's flexdrive preset to 110 ma.  I borrowed a soldering iron from a friend, and when I took the flexdrive out of the packaging, and looked at the size of solder I had, I knew it wasn't going to work.  The solder was a bigger diameter than the...

Good Afternoon! I just wanted to introduce myself and say hello and thanks. I've been lurking around for the past week or so (and briefly a couple months before that), and have really learned quite a bit about building your own laser. From which custom hosts work well, people selling custom...