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Well, I killed a microboost driver when trying to assemble my host together. Somehow it got stuck, bent the leads on my diode, shorted the driver and now I have a $30 bill compressed into 2cm^2 that I cannot repair or get back... I ended up making a lm317 driver because I do not have any paypal...

I have spent a lot of time working on this build. I especially spent a LOT of time modifying the host to make it one of a kind. It is a shiny, yet rough aluminum with a few clear coats of paint for protection of scratches. The diode is an open can, and it the lens is a 3 element 660nm AR...

The first pic is the 3 beams I saw by shining my 445 on an angle at a CD. The rest are pictures of the laser outside with some fog from earlier rain Sorry that some pf the pictures are blurry, its dumb of me to not have limited my cameras exposure with it being dark. Don't forget the cat...

Well, good gentle me damaged another little diode here. This time its a SFAW210. When harvesting it I managed to break the little window in front, I have no clue how I did, as I did everything correctly, but, I did. I just pushed it in a tiny bit into an aixiz and tested it at 170ma, and it was...

*For immature, low reading capable minds, simple edition follows:" Dont promote going on LPFs in school! I (juniortore1) and my friend (toastboy101) are good friends, I got him into the laser hobby a few months ago. Speaking of which he had me buy him a 100mW green laser this week since I have...

I bought yobresal's $180, 445nm 1W build. It came with a copper heatsink, battery charger, batteries and the wonderful laser. The packaging I wasn't too proud of, the paper envelop was very crinkled and ripped open in small patches. I told him about this, and he said he will package differently...

Well, It has only taken long enough. I want to repair my 250mW red laser. A few weeks ago, I harvested a LOC, just for it to die when I brought it to 130ma. It was a bitch to harvest, and I think I touched the inside of the diode. So, depressed from that, I want to get another diode. I was...

Well, I ordered 3 ebay lasers to sell to my friends for slightly more. They finally arrived after 2 weeks of waiting with China shipping. I tested them. I tried one, it seemed like a green laser to me, as I have nothing to compare to. Then I tried the second one, it seemed dim and boring, I...

Sorry if I f*** something up here on the thread, this is my first time making a thread on this forum (I am kinda new to it) Heres how it goes, I got a driver and host for it, I put it all together, all worked, I was happy. My diode should be driven at 300ma, It can handle 320ma with a short...