I am a bit amazed about the specs listed in the bottom of the linked page :)
(4) Output power: 1mW (High Power)
If it is truly a 1mW laser you will not be able to burn anything!
Also it is obvious that the pictures of the laser lighting a match is a different laser. The focus ring is not...
Lovely project +1 :-)
Regarding your mirrormounts try and have a look at the ones in my sig. They are very sturdy and adjustable on 3 angles with springs to keep it in place. If you have to make minor adjustments along the way then this is easy achieved.
Post more pictures as the project...
The Keyswitch does not have a ROL.. (Row Of Light - I presume).
I think that the button with light is similar to this one:
Black Colour Metal Switch Latching Push On Button with Blue Led | eBay
EDIT: As a powerbutton this one makes me drool...
I have soldered all the modules I use myself in both pointers and my scanner, and until now I have never fried a diode while soldering leads. I probably solder the leads in 1-1½ seconds so no need to be too scared about it, just use common sense. Small clean tip, line up the pretinned lead and...
Why not go for a lm317 voltage regulator with a pot to adjust the current instead? All you then need is a decent heatsink to eat the excess heat from the voltage that is not used. With the current pot you can then regulate the intensity of the laser. Using a pot to "eat" voltage is not a pretty...
Where did you hear this? O-Like has a very good and functional customer support. Often they send new items before they even get the defects returned. You can always contact them and sort things out. Susy is very helpfull and always tries to satisfy the customers, and you can contact her right...
once i got my battery fully charged from Larry, it didn't seem to happen for a while which made me think it was the old UltraFire battery!
I've been using the laser a lot lately without recharging, i'm hoping the charge has gone down & it just needs a good charge! :yabbem:
So what you are...
I have a few green pointers and they behave like this:
Fully charged batts - working 100%
when the power of the batts gets lower it will dim and modehop
when there is too little power left it wont give out light at all.
Since its working as it should on fully charged batts I think your laser...
Could you maybe post some pictures of your assembly? What type is the other laser you are using your batteries with? It could be that your batteries are underspec or something like that compared to the reqs of the driver. Did you try with new fully charged batteries? And which batteries do you...
I am not sure how efficient that driver is so you would have to check with Lazerer. Mohgasms driver for instance puts out ~1W at 1.25A. If this is similar then I would go for 1200mA :beer:
For 2W you will need a beefy heatsink. And you get plenty of burning power from 1W and the laser diode will last a lot longer since it wont be pushed to the limit. So for starters I think you should go for 1W and then upgrade a long the way if you feel that 1W is to little :beer:
In Euds page...
I would not push that diode to 2W with that tiny little heatsink! Search for MohGasm linear driver on the forum. You would probably have to mod either the driver or host to fit, but thats what you get when you find a host that is not made for an off the shelf driver. I would say max 1W with that...
I have a green pointer that does more or less what you describe when the juice in the batts gets too low. It dims after few seconds, not 20ish, so it might be some other issue with yours. Make a full recharge and test it again to see if the problem persists :beer:
How would you describe the color for that 1 program where blue is the only laser lid? a 445nm with just a splash of green mixed in makes a color very close (visually) to 473nm. See this shot for instance which I made of a 445 with a bit of 532 mixed in
Compared to a regular 445nm it is way...
Whuts a NEBO??
Anywho you have the host so what you need is a heatsink that will fit your host. The heatsink should be able to fit a 12mm Aixiz module for easy focusing of your laser diode. You then need a driver (power supply) that is set for the current that your laser diode requires (Prob...