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Actually it's an X-drive since I am using two 18650 batteries with it. Anyway, new update is I have mounted the additional heatsink on the module. This has upped the duty cycle from 30 seconds on, 5 min off to about 60 seconds on and 2 minutes off. I attribute it to the fact that part of...

So I recently bought a 9mm module from DTR, with a 405-G-2 lens and 2.2A flexdrive attached. I love his modules and how easy he makes things. I'll run through my build quickly before getting to the problem. Here is the host provided by Survival Laser, it's beautiful and has a nice weight to it...

So the rectangle on one side of my image is from the diode being recessed on the die, and a reflection off of the die? There is no way to clean that up without reducing the aperture before the lens and reducing the power?

That's what I was thinking, but not hoping. It's a shame, since I got the whole module right from DTR I hoped it would be pretty close to perfect already. I don't have any tools other than a soldering iron and some screwdrivers, so I'm not really sure what I could do about a serious alignment...

Nothing particularly fancy here, but fun nonetheless! I bought a 2W M140 diode with driver and 405-g-2 lens from DTR and a lovely little Skyray laser host off of ebay. I have quite a few pictures but images of the beam are hard to get since I only have a cell phone camera. Here are a few of the...