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Yes! Thank you! Whew! :beer:

I am ordering a new drive. I should be able to tell if I damaged the diode once I try the new driver. And on the bright side... The dimness of the diode makes fine tuning the focus much safer and easier. :tinfoil: silver lining!

I have the drivers isolated from the host like jayrob had. I get the idea of the case being positive. I just got bad info from the x-drive sale and info thread, about the drives being parallel able. I cut two of the drives out and even with only one drive it is still very dim. I may have harmed...

Thanks! I think you nailed it! And I miss spoke earlier the diode is not getting 5a. I know where I screwed up. Now I need to find an appropriate drive really fast.

Thanks! I need all the encouragement I can get. :)

How does one set the amperage on an x-drive? mine are fixed I think.

If you find a good 4a drive let me know Thanks! I use a $85 5A 808 driver and it worked at 4a then blow the diode at 5A I am afraid to use it now! I think I was looking that same driver on e-bay?! Ill avoid that one! thanks!

I do not have a power meter. someday soon I hope. I have some good reference points for the brightness. I am not giving up. First I will try the 1 drive at 1.8a and see if I get a better result. Then I will look for another drive as close to 5a as I can get. Any suggestions? :thanks: What is...

I would say this is about 600mw which supports DTR's 1/3 power from 3 parallel drives. I have a 320mw 650 I compared it to and it is definitely brighter than that. What I should have done was get a single drive set to 4a and heat sunk it to the cooling system. I was trying to get extra power and...

It seems underpowered more than damaged. the lens tube is working fine. I had asked on the X-drive information page, and was told that the drives were fine to parallel. However, In light of DTR's input... that probably is it. I am going to go scream "not popped" out the window! I know what...

It is lasing. There are no speckles. The diode looks good when I remove the lens tube.

I have a confusing situation here. When I power up the laser, I am only getting a very dim dot. Close in brightness to my 320ma red but a bigger dot. Everything tests out ok on the meter. I have three 1.8a x-drive v6's in parallel to get 5.4a at the diode. :( any ideas?

that's all the help I need actually! thanks! :D

Kitty might try and chase the spot! Bad Kitty!

I wont be shooting it any where next to chemicals, and I know the guards and the owner. I'm most worried about the feral kitty that lives in there. I don't want to hit a kitty. Ill bring treats and lure it down to the other end...

Hey, If it keeps someone else from going crazy making holes with an ohm meter... So embarrassing. I will have to figure out how to upload a video. Haven't done that yet. I'll probably make the video at the chemical plant either tonight or tomorrow. Good range and no extra eyes.

I will hurry up and get to the beam. I promise.

yep, just a tiny bit too far into the battery, if that makes sense. the contacts are shaped like this [] and I was going into the space in the middle perfectly. You think you were scared! I crapped underpants I haven't even bought yet! :D

Ok... This is really embarrassing. So I ah, turned it on last night, and nothing happened. Needless to say my brain flew out my ear like a bird. A flurry of screws, parts, goop and wire insulation that lasted three hours and... of course it was the frickin battery contacts. :gj: So now I will...

Hey everybody! :wave: I apologize, I have been busy with boring, normal, non-laser related things. I have spent a very dramatic week staring at the final four leads protruding from the power supply box and the receiver tube like a gang of angry red and black snakes. My hesitation paid off! My...