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  1. CynicalBrad

    Does anyone know where to find a cheap 473nm?

    Yours is probably one of the few. Any time I see mention of them, the beam specs are garbage unless someone got half a dozen or got really lucky. Hence "If one really wants one, don't pay over $50 for one shipped, and even then I'd only consider it if you just "have to have 473nm". The only way...
  2. CynicalBrad

    Feeler: 10mW 589nm pointer

    They need a wide-scale market usage or they won't. I really think our best bet would have been for the QUAD color SoKnee TV's to have caught on as they would have potentially have led to RGBY Projectors. Sadly sony completely flopped how they chose to advertise these TV's by nor putting them...
  3. CynicalBrad

    Does anyone know where to find a cheap 473nm?

    I had one. Worst beam specs of any laser I have owned including M140's. Mine was one of the BW-tek's out of the Raman Spectroscopy assemblies. In the end I decided it was worth more as a chassis for a future corrected diode build. I'm pretty sure the one I had was EOL. The beam hardly resembled...
  4. CynicalBrad

    PERMANENT THREAD: Ebay& other internet FINDS of interest- read all the OP please sub

    I imagine the extra power helps tremendously with the red mixes and making the white wash out to a better looking white to the eye. I can't even imagine what I would do with such a laser other than fire it up and hope not to catch the wall on fire.
  5. CynicalBrad

    PERMANENT THREAD: Ebay& other internet FINDS of interest- read all the OP please sub

    https://www.sanwulasers.com/product/rgblaser A bit pricy, but you can get one from them. (Currently a "we hope we can get a critical part again" delay though...) Many member's experiences with this company have been great (myself included).
  6. CynicalBrad

    About the type of battery

    Batteries of differing chemistries should not be used at the same time. They can however often be used interchangeably for our purposes. If a laser takes 2x batteries, they need to both be the same while they are installed. What doesn't usually matter is which chemistry they are so long as they...
  7. CynicalBrad

    List of Laser Diodes - 06/02/2021

    Are we certain only CNI has the ability to make 561nm modules/crystals? The modules lasence has listed look nothing like any of the ones CNI offers and are listed cheaper than the cheapest service I know of that CNI used to offer. They also appear to have more modules listed in the 555nm-561nm...
  8. CynicalBrad

    does anyone know where to get a 575 or 561nm dpss laser module (has to be small enough to fit in a pointer, and any power is fine starting from 1mw)

    https://lasence.en.alibaba.com/product/1600088350237-820461937/2mW_to_9mW_yellow_green_560nm_561nm_laser_module.html?spm=a2700.shop_plgr.41413.15.4aeb3b0dVCbSAo I'd message them to confirm specs (this thing is tiny for what it is listed as) but I'd say this would fit in a pointer.
  9. CynicalBrad

    Help - My First Build - Laser Cigarette Lighter

    I could very well do it. I could even take considerations into account to make it safe for other's around me. At the point it would be safe, there would be no way to know it was laser powered due to having to properly contain enough power to literally ignite material in it's beam path. This...
  10. CynicalBrad

    470nm vs 445nm against 525 nm

    I imagine you mean to ask if there is a noticeable difference in brightness? If so this tool gives pretty good approximations and is very easy to use. ~470nm IMO looks much better than the indigo-blue of 445nm. 470nm is almost like a sky blue. 470nm is a lot more visible per mW than 445nm at...
  11. CynicalBrad

    Help - My First Build - Laser Cigarette Lighter

    There are some serious problems here. In order to get it pocket sized, it would be very hard to make it safe to use. The immediate beam is but one hazard. Another would be scattered light from anything inserted into it. A third issue would be smoke ruining lenses in any remotely safe design...
  12. CynicalBrad

    Beginner Project Help: 488nm laser pointer

    My 477nm streamlight build also laughs at that snobbish statement about "respectable hosts". A stunning diode in a host that by default took a single AAA battery (now a 10440 battery). 75mW of gorgeous sky blue almost teal light from a nice but inexpensive 98mm x 15mm package. And I'm certainly...
  13. CynicalBrad

    Sale thread/ Hosts/Heat Sinks/Focus adapters/lasers

    PM sent about brass and aluminum eughemus 1x14500 host. EDIT: Payment sent for this gorgeous piece of LPF machinist history.
  14. CynicalBrad

    Driver for PLT5 510

    https://sites.google.com/site/dtrslasershop/home/laser-drivers/ldse500-500ma-buck-boost-laser-driver This should do the job and should come set to 50mA by default. With that diode, you are going to need to either isolate your batteries, or the diode from the case, otherwise there will be a short...
  15. CynicalBrad

    Why I haven't been active lately.

    The doctor marked me as disabled, gave me job restrictions that kept me from work, and then tried getting me to go to work for a job that my restrictions excluded. The MRI clearly showed damage to disks as well as spinal arthritis. The latter of which has never been an issue. The former of...
  16. CynicalBrad

    Why I haven't been active lately.

    Two separate things going on. I have both the issue with workers comp, and the issue with USAA refusing to make a reasonable settlement on my car. Literally to the point of pulling vehicle specifications out of nowhere to devalue their cherry picked comp vehicles. USAA financed the car last june...
  17. CynicalBrad

    Why I haven't been active lately.

    I'm not concerned about the other driver really. I am suing USAA for both breach of contract and bad faith though. Hopefully something comes out of this although no doubt it will come with a NDA attached. Still have to figure out what to do about the injury. I just wish for now that it would...
  18. CynicalBrad

    Why I haven't been active lately.

    Yeah, I expected it. The doctor was obviously bought and paid for from the beginning. I had to fight with my managers to get things started. The doctor was determined to ignore symptoms to fit the diagnosis he wanted to give and was determined to clear me for work. It took half a dozen phone...
  19. CynicalBrad

    Why I haven't been active lately.

    Well, my employer just sped up my process of getting a hold of an attorney for that mess. They decided to so kindly send me a legal notice saying they are filing a petition to cover absolutely nothing due to the injury being "preexisting". I'm fairly certain that at 23 years old, with absolutely...
  20. CynicalBrad

    Why I haven't been active lately.

    Nope. No health insurance. Never have been able to afford it. Not working a part time retail job at $10/hr. I'm certain the arthritis is preexisting as I have had joint pain since childhood but absolutely no history of back pain or other issues. The entire things just really feels like he was...




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