Well I finally finished it last night. It is insanely bright! More than I expected. I tried to upload a couple pics but had problems with the file size, appears my iPhone takes too large a file size picture. Anyone know how to make an iPhone picture a smaller file size for uploading to this forum?
I will be honest DTR, I was very nervous to click the laser on. I could just imagine "click" nothing, "click" nothing, "click" nothing.....$800 down the drain. I don't know why I was so nervous about it, guess it was the priciest diode I've ever bought. My luck with expensive diodes in the past has been lousy. Not that you would have done anything wrong, I was just thinking "what if I somehow killed it with a static charge or shorted the driver in the pill, etc..."
I was ecstatic when that blazing green fire erupted from my palm, so freaking brilliant it was!
Many thanks to DTR and Sinner for helping me build the coolest handheld I've made to date!
Jmillerdoc