12x can light toothpick!

[ArtDen]

I tried to cut the toothpick with my 12x, but I got the fire

 

[laserpyro]

Dont you hate it when that happens

 

[Krogith]

What are you running the 12X at?

 

[ArtDen]

Krogith, It working at 0.5A

 

[Krogith]

Krogith, It working at 0.5A

You using a G-1?

 

[ArtDen]

You using a G-1?

Aixiz glass for 405 nm

 

[Seoul_lasers]

Nice! and the beam has better characteristics for burning that 445nm.
good job!

Show us some more pictures of your set up!

 

[Eudaimonium]

Impressive. You may want to reconsider the current though. 0.5A is not fatal to a diode, but it could decrease it's lifetime for some amount.

I am using 470mA driver in my 12X build, and I was told that maximum safe long life current is 425 mA. I'm still considering modification of the driver since I did testing and through quite some usage, I have not measured, not one miliwatt of power drop.

But you may not be as lucky.

Nice heatsink

 

[ArtDen]

Show us some more pictures of your set up!

It is done in semi-finished style

Impressive. You may want to reconsider the current though. 0.5A is not fatal to a diode, but it could decrease it's lifetime for some amount

I think I'm lucky, as my 6x ran at 260 mA long time although other's diodes died at 180 mA very fast

 

[Seoul_lasers]

perfect! This is a Dr.Lava boost driver? i see you are using a tabbed 18650 cell for power.
Lower the current on that diode. I have had too many 6x die from even slightly elevated current levels. !

 

[Flaminpyro]

Cool heatsink, first time I seen a tooth pic used like that :crackup:

 

[millirad]

That is an impressive burner! Great work on your project. Очень приятные глазу дизайн.

 

[ArtDen]

perfect! This is a Dr.Lava boost driver? i see you are using a tabbed 18650 cell for power.

No. It is my homemade boost driver. I use same driver (at higher current) for my 445.

Lower the current on that diode. I have had too many 6x die from even slightly elevated current levels. !

I kill my 6x not long ago when I tried to extract it from Aizix module

Cool heatsink, first time I seen a tooth pic used like that :crackup:

That is an impressive burner! Great work on your project. Очень приятные глазу дизайн.

Thanks!