5W c-mount maglite

[anselm]

If your patient and know what your looking for:
Surplus Shed
Also, there's always edmund:
Optics, Imaging, and Photonics Technology - Edmund Optics

 

[rhd]

anselm:
Luckily I AM patient. Unfortunately, I don't know what I'm looking for

Like I said, I'm in over my head, but I'm cool with that. I need to do a lot of reading and learning before I'll be able to properly tackle this project.

It WOULD be awesome if I could scavenge the optics from stuff I might already have - like bluray or dvd sleds - and what are those little glass lenses that sometimes get sold along with 445nm diodes? I think they're the original kasEO projector lenses. It would be cool if I could accomplish this project without spending more money on optics than I spent on the diode!

 

[Leodahsan]

The kasEO (lol there :crackup spread the diodes wings.. not desirable

search for Jayrob comparision of lenses and you will know what I'm talking about.

 

[Ray J Neal]

rhd, I responded to your PM about the machine work.

 

[rhd]

Thanks Ray!

I wish I understood my lens needs well enough to pick out something from:
Surplus Shed

Their selection is really intriguing. I'm going to need a lot of education. Tomorrow. Tonight I need sleep. Cheers

 

[rhd]

Update,

I've found out that there is no FAC lens on this diode. It may be possible to have on added.

If not, what are my options for taming the fast axis?

 

[Leodahsan]

List of parts needed:

Raw uranium ore
Dealextreme 3000ºc torch..

ops, wrong place sorry.
You will probably need the FAC. Maybe Dr Lava lens are useable there?

 

[Cyparagon]

The same methods that can correct 445nm diodes will also work with IR diodes. The coatings on the optics should be different though unless you want to loose 30%. Most of the corrective options are not easy to put in a handheld. I might be a better option to omit it and burn with the line-shaped dot instead.

 

[Leodahsan]

The same methods that can correct 445nm diodes will also work with IR diodes.

I am the proud owner of a 635nm 300mW C-Mount diode.

The Dr lava lens are AR coated for 635nm too so, I think they should work. However, the fast axis of the diode is way different than the fast axis of our multimode 445 diodes...

 

[rhd]

Luckily, I've got the FAC taken care of - getting a FAC added to the diode