~800mW Powerful 405nm Custom Build

[Th3dArKn3o]

Hey Guys here is my promised next build
My 500mW 405nm Laser from Lazerer died 2 Weeks ago and I couldn't sustain a life without that beautiful wavelength and I need an UV laser to kill Vampires, what we all do from time to time
I wanted a relatively small and light host with good carrying capabilities but also a big heatsink for long duty cycles.
I came up with a design pretty similar to my previous skeleton host but with a bigger heatsink for 1W+ Diodes.
As soon as the design was finished I got my lathe spinning and this came out

The Host is small and fits perfect in one Hand for an tactical grip

I used a Microboost set at ~550mA and a 405-G2 Lens should give me around 800mW output.
I'm running this build with a single 16340 the current draw at the tailcap is around 1,2A which equals run times around 27 minutes -.-

The Beam is visible even with my camera flash

The Camera from my Galaxy Note 2 picks the beam way more blueish and little brighter up as it looks in real ...

Thumbs up for my match graveyard :evil:
With this much single mode power the beam cuts clean trough the matches within seconds!! Better then with my 2,5W 445nm

Had a lot of fun with fluorescence of this wavelength

With a green lighter...

a bottle with chinin filled liquid

an orange lighter

beautiful Beam shot without any tricks like fog or longer exposure shots.

I'm feeling like in the middle of Star Wars :drool:

Now to the interest part the duty cycle with this heatsink is ridiculously long after 5 minutes the heatsink is still cold after 10 minutes warm not hot
exactly what I wanted
Unfortunately my lpm hasn't arrived yet I'll update long lpm runs as soon as it arrives !

I made a video for you guys as well it took a while for the match to be cut in half didn't catch the focus point well with my glasses on -.-

Hope you enjoyed the Review and as always
Best Regards from Germany :beer:
Th3dArKn3o

 

[Blord]

Unusual host, looks like a big heatsink. I love your idea of the new host !
Good job.

 

[Th3dArKn3o]

Unusual host, looks like a big heatsink. I love your idea of the new host !
Good job.

Thanks
I always try to orient my design on finned cpu heatsinks such designs have more benefits then a massive solid one ...
I actually wanted to make this host/heatsink of pure Copper
But Copper is expensive like hell

 

[DTR]

Nice job. Really like that host you have.:beer:

 

[Speedy78]

You need to start turning hosts to sell here! I would buy a copple.

 

[hakzaw1]

Very nice job-- great pics too.
+3 for the sharing-- hak

 

[Blord]

Thanks
I always try to orient my design on finned cpu heatsinks such designs have more benefits then a massive solid one ...
I actually wanted to make this host/heatsink of pure Copper
But Copper is expensive like hell

I am looking forward for the copper heatsink for the Dominator host. That would be a beast ! :evil:

 

[DJNY]

Make a feeler for a copper version of this host

Lazeerer did a built for a friend of mine in a similar host, but the grooves weren´t as deep as these are in your custom built.

How much would it be to get this done with copper? I might be able to help you to find a cheaper source

 

[corey5188]

This is an awesome laser! And it packs quite a punch too it seems. Hows the divergence with the G lens? It being a single mode diode, I would hope its better than the 445nm lasers seem to be.

+1 for you :gj:

 

[lasersbee]

I like the host you are using...It is the best way to
increase surface area for heat dissipation when you
only have a small surface to start with... :gj:

Jerry

 

[pschlosser]

Is this a build using the 12X S06J diode?

 

[Th3dArKn3o]

Thank you for the good respond always good to hear that

Nice job. Really like that host you have.:beer:

And I love your shop Jordan keep up the good work

You need to start turning hosts to sell here! I would buy a copple.

I actually do I have a few in production for members here already

I am looking forward for the copper heatsink for the Dominator host. That would be a beast ! :evil:

Yes Blord the copper heatsink will be awesome

Make a feeler for a copper version of this host

Lazeerer did a built for a friend of mine in a similar host, but the grooves weren´t as deep as these are in your custom built.

How much would it be to get this done with copper? I might be able to help you to find a cheaper source

PM sent

This is an awesome laser! And it packs quite a punch too it seems. Hows the divergence with the G lens? It being a single mode diode, I would hope its better than the 445nm lasers seem to be.

+1 for you :gj:

The divergence is awesome single mode of course A lot better then all the 445 multimodes but it seems to me it's a little bit worse with the g2 lens then with my glass lens ...

The dot from ~15 feet

from left to right single mode 405nm, single mode 660nm, multimode 638nm
all from ~12 feet

I like the host you are using...It is the best way to
increase surface area for heat dissipation when you
only have a small surface to start with... :gj:

Jerry

Yes exactly you know what you're talking I like that

Is this a build using the 12X S06J diode?

Yes it's the S06J 12x

 

[Atomicrox]

Sorry to necro but what was the thing you burnt late in the video? The one throwing sparks?

 

[KRNAZNBOY]

Waiiiiiiit. S06Js are single mode?

WHAAAAAAAAT?!

 

[Tmack]

That's quite high current he's running. I just got one at 450ma on the way. I'm wondering if I should have went higher. Hmmm

I think I'll stick with dtr recommendations for longevity though.

 

[Pi R Squared]

That's quite high current he's running. I just got one at 450ma on the way. I'm wondering if I should have went higher. Hmmm

I think I'll stick with dtr recommendations for longevity though.

Look at what this guy did: http://laserpointerforums.com/f38/b...tutorial-long-boring-picture-heavy-77476.html
979mw driven at 745ma! I would be reluctant to try it though, I think you could kill the diode at anytime driving it that high.

Alan