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~800mW Powerful 405nm Custom Build

Th3dArKn3o

Th3dArKn3o

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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 :P
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 :)

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

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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 -.-

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The Beam is visible even with my camera flash :)

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

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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 :)

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Had a lot of fun with fluorescence of this wavelength :D

With a green lighter...

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a bottle with chinin filled liquid

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an orange lighter

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

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

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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
 
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Unusual host, looks like a big heatsink. I love your idea of the new host !
Good job. :)
 
Blord said:
Unusual host, looks like a big heatsink. I love your idea of the new host !
Good job. :)
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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 :D
But Copper is expensive like hell :P
 
Nice job. Really like that host you have.:beer:
 
Th3dArKn3o said:
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 :D
But Copper is expensive like hell :P
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I am looking forward for the copper heatsink for the Dominator host. That would be a beast ! :evil:
 
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 ;)
 
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:
 
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
 
Thank you for the good respond always good to hear that ;)

DTR said:
Nice job. Really like that host you have.:beer:
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And I love your shop Jordan keep up the good work ;)

Speedy78 said:
You need to start turning hosts to sell here! I would buy a copple.
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I actually do ;) I have a few in production for members here already :)

Blord said:
I am looking forward for the copper heatsink for the Dominator host. That would be a beast ! :evil:
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Yes Blord the copper heatsink will be awesome :)

DJNY said:
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 ;)
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corey5188 said:
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:
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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

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

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lasersbee said:
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
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Yes exactly you know what you're talking I like that ;)

pschlosser said:
Is this a build using the 12X S06J diode?
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Yes it's the S06J 12x
 
Sorry to necro but what was the thing you burnt late in the video? The one throwing sparks?
 
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.
 
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