8X Diode Murder fund

[IgorT]

So IgorT. About how long will your 8x testing take.

We can expect results within a week ?

You are sacrificing two 8x right ??

I am sacrificing TWO, thanks to the generosity of this GREAT forum!!!
And i don't even have a personal 8x yet!!!


I am expecting results in four days, in a week we will have two year's worth of SCIENTIFIC DATA!!!!

 

[gotwake424]

Psh 8x this thread is so out of date!

The New 12x are comming out VERY soon, Maybe we should get money for that together

 

[lasersbee]

And we are proud of it!

Besides, Dr. Mengele, regardless of his bad reputation, did a lot of research, resulting in a lot of the modern medicine... :banned:


His resarch finally prooved invaluable, while we are only MURDERING diodez!

I got to agree with this entire post....


Jerry

 

[Crazy Jay]

Psh 8x this thread is so out of date!

The New 12x are comming out VERY soon, Maybe we should get money for that together

Do you know when? I bet those will push 600mw or more! Of course I base that on totally nothing But my best "guesstimate" would be such.

 

[itw3ak]

Hey guys, my 8x just kida kicked the bucket. I mean it still "lights" but what I'm going to call "fractures" started to appear in the light output.
Is there a best place for me to share my results and components for the betterment of the community ?
I just ordered another diode for a new rebuild with what I hope will be better heatsinking and better (safer) install. Id love to help submit any statistics I can. I don't have access to a Laser power meter, but simple usage hours and such I could mention. And I may be able to provide an 8x diode to IgorT in the next couple weeks.

 

[daguin]

Hey guys, my 8x just kida kicked the bucket. I mean it still "lights" but what I'm going to call "fractures" started to appear in the light output.
Is there a best place for me to share my results and components for the betterment of the community ?
I just ordered another diode for a new rebuild with what I hope will be better heatsinking and better (safer) install. Id love to help submit any statistics I can. I don't have access to a Laser power meter, but simple usage hours and such I could mention. And I may be able to provide an 8x diode to IgorT in the next couple weeks.

Do you have a picture of these "fractures"? Have you tried changing the lens? Is the window of the diode OK?

Peace,
dave

 

[IgorT]

I am still under the "too much rep" quarantine. :yabbmad:

As you should be..

 

[IgorT]

Since IgorT "only" lives 400Km away from me I am very very VERY tempted to jump on the next train =D

So, introduce yourself in a PM, so i'm not scared of you..

 

[IgorT]

Yes. I understand (so does my wallet).

The point was that the experiment will ultimately be successful.

Once the experiment is successful, after all of the needed diodes have been killed, we usually have at least one working laser.

The message was that AFTER we kill some AND we establish the survivable range of current, THEN we have a laser or two to sell.

I trust your wallet was not too badly hurt in this endeavor?


I will have three (or more if members here step up and order) running lasers in the end - yours, Glenns and mine....


But i can't really sell any of them, can i?

See, unlike you, i do not yet have a single 8x laser for some reason... :thinking:

 

[IgorT]

hell yea! uh.. how much you want? where to send? not too late is it? before you test the other diodes?

cause i sure as hell would love to add a diode to the pool for testing...
the more the better! and the weakest link *cough* two links.... BUH BYE!

so 2 lowest of SIX.. instead of FIVE...

what would suck is if a 7th diode came in the future.. and that sucker turned out to be a freak... i could've gotten one of those. psh. lol.

Shogui: Please WRITE ME AN EMAIL!!! ASAP!!!

We NEED to arrange this now, i needz fundz to afford more diodez and lensez.. (the custom lenz livez again!)



I will send you a PP Request, and Bryce will order an extra drive for you on top of two for Glenn and me! :drool:


Then i havemore to chose from for this experiment too, and we all get the better ones for our lazores as a sort of free prize for my work!


We are at SEVEN 8x diodes, if you and Manuel go through with your orders!

 

[IgorT]

i would send you money to buy an extra 8x drive, you choose which model. you then plot them all, and send me whichever diode you choose later.

I would eventually buy an 8x anyway, later when prices drop or sleds show up. but if this helps now, i'll gladly help now!
how about a 8x groupbuy now? of course it would make sense to only send the sleds or extracted diodes to igor..

Manuel, please write me an email, i am arranging this anyway....

 

[Tabish]

IgorT, you seriously dun have a 8x for yourself ??!!!!

Considering you are going through all the trouble.

I say you should keep one 8x for yourself.

 

[IgorT]

other idea: to get better prices on the 8x drives, we need to buy more. to have better results, we need to choose the victims from more candidates. so buying more drives would help.


i would send you money to buy an extra 8x drive, you choose which model. you then plot them all, and send me whichever diode you choose later.
I would eventually buy an 8x anyway, later when prices drop or sleds show up. but if this helps now, i'll gladly help now!
how about a 8x groupbuy now? of course it would make sense to only send the sleds or extracted diodes to igor..

Manuel, anyone else for that matter?


It's done, a Mini-GB for 8x drives prepared HERE - CLICK!


ANYONE who wants an 8x drive or a BUILD BY ME, post your interest there, so we keep it organized!


Diodes or lazores will come with full PIV plots, and this also enlarges our pool for selection of the weakest ones for the MURDER EXPERIMENT!


In effect, this for the first time ever also allows us to "cherry-pick" the diodes, and use the better ones for your builds or lazores!!! :angel:

 

[IgorT]

IgorT, you seriously dun have a 8x for yourself ??!!!!

Considering you are going through all the trouble.

I say you should keep one 8x for yourself.

I am keeping the one i am buying myself!

Now you step up and buy one for yourself too! :evil:


Considering how you're not paying much for your PHR, i say what the heck, get an 8x!

 

[IgorT]

Hey guys, my 8x just kida kicked the bucket. I mean it still "lights" but what I'm going to call "fractures" started to appear in the light output.
Is there a best place for me to share my results and components for the betterment of the community ?
I just ordered another diode for a new rebuild with what I hope will be better heatsinking and better (safer) install. Id love to help submit any statistics I can. I don't have access to a Laser power meter, but simple usage hours and such I could mention. And I may be able to provide an 8x diode to IgorT in the next couple weeks.

If you did not build the laser yourself, i would suggest that you send the entire thing to me for a repair at cost of a new diode, and an inspection of what went wrong the first time around!

It could also provide a third diode for the experiment IF there is something REALLY wrong with yours, altho i'm not sure yet. There are other explanations...


I can also measure your power...

 

[Glutton]

Just finished my LG 8x today... I didnt graph anything yet but at 280mA I am getting 364mW with the 405-G-1