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Hey all! I've been gone for so long I popped back in a few years ago but I didn't have the best job and then the world got crazy for a bit there so away I went yet again. A couple months ago I opened a drawer and saw a laser and got it out and turned it on and I realized how much I missed lasers. I did some cleaning and found my small collection at the time. All I had left was my big 5w blue my little 473nm pointer and a little 515/520 low power single mode I cobbled together. In the weeks to follow, just looking at random stuff on eBay to my surprise there were strange novel wavelengths for cheap so I picked up some yellow and some greens and even an LPM, but something was missing and that something was LPF. I missed coming on here every day and reading threads and learning new things. Last night was quite foggy so I got some wonderful beamshots and had a great time out on my porch. Here are some pics starting with my lasers themselves:
My newest edition a single mode blue built into the Survivallasers stainless steel host. I have always loved Survivallasers host and I have wanted to build one with the conical focus adapter for years. I got this diode with driver for like $14 on eBay not a bad deal. it was advertised at 80mW.
![455nm SL stainless.jpg 455nm SL stainless.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60433-5353cc90ba946e27e0f35ac2155d29f4.jpg?hash=U1PMkLqUbi)
![455nm LPM.jpg 455nm LPM.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60444-0997477661fdc53a35e14aa34dcce426.jpg?hash=CZdHdmH9xT)
Here is a beamshot comparison between this and the 5W monster
![455nm beamshot.jpg 455nm beamshot.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60435-020c263301f29886de9cbba0d011e4dd.jpg?hash=AgwmMwHymI)
![5W beamshot.jpg 5W beamshot.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60436-2253c7f7b55c7480927a1710c5e9e5a9.jpg?hash=IlPH97VcdI)
Next up is my humble 473nm pointer I got through LPF way back in the day. I have always wanted more of this wavelength maybe I will have to give one of those DL modules a shot!
![473nm pen.jpg 473nm pen.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60437-0b69dc1b10a485a80a3989ff120bfc11.jpg?hash=C2ncGxCkha)
![473nm beamshot.jpg 473nm beamshot.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60438-eb16c32ba60f099755b69ee291115c24.jpg?hash=6xbDK6YPCZ)
She is a bit battered after weathering many a presentation, but I will never get tired of this beautiful color and the tightness of this beam. 3mW looks amazing in this heavy fog!
Next up is my 505nm unit I got off eBay. I love this host as it reminds me of a laser of mine that was lost/stolen long ago in a move. It was a 635nm unit I got from zRaffleticket and it was fun I miss the huge rectangle beam. My camera cant capture it and it looks almost cyan in the pics. Wonder how it will look when I get my 488 in comparison![Unsure :unsure: :unsure:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png)
![Ebay 505nm.jpg Ebay 505nm.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60439-f18089d367f240d4d28d86f2d6bb7312.jpg?hash=8YCJ02fyQN)
![505nm beamshot.jpg 505nm beamshot.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60443-1c1f8bb8c314314145f8084d66a5f718.jpg?hash=HB-LuMMUMU)
Next up is my 515/520. I've had this planned as a build since shortly after the diodes came out. I grabbed one of the lower power single modes but I didn't do anything with it until just a few months ago. I really enjoy this one. It reminds me of the first laser I built using a 532nm module from Dhgate or similar website into an altoids tin. Maybe someday I will get a 532 again!
![515nm SL C6.jpg 515nm SL C6.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60445-9eb835059192e9293b771da34700a490.jpg?hash=nrg1BZGS6S)
![515nm beamshot.jpg 515nm beamshot.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60446-ae0b13dce8185bb5bb6851298f03b1fe.jpg?hash=rgsT3OgYW7)
My newest edition a single mode blue built into the Survivallasers stainless steel host. I have always loved Survivallasers host and I have wanted to build one with the conical focus adapter for years. I got this diode with driver for like $14 on eBay not a bad deal. it was advertised at 80mW.
![455nm SL stainless.jpg 455nm SL stainless.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60433-5353cc90ba946e27e0f35ac2155d29f4.jpg?hash=U1PMkLqUbi)
![455nm LPM.jpg 455nm LPM.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60444-0997477661fdc53a35e14aa34dcce426.jpg?hash=CZdHdmH9xT)
Here is a beamshot comparison between this and the 5W monster
![455nm beamshot.jpg 455nm beamshot.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60435-020c263301f29886de9cbba0d011e4dd.jpg?hash=AgwmMwHymI)
![5W beamshot.jpg 5W beamshot.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60436-2253c7f7b55c7480927a1710c5e9e5a9.jpg?hash=IlPH97VcdI)
Next up is my humble 473nm pointer I got through LPF way back in the day. I have always wanted more of this wavelength maybe I will have to give one of those DL modules a shot!
![473nm pen.jpg 473nm pen.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60437-0b69dc1b10a485a80a3989ff120bfc11.jpg?hash=C2ncGxCkha)
![473nm beamshot.jpg 473nm beamshot.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60438-eb16c32ba60f099755b69ee291115c24.jpg?hash=6xbDK6YPCZ)
She is a bit battered after weathering many a presentation, but I will never get tired of this beautiful color and the tightness of this beam. 3mW looks amazing in this heavy fog!
Next up is my 505nm unit I got off eBay. I love this host as it reminds me of a laser of mine that was lost/stolen long ago in a move. It was a 635nm unit I got from zRaffleticket and it was fun I miss the huge rectangle beam. My camera cant capture it and it looks almost cyan in the pics. Wonder how it will look when I get my 488 in comparison
![Unsure :unsure: :unsure:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png)
![Ebay 505nm.jpg Ebay 505nm.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60439-f18089d367f240d4d28d86f2d6bb7312.jpg?hash=8YCJ02fyQN)
![505nm beamshot.jpg 505nm beamshot.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60443-1c1f8bb8c314314145f8084d66a5f718.jpg?hash=HB-LuMMUMU)
Next up is my 515/520. I've had this planned as a build since shortly after the diodes came out. I grabbed one of the lower power single modes but I didn't do anything with it until just a few months ago. I really enjoy this one. It reminds me of the first laser I built using a 532nm module from Dhgate or similar website into an altoids tin. Maybe someday I will get a 532 again!
![515nm SL C6.jpg 515nm SL C6.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60445-9eb835059192e9293b771da34700a490.jpg?hash=nrg1BZGS6S)
![515nm beamshot.jpg 515nm beamshot.jpg](https://laserpointerforums.com/data/attachments/60/60446-ae0b13dce8185bb5bb6851298f03b1fe.jpg?hash=rgsT3OgYW7)