Beamshots of my 445nm 1+watt handheld

[twenglish1]

Some beam pics of my recent 445nm 1+watt laser build, casio projector diode running at 1.25amps

The laser:

And now for some beam shots:

The best in my opinion:

And some others:

And a shot with my overpowered chinese 532nm

 

[upaa27]

Nice first shots! I would make the photos a little more clear though.

 

[twenglish1]

Pictures were taken with a cell phone camera, will have to try with a better camera

 

[marcuspeh]

Awesome shot! (Other than photos a little blur)

 

[BansheeJames]

How long did this build take? cost?
Looks great! kudos

 

[twenglish1]

Thanks! and it took me about 10 mins to assemble and cost was probably about $60 - $70, purchased laser diode and modules from ebay, and driver, heatsink, batteries, and host from survivallaserusa, also built a 2.5 watt since this post, that thing is wicked!

 

[10fenny]

I just did that build a few times. I went with copper module/heatsink and driver pill though so it was a lil more spendy, But I like the heavier feel..
Oh and good luck on the cellphone pics.. im in the same boat where ill take like 20 pics and end up with two good ones