*** BluRays for $25... ***

[TheMonk]

I got my blu-ray today too.


Thanks DDL

 

[toked323]

got mine i built it , it was awesomely beautiful, then as usual it burt out thats my 4th diode burnt out

 

[jayrob]

got mine i built it , it was awesomely beautiful, then as usual it burt out thats my 4th diode burnt out

Man, that's a bummer. What current/dirver/batteries?
Jay

 

[Daedal]

got mine i built it , it was awesomely beautiful, then as usual it burt out thats my 4th diode burnt out

:'( :'( :'(

Sorry to hear it Toked... :-[

--DDL

 

[Daedal]

I got my blu-ray today too.


Thanks DDL

Glad it made it safely...

--DDL

 

[Daedal]

thanks deadal for the fast shipping i got my blu-raytoday and they work great.

Thanks sooooo much,
Mitch

You bet.

Happy to hear it Mitch;
DDL

 

[toked323]

@ jay, it was an elly mod and everytime i turned it off then on it dimmed so i added more current my max was 45ma

 

[jayrob]

@ jay, it was an elly mod and everytime i turned it off then on it dimmed so i added more current my max was 45ma

I just fried my 1st and only blue ray. I was doing some testing and measuring and made the mistake of re-connecting the diode to a 'charged' silicon diode/cap. I know better than this, just got in a hurry. Lesson learned. Now I'm really anxious to try and get a couple of more diodes!
I trust DDL will be posting with the blue ray GB again soon. I hope...
Jay

 

[toked323]

hey daedal i have found your secret side as a psp programmer haha look at the resemblance

 

[amkdeath]

deadalus was an ancient painter artis and inventor, and a genius

deadalus is also an adjective sed to mean very smart, or complex

 

[bcroft]

DDL do these BR have a high Vf? i'm wondering because chimo made a boost circuit for a BR and he said the LD he used had a high Vf and any LD with a lower Vf could be over-driven.

 

[kingjamez]

I got my blue's in yesterday as well. By this morning I had a wonderful blu-ray laser! Thanks DDL!

This is a very odd laser, my eyes have a hard time focusing on the beam and it "freaks out" most who have seen it. I love it!

I went conservative on my driver circuit and used a 33 ohm resistor between pins 1 and 2 of the LM317. I still get a nice beam, but have little chance of blowing it up. I suggest a similar approach if your running only 1 or 2 of these diodes.

-Jim

 

[SargeMX5]

I got my blue's in yesterday as well. By this morning I had a wonderful blu-ray laser! Thanks DDL!

This is a very odd laser, my eyes have a hard time focusing on the beam and it "freaks out" most who have seen it. I love it!

I went conservative on my driver circuit and used a 33 ohm resistor between pins 1 and 2 of the LM317. I still get a nice beam, but have little chance of blowing it up. I suggest a similar approach if your running only 1 or 2 of these diodes.

-Jim

So you skipped the potentiometer?

 

[Skram0]

Got mine yesterday. Thanks for all the hard work Daedal. Really appreciated.

 

[joenobody]

Hey DDL,

Has all the 4th GB been sent out already? Still awaiting on my 4. (I got the 4 sleds you sent for my boy, thanks!) Please post any updates when you get a chance.

There is a single axis defraction grating lens (I am guessing that is what you would call it) inside the Blu-Ray sled that produces about 90-100 dots in a straight line. Very cool to mount into a WL cap set. Produces a nice 100 dot line that fans out darn near at 90 degrees from lens. (there is also a small piece of glass that is mounted to the backside of one of the other lenses that does the same thing) Very cool w/ fog-rain, and while snowing at night, awesome!

Thanks, Joe

 

[kingjamez]

So you skipped the potentiometer?

Yep, really don't need it if your shooting for a fixed current.

-Jim