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Had this laser for a while now, i think i knackered it trying to pot mod it AAAAGES ago. Anywho i found it in my desktop drawer after educating myself alittle bit from your forums.
My brother went and bought one of those FAKE 240mW green lasers from eBay, after i told him not to, which turned out to look 10mW MAX SO i used a knife to take off the end (Remove diode, case, driver etc from the host) and pot modded it for him, it now looks like a 100mW. I know it doesnt hav an IR filter but hey, he doesnt use it anyway :-?...
ANYWHO, so this laser i found in my drawer was only rated <5mW so i tried to open it up the same way i did with my brothers 240mW (Push a knife between the silver and black rubber parts to remove the "glue" then force it apart with the knife), but this didnt work, i tried using a vice and a set of pliers...didnt work, tried using 2 sets of pliers...didnt work...lol u know what im getting at :
HOW THE F*&$ do i open it? I mean...look at it now lol its a write-off. I only want to get to the diode and whatver else is in there (See some green crystal ). Any ideas that might help me get at them? Heres a pic:
Knackered Host
Crystal Shot - maximize to see the glimmer
Also, if i got those crystals, could i use an 300mW+ 808nm diode to make a powerful greeny? Obviously id use an IR filter too, but would that be plausible? Cheers for ANY info / help!
My brother went and bought one of those FAKE 240mW green lasers from eBay, after i told him not to, which turned out to look 10mW MAX SO i used a knife to take off the end (Remove diode, case, driver etc from the host) and pot modded it for him, it now looks like a 100mW. I know it doesnt hav an IR filter but hey, he doesnt use it anyway :-?...
ANYWHO, so this laser i found in my drawer was only rated <5mW so i tried to open it up the same way i did with my brothers 240mW (Push a knife between the silver and black rubber parts to remove the "glue" then force it apart with the knife), but this didnt work, i tried using a vice and a set of pliers...didnt work, tried using 2 sets of pliers...didnt work...lol u know what im getting at :
HOW THE F*&$ do i open it? I mean...look at it now lol its a write-off. I only want to get to the diode and whatver else is in there (See some green crystal ). Any ideas that might help me get at them? Heres a pic:
Knackered Host
Crystal Shot - maximize to see the glimmer
Also, if i got those crystals, could i use an 300mW+ 808nm diode to make a powerful greeny? Obviously id use an IR filter too, but would that be plausible? Cheers for ANY info / help!