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Hey all! So, I finished my 2nd DIY build a while ago actually. I've just never gotten around to actually posting pictures of it.
ANYWAY, getting down to it, I love this host. It's nice and small and sort of fits the apparent power output of the 6x 405 nm in there. Even with its size I approximate an infinite duty cycle, as it never seems to get more than just warm.
I'm running it off 184 mA, using a Ghostdrive2. It works great, and fits the size of the host perfectly.
I really do love this laser! It's powered off of two CR2 batteries, a size I've never heard of until I made this laser. The batteries I had gotten are rated pretty well (600 mAh) and don't seem to need recharging for a good amount of time... It's been a good month or so of moderate to heavy usage and the batteries are still around 3.7 volts!
Though the seller of the batteries was a tad ridiculous. He had sent them via Parcel Post and thus it took a good week or two to get here. I'm used to so much quicker shipping times I was getting a little peeved...
The only thing that kinda bugged me about the host was the clicky switch... when I finally had everything together I clicked it and nothing. I was concerned until I finally managed to narrow it down to a faulty tail switch, and spent a good 2 hours dismantling it and fixing it. God that was frustrating! :tired:
But, the switch works now; it's just sort of... soft, I guess. It still clicks, but it's not as firm and reassuring as most clicky switches are really supposed to be.
I got the Host from Silvershot; He had sent me the host a while ago and is still currently awaiting payment for it .... It's sort of a long story, but I'll get it worked out.
Here it is all apart...
Here's it actually lasing. I love 405 nms.
It makes a nice bright spot on the wall! You can also see the beam pretty decently in a dark room.
One of the neat things I love to do with this is to take my glow in the dark cap and turn it on. It acts sort of like a diffused flashlight and is pretty easy on the eyes. It's nice and bright too! I loved the way the picture of it turned out.
Thanks for reading!
ANYWAY, getting down to it, I love this host. It's nice and small and sort of fits the apparent power output of the 6x 405 nm in there. Even with its size I approximate an infinite duty cycle, as it never seems to get more than just warm.
I'm running it off 184 mA, using a Ghostdrive2. It works great, and fits the size of the host perfectly.
I really do love this laser! It's powered off of two CR2 batteries, a size I've never heard of until I made this laser. The batteries I had gotten are rated pretty well (600 mAh) and don't seem to need recharging for a good amount of time... It's been a good month or so of moderate to heavy usage and the batteries are still around 3.7 volts!
Though the seller of the batteries was a tad ridiculous. He had sent them via Parcel Post and thus it took a good week or two to get here. I'm used to so much quicker shipping times I was getting a little peeved...
The only thing that kinda bugged me about the host was the clicky switch... when I finally had everything together I clicked it and nothing. I was concerned until I finally managed to narrow it down to a faulty tail switch, and spent a good 2 hours dismantling it and fixing it. God that was frustrating! :tired:
But, the switch works now; it's just sort of... soft, I guess. It still clicks, but it's not as firm and reassuring as most clicky switches are really supposed to be.
I got the Host from Silvershot; He had sent me the host a while ago and is still currently awaiting payment for it .... It's sort of a long story, but I'll get it worked out.
Here it is all apart...
Here's it actually lasing. I love 405 nms.
It makes a nice bright spot on the wall! You can also see the beam pretty decently in a dark room.
One of the neat things I love to do with this is to take my glow in the dark cap and turn it on. It acts sort of like a diffused flashlight and is pretty easy on the eyes. It's nice and bright too! I loved the way the picture of it turned out.
Thanks for reading!
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