curios... if this is right

[kcscott11]

ok i just got my diode in and well hooked it up to my driver. tested it with a 9 volt. close up the dot is tiny and it burns
but when i shine it 3+ feet a way the dot get pretty big, like up to 5 inches across in a small room on the wall
is this just my optics, or the way they are? I was under the impression they would carry more distance than this without getting so big... let me know. thanks.

 

[k-shell]

is it an Aixiz module?

have you tried focusing it?

 

[daguin]

Read, my young padawan, read

http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1219161671

Peace,
dave

 

[thesk8nmidget]

post a picture of the setup.. my guess is you either have no module or just really poorly focused

 

[iohutom]

I think you didn't even put a lens in front of the diode, did ya?
edit: Sorry, i was wrong, you got the optics. Did you try to focus the beam by screwing the lens?

 

[kcscott11]

guys i got it i was just short on time cuz i built it on my lunchbreak lol. It was just challenging focusing it
and holding the wires on the battery at the same time, im waiting on my cr123s now... then itll be
in the flashlight!!