Custom Laser Hosts

[kurtwx]

Just because I have the tools I tend to build my own hosts. Both of these are a work in progress but getting there. Hex one it a 120mw bule and the one with the clear cover a 200mw red.


KW

 

[madleds]

those are some nice host, home built huh! Ive gotta ask, Is that a ddl driver and if so can I have a list of parts and stats of volts and ma's of the driver. I built my first ddl driver this past weekend and dont think I used that many resistors in mine. Did you mod this. Thanks Mike

 

[Swordofsalvation]

hey dude, do you sell hosts? if so, I am trying to make a lightsaber hilt to use a green laser modual in. if you do sell these, please let me no. it looks like you got some pretty mad skills. those hosts would look even better polished

 

[kurtwx]

To answer one question sorry I don't build hosts for sale.. I have a home shop with CNC and manual equipment but don't have the time to build the stuff I want let alone stuff for sale. Both of the hosts were built from solid stock and took some time. the one with the clear cover was 100% CNC so it was pretty painless. The one built out of the hex was mostly done on a manual lathe with a little CNC to do the radius on the front.
As far as the drivers go the hex one is just a Rckstar driver running and 803T diode. The one with the clear top is a Stonetek Sony red diode and the driver is sometthing I bought off EBay pre built a while back. I bought a dozen of the drivers for $5 each but don't remember who or where. I can't really speak to the design details but in general they are probably over built. The same circut can be built with one capacitor, on potentiometer and an LM 317.

KW

 

[Geneticz]

Looks really nice and sci-fi to me

Great job on making everything fit, seems like a pretty tight build.

 

[kurtwx]

I am probably going to put a pistol grip on the hex one to get that true ray gun look.

KW

 

[Geneticz]

Yeah, I am kinda thinking about buying a BB gun and installing a laser in it, would be really cool.