DIY Attaching Diffraction Grating to Lens Nut

[mhemling33]

So after seeing pictures of how cool multiple beams look with diffraction gratings I wanted one. So i ordered 6" diffraction film from feebay and it worked great except it was annoying holding it in front of the laser. So i decided to find a way of attaching it to my laser. I decided to go with gluing it to the lens nut. Here is some pictures of what I did. You don't need a 6"x6" piece you can make probably make 50 of them with this so buy the smallest piece you can.

 

[awillis2589]

Great idea +rep for this.

 

[mhemling33]

Great idea +rep for this.

Thanks!

 

[LarryDFW]

Lots of gratings are available.

Here one grating I use on my RGB portable:

LarryDFW

 

[jimdt7]

Very nice little mod...just make sure the film doesn't melt...:beer:

Jim

 

[mhemling33]

Very nice little mod...just make sure the film doesn't melt...:beer:

Jim

Thanks, thats what nice say it does start to a little just remove it and cut another little square and glue it on. Hopefully you would see smoke and stuff before it melted to the point it got on the lens.

Lots of gratings are available.

Here one grating I use on my RGB portable:

LarryDFW

That one is pretty cool

 

[jimdt7]

You could buy a glass diffraction grating, or maybe I can send you
one just for the cost of shipping :beer:

Jim

 

[mhemling33]

You could buy a glass diffraction grating, or maybe I can send you
one just for the cost of shipping :beer:

Jim

I was actually looking at them after I did this little mod and was thinking the same thing. They are on ebay for like $6 free s/h and it might be more to ship to the US. thanks for the generosity +1

 

[Livinloud]

simple yet effective! very nice job +1

 

[mhemling33]

simple yet effective! very nice job +1

thank you

 

[Livinloud]

i was planning on doing something similar with an IR filter and my 532nm. not the same focusing ring but when i do ill post some pictures.

 

[mhemling33]

i was planning on doing something similar with an IR filter and my 532nm. not the same focusing ring but when i do ill post some pictures.

nice to see your putting them on unlike the people taking them off :beer:

 

[Livinloud]

nice to see your putting them on unlike the people taking them off :beer:

well if i go blind it will be by a light that i can actually see and gets through my safety glasses, which is highly unlikely. better safe than sorry