diy HOUSING?????

[gn0stik]

Anyone know a good replacement for a module housing? I know it's ridiculous, but for time sensitive reasons, I need something fairly quick that either fits, or I can do some minor drilling to to make fit a stonetek/aixiz 16x dvd burner diode. Problem with mine is that the part of my housing that I was going to use that holds the lens (the plastic part) got sorta melted a little by the last diode that was in it, and I didn't discover this until just yesterday. Unfortunately, I tried to put it back on and it's a bit cross threaded now. ack. So, I have a module housing, but no decent lens for it. It's there, but not very adjustable.

So, has anyone had any luck MacGyvering a housing?

with all these diy threads, pretty soon someones gonna start talking about starting from raw earth materials. LOL. "First you smelt the ore..." hehe.

Rich.

 

[Photon_Pharmer]

Hi,
I've seen people use the threaded barrel of a mechanical pencil to make a lens holder that can be adjusted.

 

[gn0stik]

Wow that's brilliant!!, I'll have to look around for one the right size.

Thanks man!!

 

[equlizer]

anyone have a project like this that could post pics?

 

[ZANE]

Ya, great idea- Id love to see that

 

[desslok]

Hi,
I've seen people use the threaded barrel of a mechanical pencil to make a lens holder that can be adjusted.

I've seen that as well, it was either on metacafe or instructables if I remember correctly.

 

[clwatkins10]

yes, it was on instructables

 

[gn0stik]

Here it is!!!

http://www.instructables.com/id/Home-Made-Collimator/

Thanks man!

Finding a metal mechanical pencil with similar construction would be ideal.

I have lots of lenses.

 

[clwatkins10]

ya, metal would also look nice and be more durable (if thats what you meant)