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Let's start off with DTR, everyone knows about the extremely high quality lasers DTR makes, well, A friend of mine wanted a 445 Hotlight when he saw my two and I stumbled across DTR's sale thread so I told him to buy one off DTR. I told DTR to reserve me a kit but my friend was having PP troubles so DTR held the kit for 2 weeks!
When my friend finally paid for the kit DTR shipped it early the next day and it was at my friends doorstep in just over a week...
My friend soldered the loose wire to the contact point in the Hotlight and then brang it over so we could have some fun with it
We were lasin' around for a while and then I decided to look at the inside off the Hotlight... The first thing that caught my eye was the flexdrive coin nodded to a dollar. DTR was selling these with NJG drivers but he ran out and gave me a flex instead Thanks DTR!
The second thing that caught my eye was the wiring... Jordan is such a pro when it comes to soldering, everything is so neat!
I put together a little video (well, not that little) to thank DTR and hopefully bring a few more members here to LPF
Here's the thread >> http://laserpointerforums.com/f48/dtr-hotlight-burning-beamshots-65130.html
Tell me what you think about it
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Moving on to Jib77 now
I had an old computer PSU lying around and I thought I would convert it in to a lab unit, My plans were to make a adjustable voltage circuit using a lm338 IC... The problem was that Jaycar, an Aussie hobbyists shop had then for sale at a ridiculously high price of 17 dollars...
I contacted jib to ask if he would help me by including some parts in his next mouser order that he would then ship to me (for a price ofcouse) and he kindly agreed
He also recommended I get a LD 1084 instead of a lm338 because they have a lower voltage dropout, 10 uF ceramic caps to go across the input and output leads, a Heatsink for the IC and he found me a nice pot with a little knob on it
Rick also gave me heaps of advice and tips
Both of these guys are extremely kind, generous and helpful
I will post a thread/ tutorial on how to make an adjustable PSU because I think lots of people wouldn't mind having a PSU to test drivers, etc with...
I hope you were able to read everything above without falling asleep
When my friend finally paid for the kit DTR shipped it early the next day and it was at my friends doorstep in just over a week...
My friend soldered the loose wire to the contact point in the Hotlight and then brang it over so we could have some fun with it
We were lasin' around for a while and then I decided to look at the inside off the Hotlight... The first thing that caught my eye was the flexdrive coin nodded to a dollar. DTR was selling these with NJG drivers but he ran out and gave me a flex instead
Thanks DTR!The second thing that caught my eye was the wiring... Jordan is such a pro when it comes to soldering, everything is so neat!
I put together a little video (well, not that little) to thank DTR and hopefully bring a few more members here to LPF
Here's the thread >> http://laserpointerforums.com/f48/dtr-hotlight-burning-beamshots-65130.html
Tell me what you think about it
>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<
Moving on to Jib77 now
I had an old computer PSU lying around and I thought I would convert it in to a lab unit, My plans were to make a adjustable voltage circuit using a lm338 IC... The problem was that Jaycar, an Aussie hobbyists shop had then for sale at a ridiculously high price of 17 dollars...
I contacted jib to ask if he would help me by including some parts in his next mouser order that he would then ship to me (for a price ofcouse) and he kindly agreed
He also recommended I get a LD 1084 instead of a lm338 because they have a lower voltage dropout, 10 uF ceramic caps to go across the input and output leads, a Heatsink for the IC and he found me a nice pot with a little knob on it
Rick also gave me heaps of advice and tips
Both of these guys are extremely kind, generous and helpful
I will post a thread/ tutorial on how to make an adjustable PSU because I think lots of people wouldn't mind having a PSU to test drivers, etc with...
I hope you were able to read everything above without falling asleep
