First Build

[Kookapeli]

Ha Ha yeah, the other driver would of been a nightmare to fit !!!! I just used elecrical tape round the h/sink and seemed to have worked, the unused pin was shorting somewhere ??? so i had to use a little tape on there too.
yup, it's all flush now , now to figure out the focusing prob, it starts of fairly small, then goes smaller when you twist it then gadualy gets bigger, any ideas ????

 

[ped]

Nice build. +1 rep

 

[Morgan]

As in my PM. Try reversing the lens assembly. You should get down to a tiny dot.

M

 

[Kookapeli]

Here's a coupple of vids I made just the usual baloon pop and match burn

 

[Morgan]

I couldn't download the vids but if you're popping balloons and burning then it sounds like your focus is just fine! I doubt it'be doing that if there was something screwy going on.

M

 

[Kookapeli]

The beam w/out the lense on looks like this

 

[Morgan]

Ok, I was hoping to see if it was lop-sided and indicate if the diode was maybe in at an angle but I can't tell from that.

If it is doing the buring thing then I don't think you have too much to worry about. Get some smoke in the air and see if you can get a nice collimated beam. If that happens then I think you're fine.

M

 

[Kookapeli]

I can get a straight beam. I think it is just the way the lense is ??? I'm quite happy with it so I think I'll just leave it as it is just it was a little weird when I was focusing it



*Edit* I'll try n get a video of what happens up on Youtube !!! so you can see what happens