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Ok, so this is my first time posting, though I've read through several threads on this forum. Bear with me, and please let me know if I'm posted in the wrong way or place; I'm not really sure what I'm doing. 
Anyways, as the title states, I'm planning on doing my first build soon, and I THINK i have SOME kind of idea of what I'm doing but I'm still unsure about some parts. So I want to make a 100mw 405nm laser that is built into a flashlight body. This is a low end, low cost build, so i want to keep cost down as much as i can (to a reasonable extent) while still having nice quality. So i know i need a 405nm diode obviously, and also a module to mount it in, a driver for the diode, and the flashlight itself right?
For the diode i am thinking this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-100mW-405nm...ps=63&clkid=8321799352428391535#ht_1359wt_905
For the housing, i plan on getting these as i will be making many builds, are these good modules for high powered lasers too?:
http://cgi.ebay.com/12-X-30mm-laser...ltDomain_0&hash=item53dd6727cd#ht_1403wt_1139
As for the host, i had this in mind, due to its low cost, but i'm open to almost anything if you guys have suggestions:
http://cgi.ebay.com/CREE-LED-Lamp-5...lashlights&hash=item41565b385c#ht_2963wt_1139
As for driver....I'm totally lost.. the impression i'm getting is that i need a flexdrive or something, but they cost like 20 dollars, which would be a large percentage of this build. do i really need something like that for 100mw-200mw stuff? If anyone can shed some light on this for me, it would be greatly appreciated; all the info I've searched through is utterly overwhelming, on both this site and many others. i know the info is here, but i just don't grasp it all. Also, i suppose batteries will be based on what the driver i end up with runs on right? so that can be picked last i guess.
As for the heatsink, i plan on making my own since the ones I've seen were relatively expensive and i have a CNC mill and plenty of aluminum sitting around. But if anyone has a host picked out that is easy/cheap to get one for, i would consider it i guess, but i don't mind making my own.
Thanks in advance guys! Please correct me on anything wrong!
Anyways, as the title states, I'm planning on doing my first build soon, and I THINK i have SOME kind of idea of what I'm doing but I'm still unsure about some parts. So I want to make a 100mw 405nm laser that is built into a flashlight body. This is a low end, low cost build, so i want to keep cost down as much as i can (to a reasonable extent) while still having nice quality. So i know i need a 405nm diode obviously, and also a module to mount it in, a driver for the diode, and the flashlight itself right?For the diode i am thinking this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-100mW-405nm...ps=63&clkid=8321799352428391535#ht_1359wt_905
For the housing, i plan on getting these as i will be making many builds, are these good modules for high powered lasers too?:
http://cgi.ebay.com/12-X-30mm-laser...ltDomain_0&hash=item53dd6727cd#ht_1403wt_1139
As for the host, i had this in mind, due to its low cost, but i'm open to almost anything if you guys have suggestions:
http://cgi.ebay.com/CREE-LED-Lamp-5...lashlights&hash=item41565b385c#ht_2963wt_1139
As for driver....I'm totally lost.. the impression i'm getting is that i need a flexdrive or something, but they cost like 20 dollars, which would be a large percentage of this build. do i really need something like that for 100mw-200mw stuff? If anyone can shed some light on this for me, it would be greatly appreciated; all the info I've searched through is utterly overwhelming, on both this site and many others. i know the info is here, but i just don't grasp it all. Also, i suppose batteries will be based on what the driver i end up with runs on right? so that can be picked last i guess.
As for the heatsink, i plan on making my own since the ones I've seen were relatively expensive and i have a CNC mill and plenty of aluminum sitting around. But if anyone has a host picked out that is easy/cheap to get one for, i would consider it i guess, but i don't mind making my own.
Thanks in advance guys! Please correct me on anything wrong!
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