First RG Yellow Laser

[thebouljello]

For my first RG yellow laser build, I used red and green laser pens from ebay like these 3pcs Green Blue Violet Red Light Beam Powerful 5mW Laser Pointer Pen | eBay . The red runs off of a 2x AAA battery pack but the green runs off of a 9v because of some heat damage while I was soldering it. When both beams are turned on, the dot appears lime green but shifts to red slowly because the green DPSS laser is temperature sensitive.

 

[VirtueViolater]

Seems as tho you have them aligned pretty good. Looks like a fun project. Plus rep

 

[thebouljello]

Seems as tho you have them aligned pretty good. Looks like a fun project. Plus rep

Thanks, it was fun to build. Im thinking of adding a star cap.

 

[Trendkilla254]

I would love to see a complete build guide. Pictures of the inside would be awesome too! +rep

 

[Lifetime17]

I would love to see a complete build guide. Pictures of the inside would be awesome too! +rep

hi,
double yes on the specs me to lets check out the internals buddy. + Rep cool build !!

Rich

 

[VirtueViolater]

I third,
Let's have a look under the hood :drool:

 

[thebouljello]

The modules and filter were super glued. The two white .47 ohm resistors prevent the leads on the green module from overheating.

 

[VirtueViolater]

Awesome,
Simple yet effective. Aligning it must have been a pain

 

[thebouljello]

Awesome,
Simple yet effective. Aligning it must have been a pain

It was. I superglued the filter into place, but it was still unaligned after the glue dried. I had to press a piece of foam between the module and filter to correct it.

 

[VirtueViolater]

Did ya align it while it was on?

Looking back, this was my dumbest question ever....lol

 

[Pman]

Yes, the one I got from O-like was a pain to align. The big issue is they don't have the same divergence and without fixing that the beam will look different from different sides/angles.
Cool though. +REP

 

[thebouljello]

I aligned it while it was on to a point about 3m away. It would have been easier if the point was closer.

 

[CurtisOliver]

I aligned it while it was on to a point about 3m away. It would have been easier if the point was closer.

It would of been easier, but your angle of error would increase. I am thinking of building a laser mirror chamber to allow me to focus my lasers more accurately without standing meters away from the laser. Good build and alignment.

 

[VirtueViolater]

Hi CurtisOliver,
Is the picture in your signature something you did yoursrlf?

 

[CurtisOliver]

Is the picture in your signature something you did yoursrlf?

No unfortunately it is not something I set up, but is something I would love to have permission one day to do in the UK.
I saw this image and loved it. Who knows I am building a collection of wavelengths and am creating a black hole in my pocket due to this forum.
One day I might just be able to do it.

 

[VirtueViolater]

Lol @ black hole....this hobby is makind us all astrophysicists