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Hi, how is everyone? First I want to say it is great to find a forum with so many people who have an interest in lasers, I hope to learn as much as others have here. I was always interested by lasers ever since I saw my first one, that had the shape changer on it but that was many years ago and now I would like to attempt to build my own. I was talking to a guy who recommended this site and who built his laser from instructions here, it is a 650nm 300mw which runs on solar powered batteries. I believe he used similar instructions to the flash light dvd hack but I am not sure. If any one could lead me to the right tutorials to build this design, I would appreciate it. Thanks.