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I have been interested in Lasers for a while, and since now i can make enough money to buy DVD drives and diodes to make lasers i have decided to sign up for laserpointerforums 
i am 16 years old, and i live in maryland, i am very computer savvy and know almost all there is about hardware and software practical to computers, i program and stuff in my spare time.
i have read all the intro and basics stuff, and im pretty good at electronics and physics to be able to do most stuff myself, i will be building my first laser, and will post in the red lasers section if i have any problems or questions.
hopefully i wont destroy the diode
i managed to take it out of the drive already but i need to build a driver, i have all the parts needed xept for the LM317, the only damn part radioshack was out of.. damn...
i am 16 years old, and i live in maryland, i am very computer savvy and know almost all there is about hardware and software practical to computers, i program and stuff in my spare time.
i have read all the intro and basics stuff, and im pretty good at electronics and physics to be able to do most stuff myself, i will be building my first laser, and will post in the red lasers section if i have any problems or questions.
hopefully i wont destroy the diode
i managed to take it out of the drive already but i need to build a driver, i have all the parts needed xept for the LM317, the only damn part radioshack was out of.. damn...