Ok, yeah, it's one of those "laser 303" variants.. I didn't know at the time and it was cheap with a coupon code..
BUT... for what it is.. is impressive for a beginning laser-ite (laserholic? laserfan?). Of course the sellers website stated 5mW... uh-huh. The sticker on the host states <200mW. Doubt that too.
Going with this as a general guide, and assuming it is correct: What can certain mW of laser do
This cheap thing should be about 100mW, probably 80mW more realistically. But we all know I am just guessing based on a chart on the internet, so.. yeah that. I'm certain it is nowhere near to 200mW, as the beam is somewhat hard to see in a daylight lit room indoors. Outdoors however, green lightsaber.
I am able to light matches, albeit with the heads sharpied black, it cuts through black electrical tape, but slowly, and etches and smokes black cd cases.
My thought before it arrived was to disasemble it and either pot mod it or replace the module. Think I'll just leave it alone. My brother has a green pen laser that takes standard 12mm modules, and I'm sure his is in the 5-20mW range.. perhaps I'll convince him to let me upgrade that to play around.
So since I am going on vacation (to Northern Michigan) next week, I'll be sure to play around with the new laser, but I look forward to placing a few orders and getting some DIY builders parts and constructing my own lasers from here on out.
I guess say what you will about the "laser 301/303" models... if you get a decent one, it does certainly draw one into the hobby and create a fascination with laser technology.
And yes, I use safety glasses for this wavelength laser.
BUT... for what it is.. is impressive for a beginning laser-ite (laserholic? laserfan?). Of course the sellers website stated 5mW... uh-huh. The sticker on the host states <200mW. Doubt that too.
Going with this as a general guide, and assuming it is correct: What can certain mW of laser do
This cheap thing should be about 100mW, probably 80mW more realistically. But we all know I am just guessing based on a chart on the internet, so.. yeah that. I'm certain it is nowhere near to 200mW, as the beam is somewhat hard to see in a daylight lit room indoors. Outdoors however, green lightsaber.
I am able to light matches, albeit with the heads sharpied black, it cuts through black electrical tape, but slowly, and etches and smokes black cd cases.
My thought before it arrived was to disasemble it and either pot mod it or replace the module. Think I'll just leave it alone. My brother has a green pen laser that takes standard 12mm modules, and I'm sure his is in the 5-20mW range.. perhaps I'll convince him to let me upgrade that to play around.
So since I am going on vacation (to Northern Michigan) next week, I'll be sure to play around with the new laser, but I look forward to placing a few orders and getting some DIY builders parts and constructing my own lasers from here on out.
I guess say what you will about the "laser 301/303" models... if you get a decent one, it does certainly draw one into the hobby and create a fascination with laser technology.
And yes, I use safety glasses for this wavelength laser.
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