Hah I use to get in trouble from people for saying stay away from kipkays videos, when he was big and causing people to ruin their stuff he was a bit of a noob then he went ahead and learned some more and updated a lot of his information.
As for the mod it would take far 2 long your cigar, I use to be a cigar smoker and even the cheapos do not deserve such treatment. Just get a cheap butane jet lighter, you will like it a lot more than spending 20 mins using the laser.
I think you would make a better use of your time and money by buying a premade laser, most can burn just fine and you will like it a lot more.
find a good cigar lighter.
filthy habit I quit all nicotine 11 months ago, not one slip up.