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I recently bought one of these lasers, mostly wanting it for the host.
I gotta say I was a bit dissapointed about the internals of the host, I realize that a 200mw 650 isn't going to be dissapating that much heat (about half a watt as heat?).. but the heatsink resembled more a set screw then a sink, and the module wasn't even properly pressed in, more glue really.
However, I bought this thing for the host, so I didn't really care that much, I just placed the 660 module into another build. Im going to throw an M-140 into there instead and see where it takes me. (not planning for this to be a high power build, Im more then likely going to run the diode at ~500mw)
Right now my heatsink is a "blank" so to speak, as I need to figure out how I will make my diode module (the lens screws into the host itself, and not threaded into the diode module like how the aixiz modules are built).
So once my lens arives and I figure out a ballpark distance to that my diode needs to be away from the lens, then I will finish the heatsink.
(I have some room to play with the focus, but I would like it to sit as close as possible to the base of it, the end goal is a fixed laser to infinity)
But at the end, when the module will be pressed into the sink, it will sit something like this:
Another thing I desided to do was sandblast the main body of the host. two reasons for that.
1. The finish was a bit flawed with some chips in the anodization
2. I absolutely hate writting and logos on hosts (any host!)
More to come later, waiting on some parts and still deciding how I want the module to turn out.
Also deciding weather or not to leave the middle with a sandblasted finish, polish it, or re-anodize it... feel free to throw some suggestions.
I gotta say I was a bit dissapointed about the internals of the host, I realize that a 200mw 650 isn't going to be dissapating that much heat (about half a watt as heat?).. but the heatsink resembled more a set screw then a sink, and the module wasn't even properly pressed in, more glue really.
However, I bought this thing for the host, so I didn't really care that much, I just placed the 660 module into another build. Im going to throw an M-140 into there instead and see where it takes me. (not planning for this to be a high power build, Im more then likely going to run the diode at ~500mw)
Right now my heatsink is a "blank" so to speak, as I need to figure out how I will make my diode module (the lens screws into the host itself, and not threaded into the diode module like how the aixiz modules are built).
So once my lens arives and I figure out a ballpark distance to that my diode needs to be away from the lens, then I will finish the heatsink.
(I have some room to play with the focus, but I would like it to sit as close as possible to the base of it, the end goal is a fixed laser to infinity)
But at the end, when the module will be pressed into the sink, it will sit something like this:
Another thing I desided to do was sandblast the main body of the host. two reasons for that.
1. The finish was a bit flawed with some chips in the anodization
2. I absolutely hate writting and logos on hosts (any host!)
More to come later, waiting on some parts and still deciding how I want the module to turn out.
Also deciding weather or not to leave the middle with a sandblasted finish, polish it, or re-anodize it... feel free to throw some suggestions.
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