laser83
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I am livid today. I just got a new 300mW burner and it was working great for a day, however I lost the lens spring. I searched all over and couldn't find it. I decided instead of wasting my time crawling around I'd just replace the spring with a similar one. I replaced the spring and when I removed the lens to see how it fit, the spring got caught in the diode. I gently removed the spring from the diode but after that the laser would not work.
I have no idea why a spring would mess up the diode and what confuses me more is that springs are normally used between a lens and a diode. If there was that great of risk ruining it why bother. No clue what to do about this and I think I'd need a microscope to clearly see the diode.
The diode looks undamaged the 2 pins are fine but even with a magnifying glass it's very hard to see details.
Is it possible to fix the diode? Any ideas? Help please!
I have no idea why a spring would mess up the diode and what confuses me more is that springs are normally used between a lens and a diode. If there was that great of risk ruining it why bother. No clue what to do about this and I think I'd need a microscope to clearly see the diode.
The diode looks undamaged the 2 pins are fine but even with a magnifying glass it's very hard to see details.
Is it possible to fix the diode? Any ideas? Help please!