Making our own Modules and Housings?

[glcon]

The place where I live we can't get laser housings / modules easily. And ordering online is is bit a pain in the butt for me. So, I have a friend who has a lathe machine, can I manufacture my own housings/ modules with the lathe machine. I know there are some housing standards like 12x30mm aixiz modules and all. And also I wanted to know, is the aixiz modules only modules we can get for diodes? I know we can make custom heatsinks and hosts with a lathe machine, so how about making our own housings?

Btw, Getting lenses would be a hard task, where can we find focus adapters and lenses? can we make them too?

 

[Tmack]

I don't see why not. As long as the measurement are correct, especially where the diode sits, there should be no problem. You can also have a direct press heatsink. The diode would be pressed directly to the heatsink. This method allows for even better heat transfer than the module method.

 

[glcon]

Wow! that's great. Always thought housings should only be bought. Thanks.

 

[Tmack]

Focus adapter are also easily machined. But there is no way around it, a lens must be bought.

 

[donaldwilkins]

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[The Lightning Stalker]

The hard part is where the diode presses in. It is very small and thus not easy to measure. It also
depends what size diode you want to press in there. For the 3.8mm you will almost certainly need a
custom cutting tool. Even the 9mm would require a tiny boring bar. Then to get the final dimension you
are talking ten thousandths of an inch.