Mini Blu-Ray Laser

[Spyderz20x6]

Just finished my PHR-803T mini laser!
It is simply stunning!! I LOVE IT!! It is way better than that wimpy old KES-400A BR i have, and significantly brighter than my PHR at 80mA. I am running it at 100mA, and i could see the beam in mid air!

It uses 3x AAA batteries, and is very compact, about 4 inches in length. Pics and beamshots will be up later today.

 

[jayrob]

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Sounds like you finished the little 'Pocket Pal' host and heatsink you got from me? How did the tutorial go?
Jay

 

[Spyderz20x6]

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Sounds like you finished the little 'Pocket Pal' host and heatsink you got from me? How did the tutorial go?
Jay

It was perfect!! Thanks a ton!!

Lol, i forgot to put the plastic piece on when i was soldering, so i ended up cutting it, then it shattered and i only put half of it in there

When i take a picture of it from afar, the dot looks wimpy on the camera... for a beamshot, do i have to use fog (never don beamshots, only "dot" shots)?

 

[jayrob]

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Yeah...blu-ray beam needs some smoke. Go into the largest room in your house in the dark, and let your eyes adjust to the dark for a couple of minutes....then turn that bad boy on!
Jay

 

[Spyderz20x6]

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Yeah...blu-ray beam needs some smoke. Go into the largest room in your house in the dark, and let your eyes adjust to the dark for a couple of minutes....then turn that bad boy on!
Jay

Alriiiiiiiiight!!! I'll be sure to try that!

I'll post pics of the actual laser, and it shining through flourescent dye.

By the way, your heatsinks are amazing!

 

[jayrob]

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By the way, your heatsinks are amazing!

Thanks!

Glad to see people putting them to use! Looking forward to those pictures...
Jay

 

[Spyderz20x6]

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[quote author=Spyderz20x6 link=1214456023/0#4 date=1214457652]
By the way, your heatsinks are amazing!

Thanks!

Glad to see people putting them to use! Looking forward to those pictures...
Jay[/quote]
Pictures are taken!

By the way, when i light matches, i saw that one of matches i used flourescences. I though putting phosphorous in matches was illegal...

Here is the unit itself:

 

[Spyderz20x6]

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The front:

 

[Spyderz20x6]

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Back view:

 

[Spyderz20x6]

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Any Washingtonians see my laser blasting into the night sky?

 

[jayrob]

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I commend you on your inventivness! Because I see that you mounted my heatsink the opposite way that I designed it. Making it more flush with the host. Good job!

By the way, the reason I designed it to stick out the front of the host a little, is to provide a little more room on the inside....positioning the module just a little more forward. This host is very tight for room on the inside, so you must have had a very tight fit with the heatsink mounted that way. Here's a comparison...the difference in room gained/lost, is .221 in. Almost 1/4", which is huge in that little host!

Jay

 

[Spyderz20x6]

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I commend you on your inventivness! Because I see that you mounted my heatsink the opposite way that I designed it. Making it more flush with the host. Good job!

By the way, the reason I designed it to stick out the front of the host a little, is to provide a little more room on the inside....positioning the module just a little more forward. This host is very tight for room on the inside, so you must have had a very tight fit with the heatsink mounted that way. Here's a comparison...the difference in room gained/lost, is .221 in. Almost 1/4", which is huge in that little host!

Jay

*gasp*

I didn't even know!! So that makes me like "super-flexible laser maker man", lol
Not really
To tell you the truth, i thought it would break because of the squeezing i was doing to screw the threads. The result: A small, sturdy, powerful laser.

By the way, was the heatsink supposed to go in from the top or from the bottom? Because i put it in from the bottom, but maybe i put the diode in the opposite way.

More pics:

 

[Spyderz20x6]

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Dye

 

[Spyderz20x6]

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Dark

 

[Spyderz20x6]

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More dye

 

[SenKat_Stonetek]

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Dye

YOU DYE ! Oh...sorry...what was I thinking ? LOL ! nice work, man !