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I've finally begun machining a laser host, oddly enough I did not use any of the 1200 designs I've spammed across the forum. Anyway, I have permission to produce some laser hosts! So I went in to the shop today and spent all day trying to teach myself mazatrol, and this is what I ended up with at the end of the day. Its made of 1" 303 stainless steel, and at the moment it is a little unfinished 
But thats where everyone else comes in, and the reason I've opened this thread. What would you like to see in a laser host?
What size? With what features?
Tailclicky or pen style pushbutton or something different?
What battery size and configuration?
What kind of finish? Polished, plated, anodized, powder-coated, etc...
Post your opinions here!!
And without any further delay, here is what I spent all day on
This is a pretty simple waterproof (it was going to be!) host. Obviously it isn't finished, but its pretty close. I ran into some clearance issues with the sides and needed to rework some stuff, but I ran out of time. Basically, the module (in this case a o-like green or aixiz) would press into the module, the cap would screw on and be sealed by a gasket inside the cap, and a o-ring on the tapered side. Like I said above this is 1" 303 stainless, and the finish is a bit rough but this is just straight out of the machine, no polishing or buffing or anything. I can do some pretty tight tolerance stuff, and some pretty tiny stuff (look at the insanely small rounded radius on each of the fins) Once I get some more tooling I'll make some hosts that a diode would press directly into, but first I need some really small tapping bits for the 9x0.5mm lens nut thread, and some really small facing bits for the pocket the diode sits in.
Anyway, here are some more pictures!!
And here is the progression, what I started with on the left, and what I ended up with on the right
I need a new camera, and a macro lens!
But thats where everyone else comes in, and the reason I've opened this thread. What would you like to see in a laser host?
What size? With what features?
Tailclicky or pen style pushbutton or something different?
What battery size and configuration?
What kind of finish? Polished, plated, anodized, powder-coated, etc...
Post your opinions here!!
And without any further delay, here is what I spent all day on
This is a pretty simple waterproof (it was going to be!) host. Obviously it isn't finished, but its pretty close. I ran into some clearance issues with the sides and needed to rework some stuff, but I ran out of time. Basically, the module (in this case a o-like green or aixiz) would press into the module, the cap would screw on and be sealed by a gasket inside the cap, and a o-ring on the tapered side. Like I said above this is 1" 303 stainless, and the finish is a bit rough but this is just straight out of the machine, no polishing or buffing or anything. I can do some pretty tight tolerance stuff, and some pretty tiny stuff (look at the insanely small rounded radius on each of the fins) Once I get some more tooling I'll make some hosts that a diode would press directly into, but first I need some really small tapping bits for the 9x0.5mm lens nut thread, and some really small facing bits for the pocket the diode sits in.
Anyway, here are some more pictures!!
And here is the progression, what I started with on the left, and what I ended up with on the right
I need a new camera, and a macro lens!
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