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So I bought an MUBM08 from Jordan to see if I could tell the difference between it and a 450/462 or was it going to be too close to a 450 to notice any difference. I decided this time to not push the diode as I actually wanted 455nm.
The host is a simple C mag that I had sent to Ehg about a year ago for a simple heat-sink and to my surprise the sink was actually a 1/3 deeper than the D mag I had sent. They both fit the same way so it's just how the mags are built.
Here is the mag already sired and ready to go:
Here's the complete module I purchased from Jordan:
Pressed the module in and of course there's some arctic silver thermal grease between the module and sink:
I had purchased a bunch of aluminum and copper sinks recently on Ebay from a US seller and here's a nice chunk of copper glued to the driver with Artic Alumina epoxy:
Kind of got carried away with the epoxy. I was going to use the main sink for the driver but I found out that the tube of the C mag would not allow the driver to sit properly on the sink so that is why I ended up using the copper one and then gluing the copper sink to the main sink partially over the center main sink hole. What you can't see is the driver sink sits just below the edge of the driver so only the copper sink is touching the main sink sinked to the sink
I didn't bother shortening the wires between the driver and switch because I had plenty of room for the wires to fit:
Here's the (2) 18490 AW IMR cells with adapters to fit the tube without rattle:
What I ended up using for the focus knob was an extra that went to a CNI unit that has a sliding shutter. The fuzzy piece is just a piece of cloth that I put between the knob and sink so that there is no gap. You don't see it unless you take a pic like this pointing it out:
18 year old cat that still chases her tail and acts like she is 2. Laser crazy and sheds white fur everywhere.
Yes, I originally mislabeled what the diode was:
Label fixed this morning:
That is not a scratch on the head, it's a reflection
What you really care about. As usual, blue tends to show up a bit more violet than actual. It is 5.6W+
Comparison shots between 1.6W 450, 5.6W+ 455, 2.2W 462, 6W 470, 4W+ 473+. Keep in mind it's deceiving how they really look because of the output difference.
I'm happy with the way it turned out as you can see the difference between wavelengths. In other words I recommend buying a 455nm and not pushing it to maintain 455nm.
In the near future I will be making a thread or threads showing the difference between the same wavelength with multiple units. It REALLY matters which bin diode you happen to get and how hard you push them.
If you want to see the recent 07E 473+ D mag build I recently made here's the link. It looks like I finally have all the pics at 800x600:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f65/pushed-hard-07e-465nm-d-mag-amazing-color-i-haven-t-seen-98134.html
The host is a simple C mag that I had sent to Ehg about a year ago for a simple heat-sink and to my surprise the sink was actually a 1/3 deeper than the D mag I had sent. They both fit the same way so it's just how the mags are built.
Here is the mag already sired and ready to go:
Here's the complete module I purchased from Jordan:
Pressed the module in and of course there's some arctic silver thermal grease between the module and sink:
I had purchased a bunch of aluminum and copper sinks recently on Ebay from a US seller and here's a nice chunk of copper glued to the driver with Artic Alumina epoxy:
Kind of got carried away with the epoxy. I was going to use the main sink for the driver but I found out that the tube of the C mag would not allow the driver to sit properly on the sink so that is why I ended up using the copper one and then gluing the copper sink to the main sink partially over the center main sink hole. What you can't see is the driver sink sits just below the edge of the driver so only the copper sink is touching the main sink sinked to the sink
I didn't bother shortening the wires between the driver and switch because I had plenty of room for the wires to fit:
Here's the (2) 18490 AW IMR cells with adapters to fit the tube without rattle:
What I ended up using for the focus knob was an extra that went to a CNI unit that has a sliding shutter. The fuzzy piece is just a piece of cloth that I put between the knob and sink so that there is no gap. You don't see it unless you take a pic like this pointing it out:
18 year old cat that still chases her tail and acts like she is 2. Laser crazy and sheds white fur everywhere.
Yes, I originally mislabeled what the diode was:
Label fixed this morning:
That is not a scratch on the head, it's a reflection
What you really care about. As usual, blue tends to show up a bit more violet than actual. It is 5.6W+
Comparison shots between 1.6W 450, 5.6W+ 455, 2.2W 462, 6W 470, 4W+ 473+. Keep in mind it's deceiving how they really look because of the output difference.
I'm happy with the way it turned out as you can see the difference between wavelengths. In other words I recommend buying a 455nm and not pushing it to maintain 455nm.
In the near future I will be making a thread or threads showing the difference between the same wavelength with multiple units. It REALLY matters which bin diode you happen to get and how hard you push them.
If you want to see the recent 07E 473+ D mag build I recently made here's the link. It looks like I finally have all the pics at 800x600:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f65/pushed-hard-07e-465nm-d-mag-amazing-color-i-haven-t-seen-98134.html
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