Pot moding my laser (new)

[sultonpeace]

Hey everyone i'm new to this forum and I bought a 5ms green laser from ebay about a month or 2 ago... and i have been watching these "mod" videos.... so i wanna mod my laser... the only problem is is that I cannot take the cap off!!! I saw another video on how to take the cap off but i don't have the brabch hemmer tool to kinda cut my way through it... what can I do to get the cap off, to get the diode accesible? or is there an easier way?

 

[Murudai]

Re: Pot moding  my laser (new)

Well, can you take a picture of the laser? It's always easier to see how to do these things if we can see what kind of model it is

 

[dasamking]

its a 20mw laser... and if you pot mod the laser it will drastically redice the life of the laser

 

[sultonpeace]

incorrect... it's 5mW from ebay the regular style as the true 30mW from DX

 

[styropyro]

incorrect... it's 5mW from ebay the regular style as the true 30mW from DX

I know this thread is a little old, but sorry, you can't pot mod those pointers. Usually turning the ones that have a pot does nothing because the crystals are already saturated. You are just going to have to buy a bigger one if you want more power.