Sale thread/ Hosts/Heat Sinks/Focus adapters/lasers

[Lifetime17]

Hi GSS,
Well when I get some time , going to build 575nm module in a 3X18650 host , side switch , rear safety switch . Just need to get a few jobs done first . Was thinking about some translucent yellow powder coating . The sink will have a shelf for the SXD driver .

Rich

 

[Shotgundrums]

575nm module WOW!! translucent yellowwould look cool. I think for this WL a brass body would look sharp, too. Yeah, there’s the tarnishing aspect. But, that cleans up easily. Lemon juice works fast to untarnish all copper alloys and isn’t harsh like Brasso.
575:drool:
SGD:beer:

 

[paul1598419]

White vinegar or dilute acetic acid works better to remove tarnish from copper than the citric acid in lemon juice. Try it sometime. I usually follow it up with acetone to remove the acid and water once the tarnish is removed.

 

[Shotgundrums]

Hell Yes!!

 

[Shotgundrums]

Double Post
Rich! Fellow Laser nuts! Beam shots pending.
NDG7475/Driver: Ordered. But, I’m going to Alaska for work for a couple weeks. It’ll be here when I get back...should be anyway.
SGD :beer:

 

[Lifetime17]

Hi SGD,
We will be waiting I'm sure it will be a great build . Alaska!! better bring your long johns with you Brrrrrrr..

Rich

 

[Lifetime17]

Hi,
Good question will he be going to that base ??

Rich

 

[Shotgundrums]

Elmendorf/JBER?

Hi,
Good question will he be going to that base ??

Rich

Alaskan & Rich
Yup, JBER. Ol’ Redflag
It’s really nice around this time Rich. It’s cool at night.

 

[paul1598419]

I was going to say that this is the time of year if you are going to Alaska. Here in Western Washington it was 72* F for the high yesterday and last night it got down to 55* F. Can't beat that for August weather, IMO.

 

[Lifetime17]

Hi Red,
Did you ever get a chance to use the 18mm and the 16mm couplings. Would like to know if they made focusing any better. As you suggested in a previous post about a 20mm or a 16mm coupling with an inset to press in a 9mm diode might try it if it's worth the time on the lathe...

Rich

 

[RedCowboy]

They work great for getting a good beam out of NUBM/NUGM GBall diodes with the GBall can left intact, the 18 and 20mm are good with a 3 element final focus lens and the 16mm is good with a G2 final focus lens.

There's a bunch of the NUGM01, NUGM02 and the new NUGM03 diodes at auction on ebay right now, also I have a NUBM49 coming that's the highest rated NUBM so far, at least that's what's advertised, I will test it when it arrives.

The standard 12mm module works just fine with your couplers and then it all slides into a heat sink, if you made diode modules with an extra 16 or 20mm worth of threads then the backwards G2 would need to be run in with a screwdriver only there's no screwdriver slots on the backside, so your couplers work really well in 16 and 20mm lengths just the way you are making them.

 

[Lifetime17]

Red
If this helps I have the rear tap and die for the back male threads for a 12mm copper module

Rich

 

[RedCowboy]

Just today received my NUBM49, at 4.5a with the GBall intact and a backwards G2 followed by forward G2 I get 4.9w.......so in the interest of science I popped the can off and tested with just a single G2 @ 4.5a and got 5.4w which is about right as the GBall and extra G2 eat about 5% each, worthwhile to preserve the diodes lifespan, the important part is we can preserve the lifespan of bigger diodes to come should they be GBalls. :beer:

 

[Shotgundrums]

This is becoming very fascinating!! Great work, guys!! I’d Rep ya if I could:beer:
SGD:beer:

 

[Lifetime17]

Hi,
@ Red glad to see these different size brass couplings working for the NUBM & NUGM diodes with a G ball lens . Cant wait to see one in a host all together with the divergence factored in Reducing the line to a decent dot or closer. Great work Red awesome..
@ SGD,
Thanks for the kudos buddy glad your interested these are cool and working so far.

Rich

 

[DTR]

Would love to see some new custom hosts for the 21700 cells. Looks to me like the ecig community will probably aggressively adopt and push the end user availability of these cells outside of commercial applications. 26mm cells are a bit fat to be comfortable to hold for the tube based ecigs, 18mm ones are nice but the desire for higher capacity was there. The 20700's and 21700's seem to be the answer for that. I recently decided I needed to ditch all my old Li-ions after one of my LG's near melted on me. Most have been used and abused, wrappers all torn up, countless cycles, many times over discharged and even my chargers are showing some strange quarks at times so for safety time to ditch everything and start over.

Went on the hunt and the 20700's and 21700's immediately grabbed my attention when pulling up illumn.com(formally illumination supply) one of my go to places for Li-ions since lighthound closed up shop. Went on ECF and and CPF for a bit of reading and ended up getting some new vapor mods that take 21700's and ordered some new chargers, 18650's and some 21700's. Been using them for about a week and love they seem to last several days where I would be swapping out 18650's at least once a day.

Anyway was thinking some hosts that could take 21700's and even which would be easy given already working with a larger diameter accept 20mm modules stright out instead of the 12mm. For higher power builds I can see moving away from 18650 hosts in the future toward 20700/21700 hosts.

Just like vapor mods I have enjoyed the 26650 builds I have done in the past but they are not as comfortable to hold or lug around as 18650 ones even with my bear paws and with that diameter accepting 20mm modules would be pretty easy plus with the push from things like the ecigs we should start seeing a lot of branded/binned versions (as in AW, Efest, KeepPower, Vapecell, ect...) which are binned and rebranded versions of cells from major manufactures like LG, Panasonic, Sony, etc.. I got some branded by VapeCell and checked out a few reviews and testing threads on them over on CPF seem pretty decent. Bummer AW is down and not sure if out for the count but someone will step in to fill that void of a high quality, trusted to be highly consistent rebranded cell supplier.

Here is what I picked up if interested. Got a few of the 4.35V 18650 cells and all new chargers which can detect and charge them as well as most other common cells.