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

[paul1598419]

Hi Alex,
Ok i need to machine the adapter for it , so it fits properly.
@SGD.,
I was surprised at what it did to the beam profile also , not to bad on curbing the divergence issue for a 638nm beam.
@ Paul,
I haven't made a RED in a long time so with the BE it willl look cool and the 3X size don't look awkward on the host.

Rich

R

Rich, I was wondering if you could take a power reading through the BE as I think it might be clipping the beam as it goes through it.

 

[Lifetime17]

Hi Paul i will sounds like a good idea, just need to machine an adapter to fit his heat sink.

Rich

 

[paul1598419]

Thanks, Rich. This is important information about these 3X BEs as the input lens could clip it, or the output lens might as well.

 

[RedCowboy]

The 3X input is 8mm wide in the clear, so from a 3E or G2 to the 3XBE input I doubt would clip, but it could over expand and clip at the output lens which is 25mm and the expander is actually 3.3X .......actually I would be surprised it clipped much at all.

I see clearance on both sides although from the camera angle it looks like the diode is possibly pressed a bit crooked or maybe the adaptor was not fully seated, or that BE could be out of parallel, but I do see both edges and the 8mm wide input clipping is not likely over that short primary to input distance.

How wide is the exit of a 3 element lens....5.5mm, the divergence out of the primary would have to be ridiculous to clip the 8mm input only what, 1/2 an inch, maybe 3/4 away.

Is the red diode more divergent than the NUBM44 ? it's the same at the worst I do believe.

Here's a NUBM44 with a 3 element printing on a 3XBE, it clears both sides.

Even if a 3 element clips the red diode which they all do, it's part of the reason for the 70% power transmission, it's worth it on my 638nm because it looks so much better, I suppose a G2 could clip, but I wouldn't use a G2 with a 638nm without cyl correction anyway, the spot is a really ugly long line/rectangle.

 

[Lifetime17]

Hi Red,
Ok for starts this BE has been through the mill, i use it for fitting the threads correctly. The lens are dirty a bit and it deserves a purple heart for giving me service. So as to your superb calculations that i am always interested with. My BE it on borrowed time buddy. Time to buy a few more after the Chinese New Year.

Rich

 

[RedCowboy]

I have 8 of the 3XBE's and one was out of parallel from the start, I will use it's input with my own output lens later. It can happen, but they are great for the price and made a big difference on my 638nm.

 

[Lifetime17]

Hi Red,
I am going to buy a few for testing the one i have now is shop laden and a tool . I am starting to like them more now.

Rich

 

[Alex2893]

this is a nice laser and the Be expander adapter works great. With g2 lens i get over 900mw and with 3 element i get only 600mw as i think it clips the edges of the wide axis. with the g2 lens and the beam expander i get similar divergence to the 3 element lens but with over 800mw. much less loss to get better divergence. i need to order a bunch of beam expanders lol

20180226_215358 by Alex Littig, on Flickr
20180226_215055 by Alex Littig, on Flickr
20180226_215026 by Alex Littig, on Flickr
20180226_210442 by Alex Littig, on Flickr
20180226_210403 by Alex Littig, on Flickr

 

[Lifetime17]

Hi,
Nice beam shots glad to see it working , looks awesome enjoy it. Those BE are really great for some of the diodes we use.


Rich

 

[Richie89]

Well I got the NDB build a few days ago and forgot to post it, I love it! Me and Rich had a discussion the other day about how cool these slow ramp up features are on these drivers, I wish they all were like that, this one has a slow ramp up that takes about 5 second to hit it’s full 2.8 watts and I really like that feature, I would do this to all my drivers from now on but I have no idea how to actually do this

 

[paul1598419]

Yes, the slow ramp up is great. I hope it will increase the lifespan of these over driven diodes. But, that remains to be seen.

 

[Lifetime17]

Hi,
Yes i miss this feature on the SXD drivers. Lazeerer used to add tis to the drivers on request and you could choose the time laps of the start up. I wish all the SXD's had this ..

Rich

 

[BobMc]

this is a nice laser and the Be expander adapter works great. With g2 lens i get over 900mw and with 3 element i get only 600mw as i think it clips the edges of the wide axis. with the g2 lens and the beam expander i get similar divergence to the 3 element lens but with over 800mw. much less loss to get better divergence. i need to order a bunch of beam expanders lol

20180226_215358 by Alex Littig, on Flickr
20180226_215055 by Alex Littig, on Flickr
20180226_215026 by Alex Littig, on Flickr
20180226_210442 by Alex Littig, on Flickr
20180226_210403 by Alex Littig, on Flickr

Nice beam shots Alex, I’m impressed! :drool:

 

[Richie89]

You know it’s funny, I remember a lot of people on here sell lasers because they usually say that it sits forever and they never use it so they sell it, and I always thought I would never let a laser sit and never use it, but that was when I only had 3 lasers now that I’ve got like 20 I find this happening quite a lot, for example I bought a Jetlasers Equality 462nm from Razako about 8 months ago and I’ve literally used it twice, and the NDB build I bought from you I’ve only turned it on a couple times and it will probably sit for 6 months until I use it again,
But I think this is only because as of right now I’m in collecting mode and trying to buy as many lasers as possible because I want to finally say I have a 100 laser collection
So I guess the point of this story I’m blabbing about is that Rich, I’ll can’t wait to finally one day have 100 lasers and have a special section or case with just “Richard Builds” lol!
And of course some builds from other members like EP Badboybilly and jayrod to name a few.

 

[Fruits]

Just received the 495 build Rich. Thanks so much will post a review and completed trade post shortly.

 

[Richie89]

Hi,
Here is a nice custom host with a PL520/Flex Drive set to 220mA/G2 lens /1X14500.
140.00 +7.20 2nd Day Priority Mail..
Thank You Rich

I wonder why my PL520 build is putting out so much power for the same diode you’re using and mine is supposed to be 220ma driver as well, and when I put my only G2 lens on it it hits around 100mw. Could be that the driver is more than 220ma but I don’t have a way to test it. Unless mine is on the verge of exploding :thinking:
Anyways rich good luck with the sale