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Star caps for 1.5 watt blue

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Does anyone know where to get star caps for a blue 1.5 watt laser? Do they need to be glass? PLEASE HELP!!!
 





IsaacT

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If they are not glass you will likely melt the lens. I would say definitely glass. Dunno where to get them tho, srry m8

Isaac
 
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Wow, O-like is great for their selection of glass pieces and such to mess with it looks like. not bad, not bad. i wonder if those caps would fit my blue ice focus adapter. it is threaded. :thinking:
 
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Ask Yob... he is familiar with those caps. Based on picture, my guess is no, but hopefully I'm wrong:p
 

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Are those lens caps glass and coated for 445nm? I would be worried about light reflecting back on the diode and such...

If you want a star field laser get one of the 50mW/100mW greenies with them built in much simpler!
 
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Are those lens caps glass and coated for 445nm? I would be worried about light reflecting back on the diode and such...

If you want a star field laser get one of the 50mW/100mW greenies with them built in much simpler!

I don't know whether they are coated or not.

About the back reflection, that's what I thought too for the longest time. Apparently not really an issue though. I'll see if i can find the thread where it was brought up.

Agreed on the star field mini projectors... they can be had for <$25, set it, and forget it... the individual beams are under 5mW, although I still aim mine at the ceiling or corners of rooms.
 

IsaacT

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THIS THREAD Discusses the idea that back reflection is really a nonissue, and that heat buildup is the more immediate enemy.

Hope that helps....I remembered which thread Infinitus was referring to because it happened in a thread I started haha.

Isaac
 

jakeGT

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Are they glass though? Because 1.5W at acrylic wouldn't be good!
 

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1.5W into acyrlic is fine, the issue originally was the black outer part of the plastic Aixiz lens melting, not the actual lens itself.
 




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