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FrozenGate by Avery

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its not bad. do you have soldering/electronics experience? if not it might be a bad deal. also you could have bought it all a little cheaper if you went to the buy/sell/trade section here. but if you are happy with the purchase don't let anybody bring you down. you already bought it so make the best of if!!!!! also go to www.rog8811.com for a turorial on how to build and test your driver. good luck.
 
That is not the only site. Quite a few of our members have small e-storefronts while others offer laser assembly assistance, and yet more offer pre-made lsaer build kits that should suffice for anyone. Chip suggested the B/S/T section and I second that! You can usually muster up some pretty sweet deals or get in on group buys.


-Mike
 
Well I'm new to the laser forums and laser making so yeah I'll take your advice in the future cust.
 
Yep, the information in this forum is priceless for laser builders. I was fortunate that my friend roSSco had turned me on to this forum before I started my first build. I got the majority of the parts I needed at a good price through the sellers here.
 
Yea, the cost isn't THT bad... The only thing I'd say though is to BE CAREFUL WITH THAT CAPACITOR... it's there to help you, but it can really scr*w you big time if you mess up.

Just trying to get it instilled in your mind, so you learn the easy way rather than the hard way (by hard way I mean I broke probably 7 or 8 Blu-ray diodes because of it). Basically, make sure everything is correctly soldered BEFORE you ever power it on. If you do power it on, and you forgot to solder something... disconnect the battery, and SHORT OUT THE CAPACITOR (you just touch the leads of the capacitor together, such as with a wire or something). Then solder anything which isn't done, and reconnect power.

Sorry for the CAPS, I just don't want you to be sad like I first was... It took me like 8 diodes before I got a nice, working laser (mostly because of bad soldering - I blame the wire, it wasn't copper... I think it was practically aluminum or something).

And not to drag on or anything, but it looks like it didn't come with a diode (not Laser diode, I mean regular diode), it protects against reverse voltage. Really, you don't need it, so long as you make sure you connect the positives and negatives correctly. If you mess up, the diode will also break.

Well, good luck :) and welcome to the forum, you're gonna love it hear. Sorry if I scared you lol :)

Edit: okay, I kind of see now that he basically said the SAME thing in his description^^. Well, I guess it can't hurt to warn twice ;)

2nd edit: Ohh yeah, almost forgot to warn you like every new laser enthusiast... you should get a pair of protection goggles, especially if you plan on burning things/shining it around the house a lot. Certified goggles can be found here, but cheap goggles can be found here (I personally recommend them, but there is plenty of controversy), OR if you are REALLY too lazy... at LEAST wear a good pair of sunglasses (some sunglasses block UV light rather well, others are horrible - check first on the side/edges of the glasses).
 
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mm You scared me with that big paragraph. I'm not very fond of reading. XD Haha thanks for the info. Also I heard sunglasses make it worse if you get the laser into your eye.
 
since you aren't fond of reading, you can always go to youtube and do the kip kay hack and see where that gets ya!!!!:whistle::undecided::na:
 
I already tried that hack before I joined this forum. It worked but the laser wouldn't focus o.O.
 
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