I have a story...
Once upon a time, I watched kipkay's flashlight hack video. I assumed he used the same driver as the one which came in the Aixiz housing, so I actually unsoldered the original diode and replaced it with the sony 140mW one! ha ;Dha, I was disappointed when I found out that the driver controlled the power, and the dot was a tiny bit brighter and a little more defined and better diverged, but more or less exactly the same as the 5mW! He leaves it kind of gray, I watched it over and over till I figured out that he was going diode direct. Well I've built two so far and abused the heck out of them and they both still work great! I only spent $12 on the diode and I'm actually testing it to see how long it lasts. http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1205047730 I’ve actually reconstructed it since those pictures (still no driver).
-But, it’s not a real “cool burning laser pointer” because I believe the power is around 40mW +/- (I don’t have a meter, just guesstamating!) I’m waiting on my parts in the mail and I will make a 200mW one (with a driver).
In conclusion, I don’t hate kipkay (hating is unhealthy…but then I didn’t kill any diodes
), but just as he needs a safety disclaimer, he should have a highly possible diode killer disclaimer, a build at your own risk disclaimer just to inform newbies, thus relieving the possibility of him being hated from those who wasted time and money to learn the hard way of what not to do.
The End.
Once upon a time, I watched kipkay's flashlight hack video. I assumed he used the same driver as the one which came in the Aixiz housing, so I actually unsoldered the original diode and replaced it with the sony 140mW one! ha ;Dha, I was disappointed when I found out that the driver controlled the power, and the dot was a tiny bit brighter and a little more defined and better diverged, but more or less exactly the same as the 5mW! He leaves it kind of gray, I watched it over and over till I figured out that he was going diode direct. Well I've built two so far and abused the heck out of them and they both still work great! I only spent $12 on the diode and I'm actually testing it to see how long it lasts. http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1205047730 I’ve actually reconstructed it since those pictures (still no driver).
-But, it’s not a real “cool burning laser pointer” because I believe the power is around 40mW +/- (I don’t have a meter, just guesstamating!) I’m waiting on my parts in the mail and I will make a 200mW one (with a driver).
In conclusion, I don’t hate kipkay (hating is unhealthy…but then I didn’t kill any diodes
), but just as he needs a safety disclaimer, he should have a highly possible diode killer disclaimer, a build at your own risk disclaimer just to inform newbies, thus relieving the possibility of him being hated from those who wasted time and money to learn the hard way of what not to do. The End.
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