WOW, after reading this, i understand why my cousin's E3 100mw from WL was a POS.
after just one day of use, the pins from the diode going to the driver broke off the board. I figured i could just go in and solder it up real quick and put the thing back together...
inside was a mess. HUGE globs of solder in places that weren't even near any connections, seemed like they used a good 2 inches of .032 diameter solder to carry ground.
by the time i was about ready to put the whole thing back together, after i had done all my soldering (it was a pain with my clumsy 140W weller), i try to slide the housing and the driver back into the host, and the pins on the diode BREAK OFF AT THE BASE.
after browsing on here for a day, i understand why building my own laser is worth it, and i won't be gauging what i make off of any WL product ever again.
if this is an old thread sorry for gravedigging :x