Hey everyone.
I came back here a few weeks ago to find a lot of exciting new developments.
I had some spare parts left from the days I built lasers more frequently so I decided to put them to use with a few new parts.
I built a chrome leadlight with the last x-boost super mini. I was kindly gifted this driver and I'm glad I had it saved because it seems they may not come back. The diode is one of DTR's 505nm diodes and I'm using the G-2 lens which I think is excellent for both low divergence and high power with single mode diodes.
It's running at around 100mA after tweaking it a bit and producing what seems to me like 50mW (just a guess but I think I'm in the ballpark).
This is my first time seeing this wavelength (from monochromatic laser light) and I think it's beautiful. It's distinctly different from and much more "blue" than 532nm but still unmistakably green. My display is calibrated and the color in my photos looks pretty close to what I see with my eyeballs. Maybe a little less blue.
Once this setup gets a test run over the next couple days, assuming there are no bugs and everything runs well, it'll get sealed up with the chrome pen cap and become a fixed focus pointer.
It's nice to get back into this hobby. I think my next project will be a 638nm super pen.
By the way, who knows where I can get a stainless steel focus ring made? Flaminpyro was my go-to guy but it seems he doesn't frequent this place anymore.
I came back here a few weeks ago to find a lot of exciting new developments.
I had some spare parts left from the days I built lasers more frequently so I decided to put them to use with a few new parts.
I built a chrome leadlight with the last x-boost super mini. I was kindly gifted this driver and I'm glad I had it saved because it seems they may not come back. The diode is one of DTR's 505nm diodes and I'm using the G-2 lens which I think is excellent for both low divergence and high power with single mode diodes.
It's running at around 100mA after tweaking it a bit and producing what seems to me like 50mW (just a guess but I think I'm in the ballpark).
This is my first time seeing this wavelength (from monochromatic laser light) and I think it's beautiful. It's distinctly different from and much more "blue" than 532nm but still unmistakably green. My display is calibrated and the color in my photos looks pretty close to what I see with my eyeballs. Maybe a little less blue.
Once this setup gets a test run over the next couple days, assuming there are no bugs and everything runs well, it'll get sealed up with the chrome pen cap and become a fixed focus pointer.
It's nice to get back into this hobby. I think my next project will be a 638nm super pen.
By the way, who knows where I can get a stainless steel focus ring made? Flaminpyro was my go-to guy but it seems he doesn't frequent this place anymore.