Hello from Oregon
First off, great community you have here. I've been lurking for a while, and have seen a lot of friendly interactions. Quick Bio: I am a student of electrical and optical engineering in Oregon, and I...
View Article700mW Tùng Laser 638nm
Awesome red laser. I love the host. It's slightly visible during the day time and quite nice at night. About 3 weeks shipping. 10/10 Attached Thumbnails
View ArticleDiode glitch.
A few years back - quite a few years now - I bought a host from Ehgemus and installed a 638nm Osram diode into it. This laser has seen it all - hard drops onto concrete and brick. Sub-freezing...
View ArticleCooling chip ?
I saw a product Peltier Thermoelectric Cooling Chip 91 watt Peltier Cooling Chip : United Nuclear , Scientific Equipment & Supplies that cools on one side and heats on the other. Can this be...
View ArticleIncreasing laser output power
If you combine three lasers together with diacroic mirrors like RGB lasers. Would you get more burning power. Reason i asked is. That i have a 300 mw RGB and it doesn't burn. But 300 mw 532 surely...
View Article565nm From LaserLandAustralia
Lets start with an obvious question. What Color is 565nm ? Next. The One that everyone wants to know. The Wavelength. An Expanded view of the Spectrum. This DPSS laser has quite a wide bandwidth....
View ArticleHello from AZ
Hello folks! I've been an amateur enthusiasts of these gadgets for about 6 years. I've owned 15 or so different handheld lasers. I was active on this forum a couple years ago but lost interest for a...
View Articlelaserpointerstore or olike
Hi all I have a budget of $70 max for a 100mw green laser that has constant on and runs on either 16340 or preferably an 18650. i was looking at these 2 stores based on what i have read here on the...
View Article(A) Mineral phosphorescence
Often I use my 405 nm laser to see if it induces phosphorescence. Many do such as gypsum, titanium dioxide all of which give off a pale white light for a short time after excitation. But yesterday I...
View Article50(7)nm Chrome Pen
My inspiration to build this pen came when I came across RA_pierces 505 Chrome pen build. I just had to have one, too:D Thx, buddy!! View his thread here...
View ArticleHello from Israel!
Hi everyone! I'm Itay from Isreal and my main hobby is electronics, but recently I disassembled some laser diodes from CD/DVD drivers and got interested In them, so I came here to learn what I can do...
View ArticleLaser jigsaw table project - will it work?
Hello everyone, this is my first post here:) After disassembling some laser diodes from CD/DVD drives I was thinking, what can I do with them? then I saw some guys who made CNC engravers from them. My...
View ArticleLaserbee LPM's
Hi Guys , I just want to reach out to all who are looking for an awesome LPM. The LPM is from no other than Jerry of Laserbee Electronics. I contacted him in regards to the latest A10 RTA LPM , this...
View ArticlePretty Lifetime17 1x14500 Blue Build
I am a few days late posting this - life has been very full (typical w/5 children and a FT jobbie)...but I'm super happy to share this build with the community. As well as sing some more praises for...
View ArticleSanwu 488nm vs 492nm?
Hey All, It's been a while since I've posted on these forums. I've been inactive for a little. (Couple of years) Still enjoying the lasers that I have had all the time. I just got to a point in life...
View ArticleHappy Mothers Day!
Happy Mothers Day everyone! :wave: Don't forget to wish your mother or wife a happy mothers day, especially if you want to stay out of the doghouse. :yh: I think the US, Canada, and Australia, and...
View ArticleDropped my Custom built 445nm and it stopped working
Hey all, Crazy coincidence that I come back to these forums after years of being inactive hoping to buy a new wavelength laser that I don't currently have.... And then I drop my 445nm laser that I...
View ArticleNUBM44 build
I just finished my latest build. It is a 450nm NUBM44 in a 25mm Copper Module with a Super X-Drive set at 4.5A from DTR. The host I purchased off ebay. It's a 3 cell 18650 (convertible to 2 cell)...
View ArticleNew Sharp 487-492nm diodes
Hello again LPF! Today I'm sharing pics of my new 487-492nm diodes by Sharp. I have 3 of them put together at the moment, and I plan to make one more once I get my hands on a hot glue gun to keep the...
View Article4A Laser Driver
I'm fairly new to lasers but an old hand at electronics. I started working with lasers about 2 years ago and since then I've been hooked! I came up with this 4A laser driver recently and the one shown...
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