What is Wrong with my Dimming Laser?
My Osram PL-515 with a Lazeerer Super Miniar Driver has seemed to diminish in brightness. I've thought this for a while. It used to be much brighter. I had Pman LPM the diode for me at 5mw and he...
View ArticleHolo effect?
I am waiting for some beam expanders I have ordered to arrive and was just testing spot size at 50 - 70 feet, the good old 7875 is still a solid diode and looks like about a 10 x 50mm bar at 50 feet so...
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Mitts 500 WL shift due to amperage decrease/increase. Thoughts
Hey folks, Help me wrap my mind around something. When we talk about wavelength shift the first thing that comes to mind is the gain we achieve with the 462s. My Ndb7576 spectro'd at a whopping 471nm @...
View ArticleNub m47-a1
Can anyone please help me find a ma to mw graph for the NUBM47-A1 diode? I wanna know what ma creates what power but can't find a chart. Any help is greatly appreciated.
View Articleoclaro 700 638nm first build advise.
okay so I ordered the host, heatsink, driver pill and current of about 1amp. ill be ordering the oclaro700 soon from DTR. I just wanted to see if anyone had any tips for me? this is my absolute first...
View ArticlePositive Feedback - Podo and Celticlaser1
Just wanted to use one post to give positive feedback to 2 great users who I made purchases with. First up is CelticLaser1 I replied to an old post from Coconuts about buying some of the uranium...
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Laser & Flashlight BEAMSHOTS
Had this weird idea, so since I don't have a fog machine or any way to produce some sort of fog, I thought of closing off my bathroom, burning a facial tissue (burns quite slowly if it's just sparked,...
View ArticleAre these glasses good enough?
I was looking to get a Sanwu 2.5 watt blue laser. I have little experience, and was wondering if the goggles from Sanwu were decent enough until I got a better pair. The goggles are on the bottom of...
View ArticleBest Tripod?
Hello all! Laser noob here! I recently got my 1600mW 445nm blue laser from laserbtb and WOW... This thing is amazing. I will post a small review with some pics sometime next week (after finals...) if I...
View Article1800mw 470nm
https://youtu.be/RQ7s-Fj42nI Check out this awesome laser built for me by Alien Laser.. Its a 470nm 1800mw with a "lightsaber" host. Here it is burning though a wooden paint stick like it's nothing.
View ArticleThick line laser
Hey, I am trying to find a configuration for creating a thick (~10mm) laser line, fan angle around 35°. From what I understand the moulded plastic lenses or rod lenses need a narrow and focused beam to...
View ArticleSciFi vs. Jet Lasers' and PLE Pro mini review
Hello fellow laser peeps, thanks for the nice greeting. This will be my first real post so go easy on me and just let me kno if I break any rules (post in wrong place etc.). first off I gotta say sorry...
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"new" pics 5/15/16
These pics were taken about a month ago using 10 glass tubes filled with water and set up in a "wide "V" formation on top of two long mirrors. To start with I used two 405, 460, 520, 589, and one 650...
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For Sale: SF501b 455nm blue laser "as is". $50
Selling my SF501b 455nm blue laser, which was originally a 1.51.8W. It no longer outputs the way it used to, which means the diode may be fried, or something else is wrong that needs fixing. It only...
View ArticleSanwu Glasses?
I was looking to get a Sanwu 2.5 watt blue laser. I have little experience, and was wondering if the goggles from Sanwu were decent enough until I got a better pair. The goggles are on the bottom of...
View ArticleQuestion about Osram PLP450 diode driver from DTR
Hi, does anyone know what current is the driver set at here? (the one with a 3-element lens and a driver)
View ArticleVideo review: 500mW 532nm and 600mW 635nm Lasers from XPL!
Here's some information that I didn't include in the video: The company XPL is also known as "S&H Laser". Here are the links to the two lasers: 500mW 532nm Green 600mW 635nm Red The lens threads on...
View ArticleIs the buy/sell/trade section operating?
I posted an ad back on Friday and now 2 more days have gone by and it has been neither accepted or rejected. The rules say that it has to be approved before it becomes visible. I assumed I'd be...
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