Pen Lite Host

[The Lightning Stalker]

So I was at My Nards the other day and they were having a sale on pen lights. It has a nice
anodized aluminum body, perfect as a heatsink. (is a bit thin though) Takes 2xAAA cells,
incandescent lamp

Any ideas on what diode I should put in?

 

[Lazerbeak]

Checkout Pman's inexpensive builds thread. A lot of good ideas there. There are a couple of similar hosts

http://laserpointerforums.com/f51/pman-special-85150.html

~ LB

 

[SKeeZ]

Put a laser in it.

 

[The Lightning Stalker]

Thanks. Lots of good ideas there.

 

[Javalin]

Lightning Stalker,

We seem to be on the same exact wavelength... :crackup:

http://laserpointerforums.com/f72/1930-eveready-penlight-pic-heavy-85359.html
http://laserpointerforums.com/f45/m67-hand-grenade-520nm-85784.html

What's your next idea... I could probably guess :na:

To answer you OP I think a nice reasonable red would look nice in there. Nothing too powerful to keep the duty cycle long (unlimited?) and extend battery life. I tend to drain my batteries in my "Laser of the day" rather quickly.

 

[The Lightning Stalker]

Yeah. I've been watching you and handing out ++reps along the way. I agree. A red would look nice -
probably nicer than what I'm actually going to put in it. I have a need for a 405nm though for setting UV
glue and have a 405nm diode out of a GGW drive. That is what's going in failing some large shift in the
energies. Here are some spechts of the build:

• 6x GGW diode
• Driver: Illumination Supply Micro Boost
• Host: Menard's "ToolShop" Penlite as per the above
• Thermal: Custom burn one turn one (on the lathe) heat sink
• Optical: Probably the original sled optics as per TunedCavity's "Super Lens" hopefully set into the
  above heatsink

Build thread forthcoming

 

[NO4H99]

great choice with the 405, hopefully you can get a good duty cycle.

Will be looking for the build thread - I'm a big fan of pen lasers.