Recent content by brando

yes, please :)

jeewhiz- it was hard enough to get all that stuff into those tiny places :D capacitor, 1n4001 and 4 Ohm resistor all went inside the aixiz- THAT was tricky 8-) LM317 and some wires weren't small enough to fit in the head AND keep the module straight... anybody tied cutting off the tab on the...

SenKat GB & Herbal tea ;)

While playing with my new laser last night, I noticed that some great reflections and refractions when beaming through the glass teapot- ...but having trouble linking images

ok, i know it looks pretty stupid to someone who knows about electronics when an unenlightend comes along and sees he can burn stuff with just a few old parts and make a cool laser... but wouldn't know a resistor from hole in the ground ;D I swear i did at least glance over all 37 pages of this...

yeah, i feel like i've read every post in every thread two or three times... in the heat of the moment though, you know :) a lot of learning yet to do ;D thanks very much for the insight!

ok, let's go for the most-posts-by-a-noob award ::) so i read a little on Ohm's Law in wiki and then turned my pot all the way up... bingo :-[ got laser 8-)

i've corrected the pins on my 317- the LED now works but I am still getting too many volts- fluctuates between 4.5 and 5.11 without an LED attached...  with an LED it reads 2.7v, with an LD 1.8v... running off 4x AA batteries (almost new) so is my 317 toast?

i think i found my problem... looking at aaron's diagram with pics, i see the middle pin on the 317 is OUT, not ADJ, as it appears it might be in the diagram from page one of this thread... trying that now...

hi all- really cool forum here, got me all excited :) i had to go and buy 2 diodes from senkat, rip apart bunches of old electronics for various parts (incl diodes) and then visit the electronics store :) It sure is fun, but I am such a noob at electronics.... that's why I write for help now-...