Recent content by cyber06wolf

okay.............i do appreciate the props on the common sense lol. the fact that i havent run out and bought a dvd drive, ripped the diode out, and ruined a perfectly good maglite should point that out....i kinda need help on selecting a driver. the amc7135 is looking to be the most common...

so....it's bad for my eyes, even to just look at the beam? or i should just get some on the offchance that it might reflect off something? it'll be a dvd-rw diode.

lol, okay, ill look into a driver.....so... what about the burning my eyes out? Im pretty sure its harmless...unless i point it at my eyes, but i wanna be very sure....

Okay. Complete noob. I wanna make a laser. But I dont wanna burn my eyes out. And I dont want to spend money and have the laser burn out in 3 seconds, so.... How long do the little mini maglite lasers last w/o a driver? Should I build one anyways? And, I know looking into the laser directly is a...