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Looking into the lens it looks like the light reflected is reddish/orange/yellow maybe? I don't see any blue. It's the standard Aixiz lens that comes with the module when ordered on hightechdealz Oddly enough I think the "odd light" as shown in the picture is perfectly lined up with what the...

Hey all! I've been promising pictures for the last month or so for my first laser build, housed in a Zippo lighter. It's based off of Rog8811's Lighter build, but slightly different. Here's the pictures! Closed Casing: Open View. Wires slightly visible on the left, I'd be sad if you cut...

Wow that is a pretty beastly battery! However, I think the Blu-Ray diodes like 9 volts right? That'd be sweet to have a few of those in series though! Or maybe I'm missing something and just 1 of those batteries would work...

Hey ssok, It looks like you and I had similar interests in that we both wanted a laser that fits in your pocket, and the lighter host is just very cool because it's not only "concealable" but it also does the job of a lighter to a small extent (though I won't ever actually use it to light...

I'm no iPod engineer or anything but I've done my fair share of iPod component replacement and mods... but here's what I think: You may be able to just get away with just bending the battery ribbon to fit, and then holding the ribbon in place with a piece of electrical tape, because that is all...

I'm not sure if anyones used that specific flashlight so I don't know if anyone will be able to help in terms of a step by step tutorial... But this was something I found from the tutorials thread that is relevant and you may be able to do something similar to what he did...

Alright I've got all my questions and complexities figured out. A little update: While testing my circuit on the laser, I accidentally killed my diode because I didn't discharge the capacitor when connecting the leads, after having powered the driver without a load.... oops. This happened a...

Yes Morgan, thank you that helps a bit. But then this brings up another point of confusion for me... why does Rog bridge his Case and Negative pins on the laser? "Solder a pair of wires to the LD (solder the neg pin and the case pin to the same wire to make the laser negative earth)"...

The diode, positive battery contact, and driver are isolated, as you stated. http://www.rog8811.com/batteries%20in01.jpg (Picture from Rog's build) As seen in the picture, the brass that he uses to make the negative spring bar touches the brass on the bottom, which goes back up to the driver...

One more question... Does anyone know if the metal inside on the Zippo lighter is conductive? The brass that contacts the negative of the battery will also be contacting the inner lighter. Not sure if I need to insulate the inside or not.

Those are nice safety glasses! Is there any other place that sells them? Those seem to ship from a different country, and shipping costs almost as much as the glasses do! ($20). I'll still buy them if they aren't available anywhere else, though I was looking at the O-Like safety glasses but they...

Wow, thank you so much Asherz! That diode, driver, and module you linked to on HighTechDealZ is everything I'm looking to buy, only with the convenience of not having to extract or press the diode! Very nice. I think I'll make a make-shift heat sink if I can find a block of aluminum. Also...

Haha yeah I definitely don't intend to use it as a lighter. I'm just looking for something fun and challenging to build, and I also just very recently started getting into lasers. I've definitely been spending a lot of my days recently reading up and I'm starting to have a good understanding of...

Ah yes sorry I should have been more specific. I'm looking at this one: Laser lighter - It can be done

Hey all, I'm completely new to the laser scene. However, I do have experience wiring and building arcade sticks and controllers for gaming consoles, so I'm not completely incompetent. :o I studied Rog8811's guide on how to build a laser into the Zippo lighter, and I understand where all the...