Recent content by Flammenfaust

even a 5-10mw can be irritating to the eye. I would assume that direct contact could cause some damage. I have had some reflection outside with my 1.4w 445nm that was uncomfortable. I could not imagine taking a direct blast.

I usually fail to the safe side with lasers and eyes.. You only get one set of eyes, so I would ALWAYS recommend glasses and common sense when using lasers that could even "potentially" damage your vision. If you think it might hurt you then stop til you get protection. My two cents, but I...

awesome!! turns out i am (was) missing the smaller lens. I ordered a new 3 element and everything is back to normal.. actually it seems more powerful. do they make acrylic(plastic) lenses that are less efficient? It would seem that with the new glass lens i can burn stuff alot faster.. Not...

If it helps.. I ordered a new 3 element lens from https://sites.google.com/site/dtrlpf/home/glass-lenses super cheap .. and it worked like a charm.. actually it seems to be MORE powerful. Were my old lenses possibly plastic or something.. and the glass is better?? whatever the reason YAY...

all i have is the "thick" piece. It has convex surfaces on each end. I dont remember if there was another glass piece that went in the tube as well, if so it is gone.. I tried to reverse the thick part and I put the spacer in first and also tried the spacer in last, same result each time. I...

thanks a ton! i looked everywhere for the missing pieces. so for a blue laser I would imagine I would order the 400-500nm package?

I have had this laser for like a couple years, and today when I took it out to use the lens seemed out of focus. I adjusted it too far out and the assembly fell out in pieces. I dont remember if there was another lens, but it will not focus to a dot anymore. If I unscrew the lens and hold it...