Recent content by Grimm

also, this one has a plastic insert that holds the circuit board up in the housing, how do i get this out? it wont fit past the threads for the battery tube...

thats pretty much what i was thinking. If i did it, I would aim at a large wall of a warehouse from across a local farm. that way it could be low enough to get a measurement but big enough surface to hit easily :)

i think it could be worth it to do some field tests on this. set up the laser at something mundane near the outskirts of town on a tripod, then have your buddy drive the XX miles to the target and call him when you fire it out there. would be fun to measure your beam and log the distance (maybe...

after taking this one apart some, i see the module does not look like many of the ones here, its got a large brass backing with the crystal mounted to the middle on a post while the lens is on a plastic tube that screws into the backing brass. i may just have to leave this one as is and buy some...

Thats what i was thinking, but where would i find a heatsink for the internals?

hey guys, i just got my first medium power Green laser when i went to FRY'S in Portland. I really like it and its very bright (visible beam and all) but it seems to get a little warm and then cut power down. if its outside the cool air helps prevent this bit it seems like it does it more often...