Recent content by karb0n13

The Teardown Ok I finally got impatient, and decided to crack open the host. Although it is now trash it will give me a reason to use this Garrity A300G as a host. Well here are some pics of the driver, heatsink and diode. In attempting to remove the module i accidentaly cracked the...

I was messing around with this laser again, and pulled off the adjustable lens and was shining the wide beam at the floor and noticed something odd. There were 2 points of focus! I looked down inside and saw the crappy plastic lens that was hot glued on to the module just above the diode and...

Alright I was able to pull the cap off of the laser and revealed the focus assembly. Over a half hour period I attempted to get the beam to tighten up, but was only marginally successful. I was able to take the beam from 1cm at 3.1m to 8mm at the same distance but could not get it any tighter...

Sorry i mis-stated myself it was 88RMB (thats yaun) or about $13. I had a decent 90mW laser some years back and used it ignite some fireworks fuses, so I figured that this wasn't near 300mW. As for the disassembly I'll pull the top off of it and try to get it focused a bit better, maybe make a...

Hello everyone! I'm kinda new here so please forgive and correct me if i am not following proper etiquette. I've been lurking in these forums for about a month now, but finally got a reason to register and post. My dad picked this laser up in China for 88¥ and it says its a 300mW, 532nm Class 3...