Recent content by LaserRanger

@AMooMooCow I feel exactly the same way you do and the time frame almost fits perfectly with mine.. Except I didn't go to aerospace school. I went into depression around 2012 and lasers really kept me going... I'm doing better now. I didn't get diagnosed but what you've experienced, I have also...

You have any of those small hosts? I really liked those

@Lifetime17 you're absolutely right about the wavelength, this is my favorite out of 10 diodes I purchased. In my eyes there's a few that show significant difference ranging from turquoise to aquamarine in color. That difference quickly fades away when trying to get a picture :/ and other people...

Sorry for the double Post but I finally figured out I can upload them if I crop them out of a bigger picture The g8 is still a really good lense. It works fantastic for this diode even if the box is still present just look at that beam

@paul1598419 @steve001 I am using my Samsung Galaxy s9 and I haven't tried imgur yet I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, does anyone have pictures of the raw output of the 488 sharp diodes? I have seen some weird line of light on every diode I've tested for this wavelength. I'm confident...

I am having a really hard time uploading the pictures. I have tried cropping them, taking them in low resolution but yet they are still too big to upload

@DTR Don't get me wrong buddy, this is an amazing lense. I am currently using it on my 405nm bdr-209 running on about 600mA on a single 10440 lithium and I gotta say it's doing a wonderful job. Best I've used so far with that diode. As for the 488nm sharp diode, it might be a special case since...

@paul1598419 Well I'm gonna have to slowly buy good drivers to replace the ones I have at the moment Tha KS buddy. I like the small boost driver on his website. The microflex was it? I believe you recommended it to me at one point I believe

@Lifetime17 yeah that's what I currently have on it and the artifact is noticeable on acrylic and even more so on glass lenses. @steve001 you're spot on as I also noticed that the diodes that have reflection lines on the raw output have the box artifact and the reflection directly correlates to...

@lasersbee is the offer good for someone else? Lol I want to get my hands on an LPM but I didn't have the money put aside yet until recently, are there any offers for lpf members? Best regards Luis aka Laser Ranger 😎👍

Hey Paul, is there any thread where laser drivers are discussed? Not necessarily from a specific vendor but like reviews or test results of every driver available in a single thread so they can be compared and such... Ive searched in its section of the forum but I haven't found much info on most...

Sorry for necroposting, but I still got the box artifact on my low wavelength 488nm diode.. It doesn't seem too different from everything else I've tried..

Sounds like what I do on my free time lol I start with a low bid and go back to it every now and then to see how it's going. If it's getting high I do not bid until the last minute or less so as to not increase the price but only on very select items

What's the lifetime of the diode once you remove the gball? Does it die fast too?

Sorry for necroposting but I couldn't help it.. You mentioned someone sniping the 488nm labby possibly by another lpf member... Well I wasn't lpf member yet and neither was I using a sniping service.. I was able to win the auction for 30.99 and here's proof