Recent content by MattyMicroNips

The housing I salvaged from a 5mW laserpointer flashlight combo. The one with the bendy neck for the LED. Some of the ones you can buy only have plastic housings... but there are ones with the metal housings around. The diode I pulled from the sled was wedged into it's large heat sink at a...

Sorry about that. My tablet would'nt let me upload the files. Here are a few photos I snapped off with my BB and Transformer camera. I'm not sure how much detail you can manage to pick out from these photos. But here you go. I have also attached a picture of the circuit I'm using. I was...

I don't know if anybody is playing around with these diodes anymore. But I have managed to get one working. It's my first laser "hack" and it's totally ghetto. But ... I am pleased none the less . About two weeks ago I stumbled on a video that some kid and his "burning red laser" from old...