Recent content by Muttyfutty

It is cheap, but I'm not in the US; I live in Malaysia. Shipping for a 1ft 1" piece of material costs $84.92! :confused: every hardware shop I've been to has only thin walled 3/4' diameter pipe... It looks like I don't have much of a choice.... Thanks anyways, Help is always appreciated...

Hi, sorry for the late reply... I have begun the search for aluminum... My school threw out a nice UPS which has 2 17Ah 12V batteries!:drool: The circuit board has a nice collection of 1/4" thick heatsinks. I calculated the density to be ≈ 2.65 g/cm3 which is close enough to be aluminum or an...

Re: New Fast Sled GB (inc. LPC-826) Hi, Roughly how much would international (to Malaysia) shipping cost? Thanks a bunch, Mike

Thanks, I'm debating with myself if I should risk getting the sled for a cheaper price. I have seen the video on how to extract the diode but the fact that its open 'can' makes me nervous; I have no experience when it comes to extraction. I think I will try a regular flashlight host and...

Thanks guys! I'll probably stuck to the driver in your link, as I would hate to get it wrong and stuff my diode... Sorry for the noobish questions but is there an issue with such a new member like myself buying after 2 posts? or should I hang around for a bit longer? Anyways... Since the...

Hi, I was browsing through the interwebs and I got sucked in to the whole "shiny lasers" thing. I scoured this forum, a fantastic knowledge base btw, looking up tutorials/hints and tricks etc etc. I'm looking at building a semi powerful ≈200mW red laser. I have a fair bit of knowledge about...