go on ebay and u can find the same pen that's ships from America for 5.50 free shipping. I have ordered many of them and they have all worked and come within about a week. heres a link:
5mW 532nm Mid Open Green Laser Pointer Pen Powerful Light Beam Black | eBay
if u want a fairly powerful laser at a good price I would recommend getting a laser from laserpoint.com. I have seen a lot of bad reviews about them but I decided to take a chance and ordered a 200mW violet laser for around 25$. It took around 28 days to come but it was free shipping from...
i did not mess with the crystals if the crystals are in the diode. i don't have a multimeter. I connected the 4.5 holder and it did the same thing.
All I did when I took the laser apart was mess up the host and the spring bent off of the driver. it originally took 2 AAAs.
when I do that the tip of the laser diode lights up red but there is no ray and its a green laser. I have no idea why.
Could the diode or driver be damaged?
I was being stupid and I took apart my laser because I thought I could easily modify it to burn things which I was totally wrong about. So now I need help putting it back together. I have the diode hooked up to the driver I just need to know how to power the driver. I am trying to do it with...