Recent content by Sturmgewehr

Yikes! Thats pretty hot! This is where i wished i had an lpm so i could test it.. Well it's a good laser with a nice clear beam. Makes the cheapo pen i got look pathetic. But for the price i got it for i can afford to experiment with it. Gonna hook it up and just run it a few hours to see how it...

Not enclosed? Hmm.. the unit looks like a module built to be used inside a pointer judging by the spring soldered on the end. As far as the heat it takes between 45-60 seconds then there is a spot on the driver that quite hot to the touch. Wonder if maybe this is overdriven and not 5mw? Will a...

Thats what i thought but my only concern is that id seems the driver board seems to get hot after a bit and i am concerned about frying it. I will put up a pic of what i'm working with as soon as i can.

Hello all! New to this forum and you all seem very knowledgable so i hope you can help! Just recently got into lasers in the process of developing a series of props for my haunted house. Looking to get a 5mw green laser that has a continuous 100% duty cycle. I have been experimenting with one...