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Although likely impractical, I was planning on mounting the device to a piece of metal, and mounting the piece of metal to a short belt-like thing I have, and putting that on my upper arm or wrist, if that's at all possible. Otherwise, I'll settle for anything.

I acknowledge the impressive level of stupidity that went into the first laser I built, but for this project I want to do it right. Later today or tomorrow, I'l see if I can go to Home Depot to purchase the things I'd need to do this right, and then I'll go from there.

I'll look into purchasing those from Home Depot or something, and in my mind it's worth the extra waiting to actually start my first project if this will guarantee or at least help a lot with getting it to work.

Well, I have maybe another $40 I can add to my budget, so at only $90 after purchasing safety goggles, I don't think that leaves me with enough to build a good laser if I spend anything on solder patches or anything fancy, correct me if I'm wrong... to save money without making the laser worse...

Funny story actually; the laser I built two years ago was based on Styropyro's vid, and yes the leads fell off, but I got some alligator clips in just the right place to fix it. Also, I seriously doubt that my parents would let me purchase a soldering iron for the next few years, is it possible...

Granted that, yes, I'm 15 years old, I'm extremely responsible with anything truly dangerous, and will take all safety precautions while using something. Also, isn't 1500 mw kind of excessive? I'm not trying to take down a plane or anything, just burn through paper and other small things, get a...

Hello everyone, this is my first post, so a little background: I'm currently 15, the one laser I built previously sucked, I have a budget of maybe $100, and I would like to use it to build the strongest blue/violet laser I can. I have reasonable experience with circuits, but would like detailed...