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I really want to know how did we, as a civilization, ever agreed that "outgrowing" things is anything other than a horrible thing? It's accepted as not only good, but even preferable and expected. Since when is "I now like less things than I did a while ago" a badge of pride, instead of shame...

Yeah that does seem a bit exaggerated, doesn't it? I mean we are well aware of the effects of the laser pointer being used on a plane - there's even a handy GIF on Wikipedia describing the effects of being temporarily flashblinded by a laser at aircraft altitude. Ultimately, so what, so you...

This is now sold. Original Post changed.

Re: For Sale: 1.8+ Watt 445nm "Sabre" laser Gonna need to bump this again. Price drop to $160. Would also like to remind everybody that I accept Bitcoin as well.

It'd be extremely tough to solder that IC, but I have used LM3410 in my own boost driver designs and they come in standard pin package, like this: If you need a schematic: As for the hardware itself, I will always recommend the model I got, "Aoyue 936". It's cheap, it's awesome. Just...

Re: free- starter kit As far as I can see from the photo, that would be a C6 heatsink, I don't think that fits. Let me know if somebody picks that up, so that I can contact them. Or just point them in my direction.

Re: free- starter kit + Rep, Jeff. Just wow, very nice gesture. Well, I happen to notice that these 501b kits do not have heatsinks. Hell with it. Anybody who picks up a kit, gets a free heatsink. Same deal, just cover the shipping on my side. Jeff, kindly add this to your opening post?

I went to find a thread I made a long while back... http://laserpointerforums.com/f57/post-your-workdesk-mess-53894.html And shit, the opening post's pic isn't even a "mess" by my current standards. More "reasonable" mess (ehhh) seen in background of image here:

Re: For Sale: 1.8+ Watt 445nm "Sabre" laser You can't. They were supposed to be supplied by a member called "RyanElectro", hence "RE" designation, and I was supposed to machine a batch of small aluminium adapters to fit into standard blank metal lens nut from Aixiz. I got one as a sample...

Re: For Sale: 1.8+ Watt 445nm "Sabre" laser Bump on this one. Will also put link in signature. As much as I hate it, this needs to go.

It's one thing to fight for your country, and another thing to fight against it. The way I see it, you either fight or try to have a normal life. It's not really a tough choice, there. Besides, it's not like you stay, fight, win the day, game over, business as usual. It can drag on, and...

Outter design doesn't mean all that much, I mean you can have almost any shape machined, it's the insides that are the problem to work out. I see you're having a side-switch as well, that's going to be a pain to work out right. If you can model out each individual piece that makes up the...

Re: For Sale: 1.8+ Watt 445nm "Sabre" laser The beam is thinner at aperture, which results in some increase in divergence later on. Or to be more precise, 3-element lens sacrifices some beam power, by clipping off the beam, to offer better divergence. But yeah if you're asking about burning...

This is considered sold to a member from UK. Thank you all! Hi folks. I'm selling my personal favorite (and coincidentally, the only laser I have) in interest of raising money for computer hardware. Specs: - Diode: M140 - Driver: Flashlight buck driver customized for 1.7 Amps output...

Re: For sale: Nvidia GTX Titan X graphics card $900 for used Titan X isn't a very good deal though, you can grab a new one for $999: EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12G-P4-2990-KR 12GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support G-SYNC Ready Graphics Card - Newegg.com Man how I wish I...

Actually this is shockingly new to me as well. I mean I heard about it on the news, war refugees being transported via our train system etc, but it was my first time actually seeing it. It's still sinking in, really. I guess you understand that little dark nihilistic part I wrote up there. :D...

As you may or may not know, there is a very large number of war refugees fleeing from the situation developing in Syria and surrounding countries, instigated by Islamic State. Some estimated 14 million people are moving towards middle Europe or so. To the north-east of Croatia, Hungary is...

NEVER ever break a connection between the driver and the diode when the circuit is powered! It's just the way drivers work. It basically destroys both the driver and the diode. If you need to measure the current, either measure it before the driver (between battery and driver, only works...

How are you measuring the current output of the driver? Can we see a pic of your setup? You most definitely shorted something out, or used wrong resistor, or somehow made the driver output the incorrect amount. Also yeah the diode is DEFINITELY fried. Destroyed diodes still give off light...

There's a link to download the starting point for the project as well - all set up to follow the tutorial with, or improvise and experiment your own solutions. I tried to make the example projects and code as easy to understand as possible, but code may look a bit off in places since it's...