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Yes USPS flat rate boxes work for international shipping. There is just lower weight limits and they cost more, but it's still usually cheaper than trying to do a normal express mail package. USPS flat rate is pretty much the cheapest way to ship internationally and have tracking. Your only...

No. the usable ID in these MXDL's is only around 10.5mm. All the 532nm modules you find will be 11.9 or 12mm. They have to be turned down to the proper diameter. Also, to actually make it fit lengthwise even using a 10280 when using the stock driver requires getting creative with the...

If you mean about the mxdl 532's, at this time I don't offer kits, and making them yourself will require a lathe.

I will never for the life of me figure out why people are incapable of using search engines anymore. If you type '10280 battery' into google.. that's the first hit that comes up...

To do what you want to do will almost require a fiber coupled laser of some type. There is no way to get enough heat dissipation in a pen type host for a diode powerful enough to burn wood at any decent rate.

Not hard at all. It'll just cost you ~$250 whenever they're back in stock at the supplier.

most of the chinese dropshippers carry them. Dealextreme, etc.

It doesn't have to be right on for the process to work. However the closer to 808nm it is, the more efficient the process works. I've seen cheap, but still working, 532nm pointers with the pump line as high as 815nm before.

it's not january 8th yet.

I just use plain old motor oil heh. It doesn't really take anything fancy. For the 'right stuff' you mix in some kerosene with it to thin it out. I've got a 'bottoming' m9x.5 tap I've probably used a few hundred times now making focus rings that still cuts fine. It started life as a plug tap...

Not really. Aluminum is soft. even cheap HSS taps will last a loooong time if your only using them on aluminum. Just make sure you use oil to prevent seizing.

Yes, taps and dies are much easier than threading on lathes, but it really depends on the situation, and size. Large diameter taps aren't exactly cheap, and unless your going to be doing a lot of parts, the cost might not be warranted for only doing a few pieces. Threading on the lathe is...

About the only suggestion I would have would be to make you a large radius curved flat top bit and do your final machine pass with that only taking off maybe .002" and feeding very slowly. This will give you a much smoother final 'machine' finish. And when polishing, the more smooth your...

A knife will still be a WHOLE lot faster, safer, and not produce toxic fumes.

All I have to say to that is "Bah Humbug" :p

lol. I'm not dressing up my dog heh. However It is about time to give her another bath.

The Watt has been used to describe optical power in lasers since the 60's. Not sure why exactly you feel that it should be changed now. The reason there isn't a way to quantify 'brightness' in lasers is because it's a very non-quantifiable measurement. How 'bright' something is is very much...

They also fail to realize that even if most people are forced with the option of paying for most of the 'crap' they put out, or doing without it.. will do without it. Even if they did manage to get a stranglehold on peoples freedoms, their revenues would remain static, if they didn't end up...

The more appropriate bureaucratic solution would have been to make shooting womprats from speeders illegal. Then Luke wouldn't have had the previous practice shooting at targets that size. :shhh:

Also.. you'll want the diode already pressed into a heatsink. If it's just floating free, it 1) makes it a lot harder to deal with as far as keeping it still, and 2) makes it a lot more likely you'll kill it from excess temperature.