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at 7:30 am this morning i had cops knocking on my front door. because someone ( my next door neighbour who is trying to get me into shit cause he has been told off for smoking inside but thats another story) dobed me in. they did not find my 1.3W 445 but they did find some <5mw keychain reds...

is there a major difference in using protected or unprotected batteries in our builds? i understand what the protection circuit does in the battery but are there any reasons to go with a particular battery?

to help me practise extracting diodes i have been pulling apart any old cd / dvd drive i can find in the shed. 99% of them dont work and i opened up a creative 24x cd-rom and i found this and i cant for the life of me figure out what kinda diode it is i also found this curious little diode.

i have recently aquired a copy of autocad from school and im trying to get a feel if anyone would use my services if i was to offer them to the community. some examples of things i can design for you are: heatsinks hosts other miscelaneous items all you would have to do is provide me with...

was surfing the net just now trying to see if its possible to use a 808nm LD instead of a LED so that you could get longer ranges on a tv remote and i came across this Laser Pointer Remote Control Circuit - Robot Room to summarize the pages, it talks about how using CdS sensors you can make a...

I was wondering what I would need to create a test load for a 300mw 808nm diode. From what iv read I have come to believe that 3 1n4004 diodes and a 1ohm 1/2watt resistor are all I would require for an 808nm Could pleas get someone to confirm this b4 I go ahead attempt this. Thanks

I have just received my highly polished hot light from lazeerer And my first impressions are that is an amazing quality build. It has a fairly substantial weight to it and a generous heatsink. It has a common cycle time of 60sec on 60sec off. Unfortunately I don't own a LPM yet so I can't...

was surfing the net just now and came along this piece of info source Sam's Laser FAQ - Items of Interest

in light of the recent kipkay discussion i was interested in how many members actually do own saftey glases. i understand that it is a personal choice to wear them. and have nothing asainst people who understand laser saftey and choose not to wear them

i recently extracted 2 diodes from a 16x dvd burner that also had lightscribe with it. and i was wondering is lightscribe done by the same diode or by a seperate diode? if it is seperate is it a useful diode? i have not tested either diode yet. im still waiting for a new soldering iron so i can...

iv done a search of the forum for a source of magnetic leads for battery charging and such but have not been able to find any. anyone have any ideas on where i can find some. or if anyone can make some.

purchased one of these off ebay for about $8 to have a look at as a possible host for a 50mw green laser module. it is labeled as a 6v xenon flashlight, runs off 2 cr123a batterys complete assembly dissasembled please let me know what you guys think. [edit] pics are not working so...