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    FS: Red Dvd Burner diode with housing

    Hey all.. I've decided this isn't the hobby for me and have only used my laser diode 1 time. IT came out of (I believe) an 8x dvd burner drive (could have been 4x but I think it was at least 8x). It's enough to pop black balloons and light matches heads with a black sharpie mark on them. I've...
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    I've decided on Eagle Pair Now which ones for 650nm?

    Hey guys after deliberating for a while i decided it was not worth going with a cheap 20 dollar pair of glasses not knowing if they'd be safe, so i read lots of post and decided eaglepair is worth the extra 20 bucks as they seem to be lowest price but still moderaly safe glasses.. I intend to...
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    Whats a safe ma to test out unknown LD's?

    Hey guys i'm still fairly new here, i just got my parts for my 317T DDL driver, and after frustratingly trying to build it for 2 days I think i'm ready to test my two DL's. real quick, why it was frustrating was apparently the person who sent me the Vairable resistor sent me the value of 100k...
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    Is there anyway to do a quick 2-3 second test of a LD without driver?

    New Here, about to start building my first basic laser (not sure what its MW power will be it came out of a 16x cd writer). I know i'm going to be told "Never run a laser without the driver" but is there a way i can use like maybe a single 1.2 volt battery and a couple resistors on a bread...


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