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Hello everyone, I will start off by saying I am a software engineer, and do not have much experience with electronics or embedded software. I did manage to get a working 405nm build in a flashlight host exclusively thanks to the great people of the laserpointerforums community. It worked for...

Hey Guys, I am a beginner at soldering, so I have been soldering wires together, and random wires to a circuit board for some practice. I felt I was ready to assemble my test load kit from rckstr. I didn't have any fine tipped tweezers, and the parts were smaller than I realized, but I think...

Hello Everyone, I have read most of the tutorials, and they were very helpful, but there are still a few things I dont quite understand. I have been interested in building a laser for quite some time, but I have never soldered or worked with electronics so I am trying to understand all of...

Heres what I want to know.... Green lasers are the brightest lasers to the human eye. IR lasers cannot be seen by the human eye. If I shined a 200 mw Green laser at a white wall and looked at it close range, the brightness would hurt my eye (I mean the physical pain you feel from a light that...

I bought 2 5mw lasers to use for playing with my cat, 1 green and 1 red... They didnt list anything about a duty cycle. I was figuring 5mw is just not enough power to build up enough heat to require a duty cycle, is this accurate? On a side note, this is my first green laser and I just took it...

Hi everyone, I was planning to buy the DL Viper 125mw and get the DL Beam Expander as well with the Viper adapter.... The X-125 comes with a great case though, and Nova offers a discount code of a whopping 5%. If I choose to buy the X125, will my beam expander and viper adapter fit onto the...

Hi everyone, I have an awesome cat named Zeke, who loves to play with lasers. Ive been using a 5mw red keychain laser (5 dollars at grocery store) Im not sure if the 50mw is actually going to be 50mw or not because I have no testing equipment, and I have no idea how bright Its going to be...

Hi Everyone, Sorry but I cannot post links yet since im a new member but anyway here is my issue, I just ordered the 200mw adjustable red laser from o-like I'm pretty sure it is the same as the dealextreme laser. I am looking at these safety goggles at dragonlasers The problem is, the goggles...

Hello everyone! Just found these forums a few days ago, and have been doing alot of reading.. I just ordered a 50mw green laser from ledshope, hope it gets here soon... I think I'm going to become intrested in building my own laser soon also, you guys seem to have lots of experience and...