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I'm in the market for some parts to build a burning laser, and originally was going to get a 16x DVD Burner diode. I could get one rather cheap, etc. But I recently thought of making a Blu-Ray laser instead, (burning of course). What diode would be good? I considered eBay, and found a few, such...

Yeah upon doing a lot of research, I've decided to scratch that circuit, etc completely, and go with making a DDL Driver. Thanks for all the help and input and whatnot though. :D

Yeah I agree... Upon bringing that up, now that it's more well known regarding those lasers and more and more people will know sooner by the day, this law is going to cause more crap than it would have if they had just regulated lasers instead of putting a blanket ban on them... More and more...

Hey, yeah working on finding the link. It was on a news website, so it's legit. But what I have found is this: [/u][/i][/b] Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-33149920080421 So yeah some serious stuff there... Oh and I read somewhere else that it can also occur a...

Okay, I just dredged up a perfectly working, and decent laser pointer I've had for a while... It's been a personal favorite of mine (way before the days of 200mW hand-held's and other burning lasers). There's no where on the pointer it says what mW it is, but it's probably only 1 or 2mW...

Best of luck to you! Apparently... Now this I read on the customs site (or somewhere thereoff), that the only people who will probably get an accepted permit are part of construction or are professional astronomers (meaning they can prove it). Not sure who else, etc. But please keep us...

Sounds good. I've finally found an excellent use for any old dvd burners that I find! My dad has one that doesnt work anymore (the shelf doesn't slide out, so I don't think it's got anything to do with the diode, it's probably just jammed; So I'm going to ask if he still wants/needs it... On...

Thanks for the tip man, time to get a set of goggles first then. :)

I'd just like to point out (if it already hasn't been), that if you're under 18 and you try to apply for a permit, they will reject it, and not only that, they will monitor ALL your incoming and outgoing imports for a year. A good friend of mine told me that, as it happened to one of his...

That's good to hear, usually the forums I'm on are mostly American and UK, etc. (Guitar forums and whatnot). But yeah, it's good to see other Australian's lurking :) Yeah that's a pain in the arse... Though I suppose it makes it more delicious to make our own high powered laser pointers...

Now that'd so totally kick ass if they did! But.... Somehow I know that if I walked in there, I wouldn't hear Hand of Doom, or Sweet Leaf, or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath cranked up, haha. Yeah same, awesome stuff. I went to the Black Sabbath concert when they came in August 2007, and the Ozzy...

Okay, I just relized the irony of this situation... All these things are my tags from different forums and whatnot... "DaDevil" is my usual forum ID (as well as my Steam ID) "devilsdome" is usually my username for all the accounts I use.... and of course "Fueled by Satan" is my music tag...

Cheers man, this is just the guide I was looking for, and excellent diagrams! Time to bust out my soldering iron! :D Thanks again!

Ah apologies for the large picture - I didn't know it was that big, so sorry for not resizing.... Let's try that again: (re-attached).

Hey there, from Australia. I'm Kev - and have recently acquired the wanting to make my own laser pointers, ie: the MagLite torch laser hack - after seeing that, I can't wait to make one! One of the big main reasons is that Australia just recently passed a Customs Ban on ANY laser pointer...

Well, I was interested in making my own built lasers; (Mainly because of the recent Ban of all imports of lasers over 1mw to Australia, which totally sucks; so much for buying the nice 250mW laser from eBay US). So a friend of mine sent me the link to several sites that stock and sell parts (ie...