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oh i hate when the disks get smudges all over them but i clean mine in rubbing alcohol and then store them wrapped in micro fiber clothes like the ones i clean my glasses with the amount of hdd ive been asked to "dispose of" is just ridiculous never though of using the motor housing thing as a...

thanks ill give that a try i guess i wasnt hitting it hard enough lol i was trying to rip apart the ball bearings with my drill with little luck

i tryed to extract the motor axis but cant get it off the motor how did you do it?

ok so i was looking at laserbee's lpm and was told i can use a nd filter to reduces the power of my laser to put it into the range of his meter which is awsome. but i have no clue what the hell they are so i did a wiki search since yahoo was throwing all sorts of stuff at me that i couldnt...

is there any way to get these to read around 300mW. i am building a laser that i am restimating to be around that (from other members using same or similar parts). i saw laserbee's fitst posting saying to use a 50/50 splitter could i use 2 of them?

if you want a cheap hard drive just go to your local computer repair shop and ask if they have any dead or cheap "salvaged" hdd for very little. i used to work in such a place name not relavent since they wont ship these and they unload about 10 of these dead hdds on me a month they are fun to...

ok now i feel like a complete looser when i did my previous searches i didnt notice the "This post was made in the last..." so i guess it was left as one week which is why my results where so little .... yes im guilty of not looking at the stickies and im sorry for that. again sorry for w8sting...

hey i did try a search earlier b4 i posted for diy driver but only like 3 things came up i guess i spelled something wrong either way thanks ....

id say a way to help prevent killing a diode so easily is using a heat sink across the legs of the diode but this can be kinda tuff since the legs are so short on most diodes but i personally use the system my work uses since it has to be up to government ipc standards is a serious beast for...

are there any tuts on diy laser drivers im just trying to use up these low powered ld's i have laying around and dont wana spend 400$ on 16 drivers for them lol also how can i estimate the max power for my ld w/o burning it out? again just throwing ld's into low powered lasers for fun

i didnt think it would get 51$ .... good thing i couldnt bid other wise id be broke trying to still buy iy ... i h8 loosing lol good luck to who ever gets it

http://cgi.ebay.com/Laser-power-Energy-meter_W0QQitemZ190285819975QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item190285819975&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:15|39:1|240:1318 i saw that on ebay and was gona take it for myself but my tax return wont be in till friday so i wont be able to...

don't wanna be a buzz kill or anything but hightechdealz gives them away for free. they probably expect you to buy something with them but since im getting a ld from them im getting 12 .... lol

that person did day ball park but seems a bit touchy .... worth a try tho i think ill try it the next time i find a few small solar cells lol

will looking at a laser with a camera be safe? im not gonna try and replace the goggles from above (already paid for them) im just wondering for when i show my friends my laser i don't want them getting hurt

is there any way to estimate laser out put or is there anything i can build to measure it?

Re: Pro Tips w/ Spyderz: Building Your First DIY L thats were i saw it yes but i was thinking about something like that before even going there lol

Re: Lava Micro FlexDrive Driver (lavadrive2) fits can this fit into an Aixiz Laser Module Housing untrimmed?

Re: Pro Tips w/ Spyderz: Building Your First DIY L glad i consulted before trying it ;) wouldn't wana waste 35$ on a laser and socket. i was thinking about that 'cause when i do sensitive ic soldering i useualy use a socket to prevent the waist of hundreds of dollars lol. well again thanks i...

Re: Pro Tips w/ Spyderz: Building Your First DIY L ever thinking of using a ld socket so it lowers the likely hood of burning the diode when installing it? also makes it a bit easier to change the diode if it did burn