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Some more pictures. In my room, on a cloudy afternoon:

Cool picture of my new laser for incentive?

I just received the $12 "10mW" green laser show thing from LED Shoppe, it's pretty cool. I've already taken out the diffraction screen thing, and turned the pot down. But before I play with it more, I'd like to know what resistance I should set it to. I think it was at 880 Ohms when I got it...

Wow that's a monster... puts mine to shame

With $26 plus shipping

It's a little hard to see my driver in here, but it's just a LM317-based driver. I got rid of the resistor and just used a pot. I'm actually thinking about changing it to a nice hefty pot that is meant to be adjusted all the time, and mount it on the host. But I'm not sure I'll do that, as it...

I guess I'm not too trendy... :-/

I finally finished it! Here are a bunch of pictures: This next two are me shining it on a building over 100 feet away: This last one is a building that is at least 100 yards away: I'm really happy with it! Thanks for all the help!

:'( I worked so hard to make everything perfect, and I got it working, and it was beautiful. Then one of the pins broke off the diode. So unless anyone knows how to fix broken pins, I think I have to order another diode.

:( My parts won't be here until Monday. The tracking info said they were delivered Wednesday morning though. I think the mail room here at school is just taking FOREVER to process it. I got an awesome host, a big aluminum project box from radioshack, and I will be powering it with 6 AAA's. Then...

I started another thread for my build. Thanks again for all of your help guys!

So some of you may have seen that I am going to build a blu-ray laser in another thread. I figured I'd make a separate thread for the actual build. I should have had the diode today, but I didn't get to the mail center at school earlier enough. Hopefully I'll be able to get it first thing in the...

That's pretty much what I'm doing, but the driver is going to be home made. I think the diode and AixiZ module should be here today!! You guys might have some pictures by the end of the night! ;D

Sorry, that's definitely out of my price range, I'm a starving college student lol. It was a pretty big deal for me to spend $26 on a diode that I'll probably end up burning out doing something dumb. I will remember to short that capacitor though! I'm going to build a test load and everything...

Okay. Thanks for that thorough answer. Yeah I had a feeling I wouldn't be able to turn the 803t down that much. I guess I will need two lasers. I told myself I wasn't going to get addicted. Lol looks like it's too late for me. Crap there goes my money. Rkcstr, I'm definitely interested in a PS3...

I think the straw that broke the camel's back for me to build a laser (and purchase parts!) was when my physics professor said he wanted us to get laser pointers for the lectures (he does unofficial quizzes to check our understanding, he wants us to use the laser pointer to point to the correct...

Okay, so I bought an 803t from the link in Daedal's sig, and I bought an Aixiz module from hightechdeals. I'll make a trip to Radio shack soon to pick up the LM317, the 47uF capacitor, and the 1N4001 diode. I should have a suitable pot laying around, and I think I'll use about a 10ohm...

As the title says, I found a 106-1 laser. It says the output is 20mW, but that's about all I know about it. There is no power source. I'm not sure what voltage/current requirements it has, but I'd like to play around with it. The only other info I have is that the positive wire is rated to...

Thanks for the excellent response. That was exactly what I needed. I think I remember seeing a write-up for the LM317 driver, I go look for it. I have seen those pre-made ones that people are selling on here and they're awesome, but size isn't really a concern for me, so I think I'll just make...

I'd like to build my first laser, and I think I'd like to go with the 803T diode. Can any of you guys steer me in the right direction as to what driver to build/buy? I don't really have any problem soldering stuff, so I'd like to build my own driver because I'm sure it would be much cheaper...