Extracting a laser diode isn't something you as a product developer would wish to happen easily, especially considering that most customers want to see that the laser keeps its integrity through use and not fall apart easily. Plus there are users out there that can't figure out the instructions of replacing a battery despite directions printed in 14 font, and would unintentionally unscrew the business end [if it was made that way], misalign the laser or destroy it trying to access the battery compartment and cost your company on liability issues alone.
Even if you managed to get the head open, a good laser would have had its metal slug glued to the inside of the body for proper thermal dissipation. Extracting the diode would constitute as modifying the laser, which will void whatever warranty it happens to have, and its a trial and error on your part. Since there are many forms of portable lasers out there, it would be logically impossible to have a standardized extraction manual...remember we are not talking about a blu-ray drive, we are talking about a laser pointer. :
In short, there is no such product that I am aware of. Should there be such a product it would constitute as a epic design flaw in the eyes of the general consumer and an epic fail [or phail] in my book
i don't know about 5mw, but there are a couple rominsen 30mw's on DX that should fit the bill.
You just unscrew the head and there is the module, ready for whatever
i don't know about 5mw, but there are a couple rominsen 30mw's on DX that should fit the bill.
You just unscrew the head and there is the module, ready for whatever
Which one should I get? And what is the best way to remove the head? Someone told me that using pliers and carefully trying to remove it for about 10 minutes might loosen the super glue.
