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Comment: The diagram below pretty much covers it, the dell power supply outputs 12 volts for th…
Comment: I sleeved the existing stub axles to make them longer and a larger diameter. The wheels…
Comment: Hi Chief, from experiments when building mine every time I lengthened the air path, by …
Comment: Thanks for that I am about to embed every video I have ever done!
Comment: Hi, I am UK based and found the trap in either a B&Q or Wickes store, sorry I cannot g…
Comment: TBH I didn't know it was, I thought I had adapted a victorian design I saw used at a lo…
Comment: We use this with fire steels, first strike even in the rain.... With woodland survival …
Comment: Get onto the lazerpointerforum site, look in the for sale section, there are usually s…
Comment: Hence the UV lamps on the wings, for 2 years Nuff has been part of the halloween event …
Comment: As I have been offered a 3d print for my instructables, I thought of you and this instr…
Comment: The place you need to go to find parts is http://laserpointerforums.com/ you will find …
Comment: Probale cost around $30.. this does not take into account the labour involved.
Comment: You could get away with a pistol drill and hand tools as long as you are good with your…
Comment: Try from here https://vimeo.com/user1579831/videos
Comment: Link works for me, here it is again..... https://vimeo.com/4131838
Comment: Acrylic mirror from ebay. Pot, I just found one that worked....100 ohm I think it was.
Comment: The blu ray and red can share the same power supply, the green needs to be kept separat…
Comment: The batteries in mine still would light a match now and they have been in for ages, the…
Comment: To start with.....many years ago....I just gave welding a try, I was rubbish at it!What…
Comment: The pictures attached show that the bits of wood that were cut out of the grill blank w…
Comment: You would need to do something to the steering as I believe that the steering wheel is …
Comment: I will look to see if it will still take the cutter deck, it may not due to the bigger …
Comment: Thank you kind sir :)
Comment: Yes the lid does stay closed as it is quite a tight fit over the laser heatsink, the …
Comment: Thanks for letting me know....life changing moments like this are so rare.....
Comment: Yes the mirrors are close together but need to be placed so that the first one doesn't …
Comment: How many laser diodes are necessary One bluray, one red you say 2 red aixiz modules one…
Comment: No secret, just trial and error. It was not the first 2 mirror setup I had done so I ha…
Comment: There is not enough room for anything other than an inset catch, this one isn't that l…
Comment: Hi Heath, some good questions! :) When the dogs have learnt to open the door I will inc…
Comment: You could use pvc solvent adhesive, the sort used when joining plastic pipes. I think I…
Comment: He is a total cutie and getting bigger every day, a dog flap was never going to last th…
Comment: I mounted a motor in the end of the horn to rotate a baffle, a sort of leslie speaker …
Comment: The hole is just a small one drilled somewhere in the screw on domed cover to make sur…
Comment: I set the rifle up in a clamp then fired at a target, noted the laser position and pell…
Comment: Yes, all done from raw materials machined to my own design. I am in the fortunate posi…
Comment: Show me how it is done please lazerdude as I know nothing about lasers. In step 4 mr b…
Comment: you cant pot mod a red laser, can you? Correct joeismydad, the dime store laser being t…
Comment: Rather than install a larger and heavier motor for rotation, have you tried increasing …
Comment: Nice to hear from you TJM, I enjoyed being a part of the laser community at a very exci…
Comment: Hi Greg, nice to see that you are still around also! :) I am no longer active on the fo…
Comment: One spelt correctly one spelt wrongly, I know I should have corrected the drawing but a…
Comment: It won't look the same you know, I have tried it! I agree I over simplified my answer…
Comment: I am looking at painting the number side black as it is inside the loop and hardly seen…
Comment: I remember my old mum had one like that many years ago, if I had come across one of tho…
Comment: We should do the maths I think....... Let us assume a scan angle of 100 degrees in bot…
Comment: Correct, what they have at the moment is a digiscope setup, that I built onto the reser…
Comment: Godstone in Surrey, it is one of Surrey wildlife trusts teaching reserves.
Comment: The motor for panning is ultraquiet being an AC synchronous motor. The tilt motor is a…
Comment: I did look at a traffic cone when I was gathering parts, the trouble with them I found …
Comment: Nower wood, near Leatherhead Regards rog8811
Comment: Yes, take any old sled apart and shine the lasers through the various optics to find so…
Comment: You need either a dichro or a suitable splitter cube from an optic sled. You then need…
Comment: I cannot think of anything that would be effected by a magnet, it would need to be incr…
Comment: It doesn't matter where the resistor goes in the test load, either end will do.;) (I h…
Comment: the two leads of the variable resistor that connect are the leads labeled 1 and 2. Is …
Comment: If your wristwatch is the size of a zippo lighter the answer is yes, it would be a firs…
Comment: At 100ma you will get close to 100mw which is plenty to burn, you may have seen my zipp…
Comment: There is no problem using the LM317 circuit as long as it is set up correctly, you will…
Comment: What drivers have you looked at? What is it they don't do that you want to do? I have …
Comment: I never said it was efficient I just wanted a hand held white laser. Since this was bu…
Comment: The main problem is that I make the adaptors to the sled I am using and they need to be…
Comment: No problem, good luck :) Regards rog8811
Comment: It is perfectly safe as long as you do not shine it into peoples eyes (standard practic…
Comment: As long as you do a bit of heatsinking there is no reason why the optics assembly would…
Comment: No, the PS3 is far too weak, it will be swamped by the green, you need to run the PHR a…
Comment: Kes400 PS3 sled is easier by a long way, It just comes out a bit bigger than the PHR. …
Comment: Cheap complete ones are available but you only need a sled with the splitter cubes and …
Comment: The 803T is the one to use you can expect around 100mw out of it, the blu ray from the…
Comment: All the info for the optics is above, if you want to do the spiro could I suggest you l…
Comment: If you are suggesting replacing the pot on the green driver, if my experience is anythi…
Comment: Reality is there is no such thing as a green laser diode, all, non gas, green lasers be…
Comment: It will not be easy to remove the driver without damaging the pump diode as it soldered…
Comment: The idea of varying colours individually will indeed give you endless colour options, …
Comment: Just found your second post..... Green laser modules always come with a power supply a…
Comment: @ Pianoman... I am not prepared to say that 115mw is safe as I am only prepared to go …
Comment: I am going to open a nwe comment as this is getting fragmented, I will try and answer s…
Comment: The PHR 803T will be plenty powerful enough to work in this assembly, it will burn on i…
Comment: The highest you can drive that blu-ray at is 38ma, which will give you about 20mw, not …
Comment: What a bargain! Great find and good luck with the build. Regards rog8811
Comment: That is a bit of a difficult one to answer, of the 30 or so sleds of different types I …
Comment: The one you need is the KES400 sled, I have found them herehttp://www.psxboy.com/catalo…
Comment: It is possible to use the PHR-803T sled but not without some complicated modification..…
Comment: I have got further with the pocket size laser, it will be much smaller but it is a much…
Comment: These 803T Blu-rays are great burners but focus is everything,adjusting the focus ring …
Comment: Was this a blu-ray laser diode, mounted in a module fitted with a driver? If so 5 volt…
Comment: It is hard to know whether it has the KES400 sled in it What I am working on this week…
Comment: The purests would tell you that Blu-ray (405mn) will not make white when combined with …
Comment: The very beauty of this assembly is the ease with which it can be aligned, the cubes ar…
Comment: Some big questions there! I can only give you general links to sites you can search for…
Comment: That is the correct sled but I have never paid that much for one... As to the blu ray …
Comment: We have all killed a few LD's it is part of the learning curve, well done for not just …
Comment: I edited this as the video link didn't seem to work properly. To answer some questio…