GLP-III Laser Pictures

[Shiftlock]

In case anyone is interested in pictures of the GLP-III 50mW laser, I created a simple webpage with some pictures. This is the laser that takes "C" batteries and has a finned heatsink in the front. The site is at:

http://laser.shiftlock.com

 

[mitch]

Looks cool, could you Please post pictures of the beam output. how is the farfield "long dist" beam/spot quality.
thanks

 

[comozo]

Informative photos. Looks like a spanner wrench could unscrew the aluminum part with the two dimples. Can you tell if the heat sink and that aluminum part are separate parts. I ask cause I wonder if the lenses can be swapped out for others to lower the beam divergence. Where did you buy it and what was your cost.
Thanks

 

[comozo]

If you take some photo's in the far field like that person asked,could you do so at a very far field say, >1000'also.

Thanks

 

[lasercrazy]

Just out of curiosity, how long can you run the laser for? I would expect a VERY short duty cycle for a laser like that, like 10 seconds or less.

 

[Shiftlock]

Lasercrazy, why do you suspect a short duty cycle? It's very beefy aluminum "maglight-feel" case with a large heatsink in front. It has that sturdy "you-could-use-this-as-a-weapon-to-beat-someone-over-the-head"-feel to it. The button is a "click on/off" type so clicking it on and leaving it is very easy and it is made to do that by design. It can be run for a very long time without the heatsink fins even getting warm. Compared to a smaller pointer, I think the duty cycle is much higher, dare I say almost continuous.