hi in here ;)
question: I have often read of doing a "pot mod" for raising power of a laser. (Wondering if that is "safe" for the device).
because I want to do the reverse thing: lowering the power of a (cheap) laser to get it down to "uselful" power.
Will this decrease the visible beam very much?
Idea is to get an interesting seeming host and mod it:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29235
if it gets through customs, with its unnecessary powerful 100 mW laser, I am planning to mod the light with one of the Flupics I still have here, XP-E and SS reflector, which all should fit in.
then there is much too powerful laser, which I would want to get down to 15-30 mW.
That opening for the laser affects protection from the elements way too much, so atm I think of putting an UV-filter into the hole.
Should fight that AND reduces UV output of this device (that most certainly will not have UV-protection).
question 2: anyone knows what material UV-filters are made from?
Here, in photographing shops, I seem to find "plastic" ones only.
Good because I can cut them in size, bad because I fear they wont stand the beam and melt.
Ideas?
PS. just noticed that there is only a single switch for both. So that has to be changed also.
question: I have often read of doing a "pot mod" for raising power of a laser. (Wondering if that is "safe" for the device).
because I want to do the reverse thing: lowering the power of a (cheap) laser to get it down to "uselful" power.
Will this decrease the visible beam very much?
Idea is to get an interesting seeming host and mod it:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29235
if it gets through customs, with its unnecessary powerful 100 mW laser, I am planning to mod the light with one of the Flupics I still have here, XP-E and SS reflector, which all should fit in.
then there is much too powerful laser, which I would want to get down to 15-30 mW.
That opening for the laser affects protection from the elements way too much, so atm I think of putting an UV-filter into the hole.
Should fight that AND reduces UV output of this device (that most certainly will not have UV-protection).
question 2: anyone knows what material UV-filters are made from?
Here, in photographing shops, I seem to find "plastic" ones only.
Good because I can cut them in size, bad because I fear they wont stand the beam and melt.
Ideas?
PS. just noticed that there is only a single switch for both. So that has to be changed also.
