Vikz
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The Cheap Laser Mod, these lasers can generally be bought for around $1 in america... or 1 or two pounds in UK where im from... anyway, these lasers can have an output of around >1mw to <5mw depending on where you buy it from...
firstly you should know that this mod will not work with all the red lasers and some may break, but due to mass production they are so cheap that you should buy a few different ones to test which ones it works best on. some may break to due the higher voltage while some may increase the output to around 7mw which is pretty cool.
There are two mods for this...
the first is adding an extra battery, it sounds simple but its very effective. start by cramming in four batteries rather than the 3 it usually takes... and try to close the cover on it, if you are unsuccessfull then close the batteries of with sellotape. if this works you should have a really good $1 laser /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
For the next mod i used a spring because of its conductive nature, and it also fit perfectly over the laser, instead of this you might want to use a metaltube...
then inser two AAA size batteries into the spring/tube
and finally make some sort of metal cover so that it touches the negative end of the AAA battery and the spring/tube...
And thats how to modify a cheap laser... hope these mods were good aswell /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif. enjoy
'should keep me entertined till my greenie arrives'
firstly you should know that this mod will not work with all the red lasers and some may break, but due to mass production they are so cheap that you should buy a few different ones to test which ones it works best on. some may break to due the higher voltage while some may increase the output to around 7mw which is pretty cool.
There are two mods for this...
the first is adding an extra battery, it sounds simple but its very effective. start by cramming in four batteries rather than the 3 it usually takes... and try to close the cover on it, if you are unsuccessfull then close the batteries of with sellotape. if this works you should have a really good $1 laser /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
For the next mod i used a spring because of its conductive nature, and it also fit perfectly over the laser, instead of this you might want to use a metaltube...
then inser two AAA size batteries into the spring/tube
and finally make some sort of metal cover so that it touches the negative end of the AAA battery and the spring/tube...
And thats how to modify a cheap laser... hope these mods were good aswell /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif. enjoy
'should keep me entertined till my greenie arrives'