Another project red?

[mccarrot]

I have checked this with the manufacterer, so please be patient...

But a 6 ch driver starts me thinking of a Hex moduleinstead of quad

Without the use of a telescope I think a beam of 3,8mm x 3,8mm x 0,8mrad should be possible with a hex module.

3,5mm or even 4mm beam is still very acceptable I think.

PS. on my webshop you can also find waveplates. with these optics you can turn the polarisation of beam, so no need for stacking the beams vertical anymore.

[FourDee]

I think those drivers will be available shortly from the manufacturer (http://www.laserparts.ch) at around 125€

Also, this guy makes a mini driver for dpss lasers, with 2 bipolar tec drivers and a diode driver in a very small package.
He also has some other nifty things on his todo list, so look out for this

[logsquared]

Mine is almost finished ,with exception of aligning, and have yet to burst the $250 mark. This was in the original post. This was intended to help others to be able to create a good laser at a very attractive price- given they can do a little machining and cobble a few parts. Just trying to get others involved building things.

Any pics yet? Looking forward to see how your combiner comes together.

[andy_con]

if your wondering why i wanted all those mirror mounts well here a tease

[Doc]

^^^^ Yeehaaaaaaaaaah! ^^^^

Looking forward to watching this one develop Andy, I hope it works out well.

[hobbybob]

Nice Andy !
Do i see correctly that every row of 4 is a bit lower than the one to the left of it ?
So to be able to stack the beams ?

[andy_con]

Nice Andy !
Do i see correctly that every row of 4 is a bit lower than the one to the left of it ?
So to be able to stack the beams ?

correct .

[andy_con]

last photo of this build

[hobbybob]

Nice andy !
How thick is the ally corners holding the mirrors ?
I bought some Ally angle measuring 30x30x3mm Would that be thick enough to make some mounts ?
And how thick is the small square block holding the mirror ?

Have mounted 4 diodes in the blocks you made for me. First i wanted to use some mounts made by Phil phritzler, but those are way to high to place the mirrors. In the blocks you made for me the diode center is around 11mm high. So i need to make some lower mounts, or raise the blocks with around 18mm to get to a beamheight center of around 29mm... Maybe i will go to the scrapyard tomorrow to find some small blocks/plates ally.... and continue the lowcost quad.

Your pictures surely are an inspiration.

[andy_con]

the angle is 3mm thick and the front bit that holds the mirror is 4mm.