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    Default Feeler: Diode mount

    Since I have been building lasers I always thought that diode mounts missed something. Some one can be fixed from below, some allow the diode to rotate to find the sweet spot when using prisms or cylindricals, ....
    So I thought to try and design a mount that overcomes some of those disadvantages.
    I now have a design that seems ok for me:

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    All made out of 6061 alu and natural color anodised. On top you can put 2 M3 screws to fix the mount to a base plate. The third screw on top is to fix and secure the M9x0.5 lens when the sweet spot has been found.
    On the back you have a plate that holds the diode and that can rotate a bit. This plate is secured with 2 M2 screws.
    Beam height from the mount is 15mm. This allows to mount it on a 10mm alu plate and have a 4mm TEC underneeth to get 29mm final beam height.
    The block is 20mm wide, 12mm deep and 26mm heigh.

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    I mailed around to have some prices for manufacturing this in small quantities.
    My first impressions are that I could make these to sell for around 25euro a piece.
    I would make them for 9mm diodes first and maybe later on for 5.6mm.

    Would there be interest for such a mount?
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    Trying to create a good diode mount....

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    Or if someone has tips or thoughts, those are also welcome.
    Trying to create a good diode mount....

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    Looks nice. Did you make them?

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    ... I'm using "standard" aluminium oder brass mounts in a bigger aluminium block for better handling the excess heat:

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    Looking good. I made these a few years ago... Maybe a little overkill

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    Nope, I didn't order them. I need to make at least 20 sets (block and plate) to make it cheap enough. But since there was no interest I did not order them.
    I had a good price however. In the end I could have them for about 18 euro without screws, import taxes and so on included.
    Trying to create a good diode mount....

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    Quote Originally Posted by KrisVermeulen View Post
    Looking good. I made these a few years ago... Maybe a little overkill
    Since they are not fixed on your baseplate it is not overkill. If they were fixed to your baseplate with thermal grease then it would have been overkill...
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    ... how much heat to remove?

    A friend is designing/building watercooled plates to hold/cool the driver and cool a 270Watt-diode (so up to 500 Watts to remove).

    For smaller diodes water-cooling sounds overkill, but this could change with situation ...

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