Start of the 5Watt project

[LaserGuy216]

could we all see some more pics of your red setup... Im about to do a red 650nm 1watt build.. I think and maybe a 405nm 800mW or so.......

[QUAZAR]

could we all see some more pics of your red setup...

Or the blonde

[rfourt]

What you want to see? and ill take phtos of it.

The 405nm Option i cannot Recomend anyone to build.
if i had the chance to do it again i wouldent.. Although i got about 1.Watt of 405,
it is not a good way to try and achve a cheap blue. The 405nm for some reason dosnt seem that bright at all and without smoke you can barely see the beam, Its a cheap solution and a nice colour whenever you see it, but to combine it with something else u cannot go over 400mW 650nm
and to combine 1watt of 405 with green i dont think you can go over 200mW of 532 to achive a nice mix of the 2.

And 200mW of green is really not something i want to run a show with. Although for a smal venue it could be nice.

I have noticed. that VideoCameras especially MObilePhone videocams capture the 405nm as really bright while if you use a SystemPro photographic camera like for example Nikon D80. The blue isnt even there.

Let me know what you wanna see of the red., and ill shoot some pics tomorrow.

PS: the combining of 10 beams with achromatic lenses and smal beam mirrors is really really time consuming. ANd you will never end up with a tight beam unless you work at Spectra Physics and have access to there labratory Breadboards etc. Atleast from my experiance. But as i sayd.. It is cheap and i payd a total of $80 for the diodes and then lets say $20 for the heatzink and $20 for the diode housings and $150 for the Edmund optics (2xachromatic lenses) so its cheap but way dark blue (UV-Violet) unless you project it on a white wall. But i guess most ppl here like me want to see the beams

could we all see some more pics of your red setup... Im about to do a red 650nm 1watt build.. I think and maybe a 405nm 800mW or so.......

[markerney]

Absolutely awesome project dude! BEAMS BEAMS BEAMS! Your right! The general public wants beams. Only people who know what it takes to create animation with lasers can REALLY appreciate it. PPS is greek to most people. Really nice job combining! Your head must have hurt for weeks after all the alignment was done! Looking forward to seeing your next one! Take it easy! Mark P.S. "If you can imagine it ..... It can be conceived." (sooner or later)

[madgadget]

I have to say that green is pretty mental...

[VioletBeam]

AMAZING!!!

[danielbriggs]

12x 100-120mW 405nm PHR diodes
2 x 800mW 650nm LionTech Modules
1 x 2100mW 532nm LasherShowParts Module

Lets see 12 phr diodes would be.... 120 USD the drivers/flexdrive would be 360 USD so total 480 USD fora about 1.2W

When you could use four 8x diodes at 290ma with four flexdrives for 920 USD for 1.5W and ALOT less work.

So for less then double you get about 300mw more power and need to use 8 less diode results lot less clutter.

Then you can have more heatsinking too!

The red modules sound fine but 2.1W of green woah don't you think thats a bit much?

Hmm... yes 8 less diodes, but 2x the price!?!
Personally, I would just spend that money on a 473nm blue, you get a much improved gamut.

You can NEVER have enough green.

[dar303]

Mycket stiligt!

Very nice, a really well built cabinet. How much does it weigh?

[SideFX]

Hey nice show man!
Were you running the green at full power over there?
And I'm also curious about the red.. these were Lion modules? Don't they have awful beamspecs? (>3mrad, 6mm) On the pictures it looks pretty nice though..

[rfourt]

Hmm... yes 8 less diodes, but 2x the price!?!
Personally, I would just spend that money on a 473nm blue, you get a much improved gamut.

You can NEVER have enough green.

Excactly.. Thats the double price and i didnt pay anywhere near the 480USD for those diodes and Flexdrives. (Also you knly need one flexdrive ) Thnx "Lava"..

And yea. if i had 900USD i would never go for BLue-Ray again. i would wait 6more months and save 900USD more and then buy me apritty descent Blue 473.

Mycket stiligt!

Very nice, a really well built cabinet. How much does it weigh?

Tackar. tackar.
I think it weights about 30-40Kilograms. then the Bredboard weights about 17Kilo´s of that. and the monitor 5kilo.

Hey nice show man!
Were you running the green at full power over there?
And I'm also curious about the red.. these were Lion modules? Don't they have awful beamspecs? (>3mrad, 6mm) On the pictures it looks pretty nice though..

Yep it is a LionTech. Terrible and i mean TERRIBLE beamspecs. i think the beam is about 1centimeter wide at one meter away. But ive managed to get the alignement pritty good. it streaches ove the entire X-galvometer mirror but only 40% of the Y-Galvo mirror. Bu i have solved this by adding a 5x5cm mirror above the galvos that catches the waste X-galvo beams and creates a pritty cool effect.

SO when i run Red i have 1 beam XY cordinated. and then 2 waste beams from the X-cordinate. looks pritty cool.