HL6385DG 150mw 642nm laser diodes GB - new thread

[allthatwhichis]

I wouldn't open them; then I would send them to daedal with said lasorbs and flexmods with a few dollars and have him assemble them into modules for me...

[shrad]

I'll wait till I have an antistatic hot air soldering station... this is all I can do, and I won't risk using my old JBC iron on them

[MechEng3]

Just treat them as if they will explode when touched, directly or not. At least until you get the Lasorb installed. Wished these things were around a few years ago...I would have had a more pleasant learning curve.....less expensive too.

[daedal]

I wouldn't open them; then I would send them to daedal with said lasorbs and flexmods with a few dollars and have him assemble them into modules for me...

HEHE! Did you get any?

By the way, thank you DrLava I got my shipping notice today

--DDL

[drlava]

Yep, most of them went out today.
The diodes I kept in the tray and just hot sliced it apart so the diodes never left the safety of the anti-static tray on their way to you. To open them, untape the tray section you receive and use a razor or knife to pry off the translucent tray lid (because hot slicing seals the lid to the tray bottom). Make sure the diodes don't pop out in the process.

[LaserJay]

do you have any more of these diodes left ? i live in the UK, how would i pay you ? (i am a newbie)

regards

jay

[dave]

If its not too late, perhaps I can scrape up some cash for a few as well..

[shrad]

don't worry, there will be a second GB as soon as everyone will see what comes out of these

[Doc]

Yeah, I had to miss the last one, due to having to pay for my FB3. Ready to rock n roll now though

[drlava]

there are a few left over that I was going to build into units. Don't know about another group buy at this price, they had reduced the price because of temporary overstock. If you are interested in the extras at a slightly increased cost over the GB send me a PM.