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    Laser Warning Insanity's Monster - The build begins

    As I know you guys love pictures, I thought I would share my new build with you in pictoral form

    I am using the same case my 1 watt RGB lived in and will be adding the following kit inside:

    The laser powers are as measured by my Coherent Power Meter which I now know is spot on, as the readings perfectly match those sent to me by Kvant:

    Lasers:

    Kvant 640nm @ 660mw (Rated @ 600mw)
    Lasever 532nm @ 860mw (Rated @600mw)
    CNI 473nm @ 300mw (Rated @ 200mw)
    Kvant 445nm @ 480mw (Rated @ 500mw)

    Total = 2300mw before optics

    Eventually I will be adding 1.2 watts of 658nm, but I am yet get that module built.

    Optics/Mechanics:

    Scanpro 40 galvos, Poly 20 Diffraction Wheel (Once I get it working), Laserwave blue PBS cube, Laserwave reflect red dichro, Edmund reflect blue dichro and kinematic mounts from Laserwave and Edmund.

    So, we start with a big pile of metalwork, lovingly machined, drilled, tapped and finished in a lovely shade of, yep, you guessed it, matt black

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    Here are the 4 laser modules

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    Kvant 640nm on the meter

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    Lasever 532nm on the meter

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    CNI 473nm on the meter

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    Kvant 445nm on the meter

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    This bit made me smile big time Here we have the two blues going through the Laserwave cube and loosing a grand total of 20mw all of which is 473nm. Giving a grand total of 760mw of lovely Blue.

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    Just to back this up, here is the 445nm through the cube on its own

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    Finally for tonight's installment, here are a couple of pics of the blues in the cube...

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    Unfotunately I have had to leave the build for the moment as I seem to have the only Araldite rapid epoxy that refuses to dry ... So I need to leave it overnight until I can do any more...

    Watch this space for the next exciting installment

    Mark
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    look forward to seeing this at a meet mate
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    Can't wait to see this beast finished
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    I just love it when a bunch of black parts come together she will be a real beauty! cant wait
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    NICE!

    This should be really beautiful when all done... keep us posted

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laserman532 View Post
    I just love it when a bunch of black parts come together......
    Must .... resist .... urge ............

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    Wow!!!! Nothing more to say

    Are you happy with the Lasever unit? Seems to be one of their new high power model... It is on my shopping list for my (eventual) 3W RGB upgrade...

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    awesome, cant wait for it to progress,, i didnt know you could mix 445 and 473 blues together with just a pbs cube.
    Will you be modulating both of the blues together or on different lines??

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    Hey Mark, don't forget 29th of August is your deadline!

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    Quote Originally Posted by andy_con View Post
    look forward to seeing this at a meet mate
    It will be there, if the glue on that cube ever dries

    Quote Originally Posted by sbk View Post
    Are you happy with the Lasever unit? Seems to be one of their new high power model... It is on my shopping list for my (eventual) 3W RGB upgrade...
    It had to go back to Lasever first time round as the beam was horrible, but when it came back, although still not 100% perfect, it is 260mw over power...

    Quote Originally Posted by carlos3621 View Post
    i didnt know you could mix 445 and 473 blues together with just a pbs cube.
    Will you be modulating both of the blues together or on different lines??
    I didn't know you could mix through a PBS either, I was originally going to put two 473's in there. When I tried the two wavelengths in the cube I was pleasantly surprised. As you can see, it does loose a bit of 473nm, but it seems to retain all of the more expensive 445nm, which is great news.

    I am going to have them on two separate lines. The QM2000 outputs a blue line and a deep blue line, so I'm going to make use of that feature.

    Right, time to see if my glue has managed to set yet

    Mark

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