Rebuild RGB

For hobby use i put together the following components

1 x DT40K pro scanhead with drivers and psu
2 x OneStopLasershop high end dichroic mirrors (one to reflect red and one to reflect green)
1 x 1W blue from Edison
1 x Quad 800mW Red from Edison
1 x 300mW Green from LaserWave (Stanwax)
1 x Mirror adjustable mount with mirror
1 x PT-Itrust connector board

See pic attached.
Yesterday Hobbybob and I spent a whole evening drilling the base plate and finished the entire setup which was previously constructed on an optical table like board.

Aligned the beams and did a first testshow looking very good, nice color balance but because it was already late i didn't had the time to shoot some pics/videos but will upload them soon.

Michel

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That,s what we like to see. Only some heatresistive matblack paint to give it a nice finish would be good. It will give a pretty scratch resistant surface. Ask hobbybob he has my first projector with the same paint on it.

Nice lasers by the way :cool: They seem very familiar*retardo

Can,t wait to see some beamshots!!!!!

Nice to see it built - looking forward to the beam pix

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Originally Posted by edison

Only some heatresistive matblack paint to give it a nice finish would be good. It will give a pretty scratch resistant surface.

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I would go the anodising route anyday - much more scratch resistant than paint and does not restrict the flow of heat from the modules for cooling. That said I am lucky to have an anodiing firm 5 mins away who are very good and very reasonable.

Rob

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Originally Posted by stanwax

Nice to see it built - looking forward to the beam pix


I would go the anodising route anyday - much more scratch resistant than paint and does not restrict the flow of heat from the modules for cooling. That said I am lucky to have an anodiing firm 5 mins away who are very good and very reasonable.

Rob

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might have to send some stuff your way then ;)

No problem
Turnaround is normally 2 1/2 days if they are not too chocca busy
Rob

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Originally Posted by stanwax

I would go the anodising route anyday - much more scratch resistant than paint and does not restrict the flow of heat from the modules for cooling. That said I am lucky to have an anodiing firm 5 mins away who are very good and very reasonable

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Anodising is the canines conkers, you are lucky to have a local shop that will do a quick cheap job, mine take weeks/months/years/decades.. O_o

A light coat of acid etch primer, de-nibbed then a micron or two of topcoat shouldn't cause a thermal barrier, rollering on 15 coats of Hammerite might do.

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Originally Posted by p1t8ull

Anodising is the canines conkers, you are lucky to have a local shop that will do a quick cheap job, mine take weeks/months/years/decades.. O_o

A light coat of acid etch primer, de-nibbed then a micron or two of topcoat shouldn't cause a thermal barrier, rollering on 15 coats of Hammerite might do.

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15 coats, your doing it wrong. one thick coat should be fine ;)

*retardo That's some different cake, than I've seen at Ilpendam.

yes, made some decent progress in acquiring the right components, after playing with the optical breadboard i knew where to put things and created this spacey final setup.
Yes it is large but leaves room for an aditional red perhaps ;-)

Meanwhile i have connected it to the power supply, shortened a lot of wires and drew a picture where the AR glass window should be put in place, something for this evening.
Then i will put in 2 fan's with dust filters and start thinking about a section divider that separates the optics/lasers from the rest so it is less pollution sensitive.

Then i have to put in the connector for the ilda cable in the rear and add a keylock and stickers.


Michel