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    Talking 445nm TEC cooled laser finally finished

    Hi all
    Well I finally finished my 445nm setup. I took my design from 300EVIL's basic design and applied a few changes. I had a couple of blocks that were the right height and width for my show platform. I took a peltier system from a portable drink cooler and I tried a small (pent 1 ) chip heat sink and it was too small. I went to heat sink off a pentium 3 system and mated it with the peltier set-up. It seems to be keeping the diode housing cool to the touch. I used a housing I bought from Holokidd on e-bay. The ps I am using is a 1amp unit but I am going to change over to a FlexMod 3 in a week or so. Here are a couple of pictures.
    The laser is an interesting color when mixed with my green and red. It will be a good show laser it looks like.
    Steve Wall
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    Cool laser. How long did it take to build? Output mW?-jimmy
    Wiki:The first visible wavelength laser diode was demonstrated by Nick Holonyak, Jr. in 1962.



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    Default How long and how powerful

    Quote Originally Posted by jooopy View Post
    Cool laser. How long did it take to build? Output mW?-jimmy
    It took about a week or so to figure out the plan and build. It is running @ 1 amp so I would guess around 650-750 mw. I am going to increase the ps power for more output and add the prisms to make the beam better.

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    Looks great, I'm always a big fan of simple builds

    Are you using the stock Casio lens?

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    Default Lens

    Quote Originally Posted by Stoney3K View Post
    Looks great, I'm always a big fan of simple builds

    Are you using the stock Casio lens?
    No I am using one that was in a 405nm laser. It seems to be ok but I am going to go to the prism set-up soon to get a better beam profile.
    Steve Wall

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