Hehehe this is a nice change of subject for a change. From a hobbyist point of view its great to post all your testresults online so other hobbyists can bennefit too of this. But from a manufacturer point of view its different. I changed from a hobbyist to a full time manufacturer like Kvant and RGB. I,m not doing the big quantaties like Kvant or others do but the principle is the same. I,m building projectors and developing modules fulltime so posting my research on PL to help others is helping the competition.Kvant,RGB and others like lasever watching PL too i,m sure of that.
I have posted some pictures of my triangle flexmount and it was copied in no time by your friend lasever borg It was not completely the same but you can sure see where the idea is coming from.
Same as my first stackingsystem and that doesn,t matter when your not have to pay your monthly rent from your house because you have some other job. I see it more like a pokergame, you don,t show your cards that you have to others and that is how its with me. I spend over 30000 euro on developing , buying lenses and other stuff to get good and stable modules with the lowest divergence and i,m still investing in that. I have allot of PM,s about wich lenses to use, wich diodes and what not. And to be honest i really would like to help every hobbyist that needs help only but i just can,t because as soon as you tell you how you do things the next day its posted on PL. If i say NO to someone that asks to me what lenses to use or wich diode they should pick they think i,m an asshole. If i do tell them then they will post it on PL becuase they want to share it inn their excitement and Kvant or some other chinese manufacturer copies it in 2 days. The funny thing is that 90% of all information that you need is right here on PL. The only reason for asking me or someone else is because they are LAZY!!! Ok my modules are not cheap as Lasever for that matter but i have seen several threads that Borgqueen posted with problems of his lasever modules. Is it really worth all that to save a few hunderd USD ? PL is a great community for hobbyists aswell for manufacturers. Just play the game honest and let everyone dig out their info that they need for them selves.