Buying: R-G-B laser combo

[lloyd33]

Doesn't have to be a complete projector system. Just a nice set of
red, green, and blue lasers.. with analog modulation.. power supplies..
all mounted to a plate with dichroics / beam combining optics (with
ability to adjust alignment, preferably). A total combined power of
1500+ mW would be nice. Matching beam profiles and low divergence
are important. I don't want a fat, square 6mm x 6mm red beam with a
<2 mRad green beam, and a <1 mRad blue beam. I know, I don't want
much, right?!

Anyway, throw your insanely ridiculous prices at me. I wanna see what
kind of money we're talking about here.

[daction]

Oh eh bro. .

[Picasso]

off the shelf Id look at the below. If you want me to put it on a metal plate for you add 100% to what ever the cost of the lasers is so I can build one for myself.

eightonlight.cn
Red 637nm 480mw Beam: 2.5*3.5mm mrad:1.0 $800ish
Blue 445 1000mw Beam: 4x4mm mrad: 1.0 $300ish
LS-XY003 optic mounts $25ush

laserwave
1w OEM-vs <.65 mrad $600ish

[drzoyburg]

Or just grab something like this from FeeBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/111083872732...84.m1423.l2649.

[swamidog]

man that's ugly.

bad color balance and no corrective optics, to boot.

Or just grab something like this from FeeBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/111083872732...84.m1423.l2649.

[kecked]

no dude no! That's complete crap. You got to do what we spoke of. there aren't any shortcuts for under 5k and even then.....

[drzoyburg]

Well thanks to Kecked, I'm on the road to build my own, was just throwing that out there,

[lloyd33]

I did look on eBay. The prices are tempting. The build quality is horrid.
The problem with going the DIY route with separate lasers is that I'll
end up spending 10X what I originally intended. Perhaps that's just the
way it has to be in this hobby.

[steve-o]

Unnecessary quotes, I know, but.........

(1) "You get what you pay for" ..

and, of course ;

(2) "If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself" ..

(3) ..and, if (2) wont work, see (1) ..

[Picasso]

And the one quote I like to try and tell myself......"It will be cheaper the longer you wait."