Board Thread:Lasers and laser pointers/@comment-24842579-20140517062045

So the other day pimin2010 gave me a DVD burner. After returning from DQ, I quickly opened it and salvaged an LPC-815 laser diode. I pressed it into the module from my last 50mw violet laser that died on me. The next day after returning home I soldered the driver and batteries to it. I was intending to put the whole assembly into a little Excel mint tin but I was too lazy (also it wouldn't fit the power supply I was going to settle on). Now I was able to do about the same amount of burning I was able to do with my old laser when I had the 9 volt battery attached. Fed up with the crappy 9 volt battery system, I grabbed my 2 double a battery packs and soldered them together in series and switched the button out for a small toggle switch. The laser could burn the ass hairs off my cat from ten feet away but I have not tried that yet. It cuts through tape in about 5 seconds and lights a match in 1 second. It cuts clean through paper. Pics soon  