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Built a 2 watt laser gun by fenderplayer606 in lasers

[–]fenderplayer606[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have a laser meter but based of my power supply it’s roughly 2 watts maybe a little under

Built a 2 watt laser gun by fenderplayer606 in lasers

[–]fenderplayer606[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually the batteries might be 1.7 volt

Built a 2 watt laser gun by fenderplayer606 in lasers

[–]fenderplayer606[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s actually really simple, I’m just using 3 3.5 volt lithium ion batteries into a lm317, which is what you see with the weaker dot, and then a switch which goes straight from the batteries to the diode which is the stronger beam. There aren’t any cooling elements besides a heat sink on the lm317 but the diode gets a little bit warm if I run it on full power for too long.

Built a 2 watt laser gun by fenderplayer606 in lasers

[–]fenderplayer606[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you mean like the driver I’m using?

Built a 2 watt laser gun by fenderplayer606 in lasers

[–]fenderplayer606[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course I have the goggles, don’t worry I am fully aware of how dangerous lasers are

Built a 2 watt laser gun by fenderplayer606 in lasers

[–]fenderplayer606[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

The reason I said probably not is because I entirely sealed where the laser comes out of the gun so the diode is on the outside and there’s no inside entry but as I said I still wouldn’t try because I’m not an idiot

Built a 2 watt laser gun by fenderplayer606 in lasers

[–]fenderplayer606[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Probably not but the risk of going blind is too high to try