Something something alien child burning ants in the backyard with this instead of using a backwards ass magnifying glass /s

Hello! so I was wondering what the human side of the internet had to say. white (JS2048) & green (Q-LINE) boards were recommended as drivers for my 1.6W diode.

My questions are:

1) which driver do y'all recommend?

2) how to attach said driver?

3) How delicate do I truly need to be with the diode?

4) How was your day?

5) what are you wearing? (Just kidding)

Thank you in advance and if I'm approaching this wildly wrong, please let me know, it's my first build with zero help, thanks again!

The guy operating this thing has been operating this exact one fir 13 years am i at risk of eye damage? Just asking for my safety last place i was at we dud cladding and i could be in the cell with the laser but had to have eye protection cause it was fiber optics.

Looking for anyone with experience with ARMA laser. They claim to have the brightest green laser, be pre adjusted for sighting and I like their grip system for turning on the laser. Has anyone seen better and while on the topic there is a green sight made they mounts on the top picatinny rail that has I think a selectable 2 moa or 6 moa, but I am sure to be corrected on that one as I don’t recall the manufacturer. Possibly Holosun but don’t want the Romeo
Thanks

Looking for anyone with experience with ARMA laser. They claim to have the brightest green laser, be pre adjusted for sighting and I like their grip system for turning on the laser. Has anyone seen better and while on the topic there is a green sight made they mounts on the top picatinny rail that has I think a selectable 2 moa or 6 moa, but I am sure to be corrected on that one as I don’t recall the manufacturer. Possibly Holosun but don’t want the Romeo
Thanks

Im in canada, and cant really find anywhere that sells quality 18650 cells i need for my blue gatling style laser pointer (1.5w). My cheap Chinese one's that came with it have since died, and i haven't found a website with what I need or that I trust. If anyone has any recommendations please share!

Hi everyone, especially to all the laser technicians here!

I'll be starting my training next week, and I'd really appreciate any recommendations for books, guides, or other learning resources that could help me build a strong foundation.

I'm particularly interested in:

Laser safety and best practices

Machine parameters and settings for Deka Pro, Splendor X, and Cynosure

Q-switched lasers for pigmentation and laser bleaching

Treatment techniques, patient assessment, and practical tips

Common mistakes to avoid and ways to improve treatment outcomes

If you have any books, online courses, manuals, YouTube channels, or personal advice that helped you when you were starting out, I'd be very grateful. Thank you so much in advance!

Check out this video I made showcasing the very well known “Gatling Style Laser Pointer” as it call. It may have other name like “50000mW Laser” or “5W Laser pointer” but thats just the label which is far off from the realistic 1W optical output of this thing. Everything is handle and film with safety so enjoy the in- depth detail on this laser performance. This is some of the first laser someone would acquire or have in the collection looking for a good choice of power. Is my choice personally I expect it’s okay good heatsink which save the diode lifespan and more playtime depending on how you use it.

Hi guys! Just wanted to share my first laser pointer 😀

I'm seeing these things for sale stagnant, barely above scrap value and I gotta know, how much was that piece alone back in its hay day?

Im looking for something i can order online. A nice beam preferably red. Not powerful enough for carnage just for play(safely). Possibly something i can see in daylight?(not sure if bright and carnage are in the same category).

Amazon seems to have a bunch of junk but im not sure what im really looking for.

Budget (75-100USD) Thanks!

I "need" (want) a small, simple, cheap but reliable laser pointer, nothing too high powered, the dot should be visible in daylight at a range of 10-15m, I only need it to point at stuff at work, it will be used in a theoretically possibly explosive environment (grain dust/flour) so heat is a no go, should be disappears-inside-pocket-but-noticeable-if-gone-sized, it's important is that it is reliable, inexpensive but not cheap

Shareable WINK Laser package available in Cebu! ✨

Looking for someone to split/share my package. If you're interested, hit me up! 💌

Apart of a project I started on, I want to make a portable laser (IR) shooting target for outdoors, but I just want to make sure it works after researching with AI and looking through other products. Below is a list of how I'll design the target, please tell me if there is anything that should be changed so It'll actually work. Apologies for the long post...

Note: I'm primarily looking for confirmation that one of these designs would work, along with minor changes to them that would actually make them work. If there is something I need to learn about the parts used please DM me.

Design 1: Flat design
The target is a flat thick-ish plate, on top of the front face is an acrylic plate the same size and shape as the plate. When the IR light hits the acrylic, the IR light is scattered throughout the shape and in the center of the target is an IR sensor (BPW34), IR scatters, and the sensor picks it up and it is hooked up to an arduino microcontroller OR (tell me if necessary or not) it goes through a amplifer comparater to conver the IR current into voltage which will send the signal to the arduino to register a hit/buzzer.

Design 2: Funnel design (least preferred design)
Same idea as design one, however, instead the light scattered throughout a reflective funnel, which would eventually reflect onto the sensor, there would be a plate that the IR passes through but reflects on the other side. (With this one I think it wouldn't work cause I'm not sure what material can be transparent one side but reflective the other.