Osram PL450B Handheld Laser Build

[Click16]

Hey guys, I figured I'd post this here. I decided to make a high-powered handheld blue laser. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask away. I'm not expecting any of you to be overly interested in this, but I hope a few of you are

[DarkShallFall]

Nice dude. Wheres the lightsaber?

[Click16]

Not quite ready for a "light saber" yet lol. I could build a laser that is about 15x stronger than this one, which can put out about 2.5W of power (which is INSANE) but I'm quite scared to make something with that much strength. It would be way to easy to damage your vision, and I live with my family still, and don't want any accidents. So I'll just stick to this 170mW laser for now. Maybe I'll make a 100mW green one soon....

[DoorM4n]

This is awesome! You should sell these man!!

[SikSemper]

Awesome! I myself have a laser. I looked into building one and then forgot to build it -_- Here's a couple pics of my 200mw green laser:







Beam is very visible in my room with the light on, being that it's green. It's a little hard to see in the camera. It will burn things and touch stars(well, kinda) Definitely hurts to look at it on the wall and I need Laser safety glasses but I didn't buy any so I'm being real careful with it. I was scared to build a really high powered one also because if you look at one long enough to tell what you've looked at, you've damaged your eyes.

[Click16]

Yeah, just really scared for both my own vision, and the vision of others, which is why I opted for the lower 150-180mW power output laser.

[DoorM4n]

Click,

I got yo competition man! You gotta build a laser for the wrist now that is double the strength! Then you gotta attach a Rolex onto it. Come on Click! I believe in you!!

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