How To Build A Laser
The first step in building a laser is taking a triple a battery holder and pressing its positive and negative leads against the matching points on a power switch.
How to build a laser. Lay the desktop computer on its side and open the cover. Drake anthony makes building a cutting laser from a pc look easy and it seems like it actually is. Look for a driver circuit that lets you adjust the current. Laser with 9v battery at 350ma will burn for the first 60 seconds or so and after that the laser stays at 100mw and cant burn anything.
After removing the cover extract two of the main components the psu and the dvd burner. Assemble the driver circuit. These kits include a circuit. Building a laser from a kit 1.
Many laser kits require you to assemble the driver circuit. How to build a burning laser and its driverfull tutorial duration. Connect the driver. The psu should come right.
Now you must decide if you want to build a portable laser or labby style which just sits on the desk powered by wall psu. Almost everything you need can be found in a dead desktop unit. After extracting the first two main components. The diode is pulled from a dvd.
A soldering wire is then pressed to the leads and the solder is melted into position with the use of a soldering iron. Build your own laser i didnt keep track of the original makezine posting on this one but it shouldnt be too hard to locate. Aakash roy diy projects 93990 views.