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2020-10-04 7:22 pm
Here is a dollar store flashlight converted to a laser.
Simple enough to do. Now it's a $2 laser flashlight and I have the original leds left over.
Cats love it. The advantages over the "srore-bought" pens (though most cats won't care)
- uses AAA batteries
- batteries last longer
- AAA's more convenient to replace than barrels
- brighter light
- the whole project cost less than $2 per flashlight - with spare parts
The dollar stores changed models.
For the 9 LED flashlights with a removable lens cap the job is simple.
Unfortunately, with the advancement in LED technology brighter single LED units replaced the 9 LED light.
This changes the geometry and how to secure the laser LED - which I haven't figured out successfully.
Question to myself:
Is the manufacturing of $2 lasers a rationale for buying a 3-d printer? Hmmm.
Taking yourself seriously is no laughing matter.
Taking someone else, seriously, it's a federal offense.
2020-11-11 2:27 pm
3D laser printing is a slow and tedious process, especially when you are doing it in a manufacturing enviroment.