Laser Pointer mod Guide

[K_to_the_L]

thanks for that additional insight guitarslinger. i actually have 2 of the battery terminals but they need more cleaning up. i had 4 originally 1 was destroyed outright during disassembly testing, another i bent a little ( from the cheap usb pass through ) all the battery ones are longer but the one from the usb passthrough is already the exact size you describe !! ( too bad i ruined it )

i got mine in the mail today ! ( hey i am pretty sure ive seen these on sale in other places ?? ) also wanted to note i did NOT create the pdf or ANY of the pictures i just reposted them ( those are all credited to the original posters !! ) thanks ( especially to cisco ) and good luck !!

[Camel Crush]

Okay, I'm sort of an idiot when it comes to electrical things, but I like the looks of this, and I would very much enjoy making one. My dad, on the other hand, is a handyman with a garage full of tools, and I'm sure I could get him to help me do it. So... here we go.

I never saw mention in this thread of making this compatible with a 510. Is this extremely difficult to do? Is it just more feasible to make it for a 901?

I'm a bit confused about where you obtain the "atty connector" that you place in the top of the nose cone at the end. Do you steal this from the end of an old battery, or what? Didn't see that mentioned in the PDF, but I guess I'm an idiot and should already know... or something.

Has anyone ever put an LED on this mod? How feasible/difficult is this?

[dseanor]

HeadsUp ...
Yesterday I Received New Batch Of Pointers From DX ...
Laser Product Design Change (Electrical) From Manufacturer ...
Green Circuit Board Instead Of Blue Circuit Board ...
Electrical Connections Are Different ...
Watch/Check Your Wiring ...

Battery Cap Is Flat ...
Doesn't Have The Tittie Any More ...

[Slickstick]

Excellent tutorial! I finally got around to doing this, and it works great. Ran into a few problems along the way (biggest one being accidentally soldering the wire from the atomizer to the spring), but in the end, it only took a couple of hours, and most of that was spent shortening the PCB to fit a 510 atomizer. And I don't even have a drill press, just a dremel!



EDIT: Now I have to get a stainless 510 atomizer to complete the look.

Does that battery last more than 4.5 hours like the 510 mega batteries??.. sry im a noob

[tdstrike]

Okay, I'm sort of an idiot when it comes to electrical things, but I like the looks of this, and I would very much enjoy making one. My dad, on the other hand, is a handyman with a garage full of tools, and I'm sure I could get him to help me do it. So... here we go.

I never saw mention in this thread of making this compatible with a 510. Is this extremely difficult to do? Is it just more feasible to make it for a 901?

To make it a 510, you first have to grind/sand/trim the outer casing of the
atomizer connector. They're to long to fit in the nose cone.

I'm a bit confused about where you obtain the "atty connector" that you place in the top of the nose cone at the end. Do you steal this from the end of an old battery, or what? Didn't see that mentioned in the PDF, but I guess I'm an idiot and should already know... or something.y vendors

Yes, you have to either scavage one from an old battery, or buy one from one of the many vendors selling connectors.

Has anyone ever put an LED on this mod? How feasible/difficult is this?

The VP1(the version some vendors are selling) has an led in it, pretty tight fit though.

good luck with it.

[coolone1]

I dont seem to be able to open the pics that aswell posted to pdf. It seems that I can not open files with the file ext RAR.

[RatRacer]

I dont seem to be able to open the pics that aswell posted to pdf. It seems that I can not open files with the file ext RAR.

Get a trial of WinZip. RAR is a compressed archive file, so you need to use a decompressor program. That's what I used to open it.

[boondongle]

Does that battery last more than 4.5 hours like the 510 mega batteries??.. sry im a noob

As always, that depends on your usage. A single battery lasts me from the time I leave my house until nearly the end of the work day. If I'm just sitting around the house, it'll last a couple of hours. The 510 mega battery is rated 380mAh, I believe, and my 10440s are rated at 600mAh hours, so on paper, it should last longer. Those numbers are usually pretty inaccurate, though, so you'd need to do a real world test to find out for sure. The 10440s only cost a couple of dollars each, however, while the mega battery costs around $13, so there is that.

[biilllyyyy]

HeadsUp ...
Yesterday I Received New Batch Of Pointers From DX ...
Laser Product Design Change (Electrical) From Manufacturer ...
Green Circuit Board Instead Of Blue Circuit Board ...
Electrical Connections Are Different ...
Watch/Check Your Wiring ...

Battery Cap Is Flat ...
Doesn't Have The Tittie Any More ...

i just got one of the new pointers from DX, wanted to try this mod. now i am unsure where to solder the positive connection. this is my first try at any mod and was going strictly by Cisco's tuturial & pics, can one of the mod pro's please explain where to connect positive connection on the new pointers
thankyou

[Kewtsquirrel]

Your best bet, even on the old lasers, was to scrape all of the traces off of the PCBs and solder directly to the leg of the switch not connected to the spring. If you accidentally scrape the trace between the opposite leg and the spring, just run a wire to the very bottom of the spring and use solder sparingly.