Laser Pointer mod Guide

[Crooooooow!]

If it was re-designed, maybe, but your still stuck with the hole placement, If the shell was 2mm longer between the hole and the end cap it would be perfect.

Kind of like this one...

Cisco...

I have no expierence with working with electronics and such, but about a month ago i had an idea that a laser pointer might work as a custom PV..... then i hear of this thread! Which is absolutely what i was trying figure out in my head! (Odin be praised!) However my lack of electrical knowledge started to make my head hurt trying to crash course my self with what i can find via googleing

When i am brave enough to attempt my own mod, this is going to be my template. My original idea is a little bit different with the voltages as well as the battery type.

Thank you for rekindling my inspiration!

Cheers

 

[Crooooooow!]

If it was re-designed, maybe, but your still stuck with the hole placement, If the shell was 2mm longer between the hole and the end cap it would be perfect.

Kind of like this one...

Cisco...

BTW, where did you find this laser pointer?

Cheers

 

[ApOsTle51]

BTW, where did you find this laser pointer?

Cheers

Links are in the first post of this thread

Good Luck

 

[Crooooooow!]

Links are in the first post of this thread

Good Luck

Thanks, but i was referring to a different pointer that Cisco had posted on the previous page in this thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-laser-pointer-mod-guide-longerlasershell.jpg

No worries bro!

I have run across two other laser pointers trying to locate the one in picture via google and ebay. These seem promising but i am not sure if the buttons are far enough down. Brand New Silver Green Laser Flashlight 5mw 532nm ...USD20.25 Wholesale Price at DHgate

And this one
Green Laser Pointer (JL-007) - China Green Laser Pen,Green Laser,Green Laser Pointer in Entertainment Electronics

Cheers,

 

[Cisco]

Thanks, but i was referring to a different pointer that Cisco had posted on the previous page in this thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-laser-pointer-mod-guide-longerlasershell.jpg

No worries bro!

I have run across two other laser pointers trying to locate the one in picture via google and ebay. These seem promising but i am not sure if the buttons are far enough down. Brand New Silver Green Laser Flashlight 5mw 532nm ...USD20.25 Wholesale Price at DHgate

And this one
Green Laser Pointer (JL-007) - China Green Laser Pen,Green Laser,Green Laser Pointer in Entertainment Electronics

Cheers,

Hey Crow,

That laser was not bought. It was a custom made shell and I used the laser mod nose piece. I modded a laser similar to the ones in the links you posted


http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/modders-forum/27880-yet-another-laser-pointer-mod.html


Cisco...

 

[Crooooooow!]

Hey Crow,

That laser was not bought. It was a custom made shell and I used the laser mod nose piece. I modded a laser similar to the ones in the links you posted


http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/modders-forum/27880-yet-another-laser-pointer-mod.html


Cisco...

Wow! So you have!

I guess i should hit up a local machine shop to thread me a custom shell.
Thanks again!

Cheers,

 

[Crooooooow!]

Step 3 Electrical/ soldering

OK here is where I officially turn into a ....... I have no finesse when soldering, I know all the tricks and have all the right tools but I just can't get a good handle on soldering such small intricate stuff. You need to solder a small length of wire to the center post of your 901 atty connector (Fig 13). If your atty connector is a press fit in the nose cone there is no need for a ground wire. If you feel your atty connector is to loose you will need to solder a ground wire from the atty connector to the nose cone. When you solder the atty connector you really need high heat soldering gun. If you use a low watt gun you need to keep the heat on for a long time and this could melt the silicone gasket that isolates the threaded adapter from the center pin. Unless you remove the center pin to solder, I don't because i find the silicone gasket tears very easy, you could wind up with a short. You also need to remove the large resister on the laser emitter PCB (Fig. 14). You could either cut it off or unsolder it. The positive terminal spring that is soldered to the top of the PCB needs to be modded. Its just a coil of wire, in fear of the end of the coil rotating into the vent holes in the battery makes me nervous. What I did was bend the cut end over towards the center (Fig 15).

Do you know what the stock resistor is rated as far as ohms?

EDIT - After googleing color codes, and typing in their values into an online calculator i got 470 ohms, with a 10% tolerance. Is this correct or am I bass ackwards?

 

[Cisco]

Do you know what the stock resistor is rated as far as ohms?

EDIT - After googleing color codes, and typing in their values into an online calculator i got 470 ohms, with a 10% tolerance. Is this correct or am I bass ackwards?

I don't know, Put a meter on it....

Cisco...

 

[Wheatfield]

Very nice work, I can appreicate the work that goes into these mods through modding myself with a different hobby.
Before I was laid off I had access to every machine tool in the shop, plenty of scrap material, and the freedom to mod away.
Keep up the great work.
Steve

 

[Crooooooow!]

Very nice work, I can appreicate the work that goes into these mods through modding myself with a different hobby.
Before I was laid off I had access to every machine tool in the shop, plenty of scrap material, and the freedom to mod away.
Keep up the great work.
Steve

What? Laid off in WNY? I feel your pain, i lived in North Tonawanda for a few years. Jobs are becoming a myth out there. Good luck brother

Cheers

 

[igetcha]

hi guys,

here is a video review / demo of the "Cisco" laser pointer e-cig:-

YouTube - REVIEW OF THE CISCO LASER POINTER E-CIG


thank you Cisco for sending me this great little device!

cheers,

scott

 

[iStormUK]

Wow that thing looks really cool, and comes with a key-ring holder, handy that! Not sure I'm technically minded enough to make it myself, and I know I don't have the tools to try, but you considered making a few units and selling them, as Scott says in his review, you could easily make a mint from it.

 

[SCOTTYBALLS]

Wow that thing looks really cool, and comes with a key-ring holder, handy that! Not sure I'm technically minded enough to make it myself, and I know I don't have the tools to try, but you considered making a few units and selling them, as Scott says in his review, you could easily make a mint from it.

X2 on that ..

 

[Cisco]

Wow that thing looks really cool, and comes with a key-ring holder, handy that! Not sure I'm technically minded enough to make it myself, and I know I don't have the tools to try, but you considered making a few units and selling them, as Scott says in his review, you could easily make a mint from it.

It was never about making money, although I could have made a pretty penny...

This guide was put here to give people the opportunity to mod themselves instead of paying silly amounts of money for what is basically a tube and a switch. This was way to easy of a mod to keep to myself. I can look into finding a few UK members that might be able to make one for you

Cisco...

 

[igetcha]

ive ordered 5 of the laser pointers from deal extreme and will "attempt" to make some. if they come out okay i will run a competition to give a few away via my website

cheers,

scott

 

[Trox.Shawn]

I actually just completed making one that works fantastic. First try, and no mistakes other than the few cosmetic scuffs I made while building it. Mine has a 510 adapter that I stole from my 401 charger that broke.

 

[Sprocket]

Finally got around to doing a laser with a 801 atty, Same steps as the 901 with the addition of milling off some of the nose cone for the atty to overlap.

Cisco...

Awesome! I was going to post and ask if you think it was doable with an 801 as that is my preferred atomizer. Where do you get the atmonizer connectors and how did you mill off the excess material? Dremmel tool? It looks almost too uniform to be a dremmel LOL

Another question I have is do you use a protected battery or is that not an issue? I see most 10440's are unprotected and assume the protection circuit is in the device its supposed to be used in?

 

[FizzleFisch]

..... Another question I have is do you use a protected battery or is that not an issue? I see most 10440's are unprotected and assume the protection circuit is in the device its supposed to be used in?

Well ...unfortunately it is an issue for me. Not that I think there's much chance of a problem.. cuz I don't. But because I intend to be making several of these terrific Cisco laser mods for family members, friends, and neighbors..I can't just simply ignore the possibility of a battery incident, even if that possibility is very remote.

Cisco (amongst others) has repeatedly reminded us all that the 10440's are, and have been, used extensively without apparent problems in our particular scope of e-cig applications. Still... any additional safety precautions, if reasonably available, would be very wise and welcome indeed.

Seems to me I read that someone here on ECF has managed to secure some protected 10440 batts on a special request. And I also thought I'd seen these protected cells on one of the supplier websites.

What was the reason given that protected cells couldn't be used here? -- Or rather.. what was it that caused more work in order to be able to use them with this mod?


fisch

 

[Kewtsquirrel]

Cisco got the protected 10440s, don't know if he has any left though.

As for them not working perfectly - they're a bit longer, so they don't really fit in the laser all that well.

 

[FizzleFisch]

Cisco got the protected 10440s, don't know if he has any left though.

As for them not working perfectly - they're a bit longer, so they don't really fit in the laser all that well.

Ok -thanks for that Nerf! - perhaps if he doesn't have any left then more can be secured somehow.

...as for the length issue (~1mm). I'm guessing this can't be a major obstacle to overcome.

I guess I need to order parts immediately in order to get started right away. What does it typically take.. a week or so for delivery?

cheers,
fisch