How to Take the Laser Diode Out of a DVD Burner

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Tip 1 - The new DVD Laser Diode!

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Slim Natey | permalink

Here is what your extracting diode will look like!You can get the burning LASER DIODE HERE

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/Laser-Flashlight-Hack!!/step6/The-new-DVD-Laser-Diode/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to make a powerful burning laser for CHEAP!

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Fred and Connie Roush | permalink

After watching many videos on youtube of people burning things with high power lasers, I wanted one.Those lasers can cost a lot of money though, som...

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-burning-laser-for-CHEAP/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How To Extract A Laser Diode From A DVD Burner

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Marc Balcer | permalink

How to extract the laser diode from a DVD burner

For further reading: http://building-lasers.wonderhowto.com/how-to/extract-laser-diode-from-dvd-burner-0134461/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - How to Extract the laser diodes from a DVD burner computer drive

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by ALLONSIUS Jean - Claude | permalink

Need a laser? There's a perfectly good one embedded in your defunct DVD burner, so instead of tossing it away, disassemble it and perform a little electronics surgery to extract the laser diode. This video will show you how it's done, using a Philips 16X DVD burner to find the 200mW red laser. To find out which of those laser diodes is the red burning laser, check out this video. * You can NOT use a CD, CD-RW, or DVD-ROM drive. They will NOT work.

For further reading: http://mods-n-hacks.wonderhowto.com/how-to/extract-laser-diodes-from-dvd-burner-computer-drive-398495/ ^[4]