DVD Burner Laser

[octopus41092]

How many mW are they and how much would one cost?

 

[Billb2]

Is this what you want to do.

 

[octopus41092]

Actually... I was planning to extract the lasers from a whole bunch of old DVD Burners and eBaying them.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

For what purpose?

 

[octopus41092]

Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
For what purpose?

For... Money? Better than just tossing them

 

[Modelworks]

200mw is common, lightscribe burners have a laser that is more UV than no lightscribe which makes them more dangerous because you cannot see the light emitted.
Cost can be as low as $10 -$200 depending on the diode.
Be careful whatever you do, it only takes 7mw to cause permanent eye damage.