So, I just got my TM lam unit in. It was a used one but I managed to source one in the states a fellow was willing to sell me. Everyone should know that the lam unit itself internally is pretty garbage. Now what I'm going to do (or at least try) is to put in a decent led light and a real laser into it.
Anyway, this is what the LAM looks like when its completely striped down
As you can see its only got three hex screws and one Philips head screw. Quite easy to take it apart. You do want to be careful when separating the two halves as they are held in with pins.
Here is the main chunk of where my focus is going to be:
As you can see, the light is nothing more then a simple old school led...the same goes for the "laser".
These are essentially the parts I'm going to be using. I salvaged them out of an old peq box I had lying around, they run off a standard 3v battery...no resistors in the circuit from that box.
So what I'm going to do is remove the resistors from the old circuit solder in the new components and try and seat them properly, with a separate on/off switch for the laser.
And last but not least here is the first "comparison" image
Sorry for the blurriness....holding the batteries and everything in place while trying to take a picture in the dark is a challenge.
I will be testing the new light and such under the same environment once I get it hooked up. Now off I go to home depot to get a soldering iron and some wire! I will be updating with more info and photos to follow.