- 1). Place a sheet of newspaper on a table. Unscrew the battery compartment lid from the battery compartment end of the red laser pointer. Remove the batteries from the battery compartment. Place the batteries and the battery compartment lid on the newspaper.
- 2). Hold the red laser pointer by the battery compartment end in one hand. Hold the needle-nosed pliers in the other hand.
- 3). Clamp the jaws of the needle-nosed pliers around the point end of the red laser pointer. Twist the needle-nosed pliers to separate the point end from the battery compartment end. Place the point end and the needle-nosed pliers on the newspaper.
- 4). Place the battery compartment end of the red laser pointer on the newspaper. Rotate the battery compartment end so that the single screw on the attached laser assembly is facing up.
- 5). Heat up the soldering iron for five minutes. Place the tip of the soldering iron against the circuit board on the laser assembly that is directly against the screw.
- 6). Remove the tip of the soldering iron after 12-15 seconds have passed to render the circuit board limiting the amount of electricity that can reach the red laser diode inert. Unplug the soldiering iron.
- 7). Place the tip of the flat-edged jeweler’s screwdriver into the screw. Rotate the screw a half turn clockwise to increase the amount of electricity that can reach the red laser diode.
- 8). Apply bonding glue around the rim of the point end of the red laser pointer that was attached to the battery compartment end. Place the two ends back together as they were originally. Let the bonding glue set for an hour.
- 9). Place the batteries in the battery compartment. Screw the battery compartment cap onto the back of the battery compartment end of the red laser pointer.
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Fill the spray bottle with tap water. Place the spray bottle on the newspaper. - 11
Hold the red laser pointer that is now a high-powered burning laser with the point end a few inches away from the newspaper. - 12
Depress the “On” button to activate the laser beam. Watch as the laser beam begins to cause to the newspaper to smolder. Release the “On” button. Spray the smoldering newspaper with water from the spray bottle.
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