@Brent_Dowell Sounds a little like you do not have a linear tapir pot? Glad you are back in operation.
On the volt meter I put on the pot, I’m finding that .5 volts =~ 4ma, 1.5 volts =~ 12ma. If I crank it up so the volts read 2.5 (Pretty close to 5 turns on the pot), it pretty much maxes out the laser at 27ma. I’ve been using it most of the time at around 4ma.
This is the pot I bought.