Thanks! Found them that way. I searched those terms on mcmaster and figured I must have the wrong name!
Not sure if its the right size
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Thinking about trying to fab those mounts the reviews were not very good… And they’re not really that cheap… I should be able to make them for at least twice as much money and 8 more hours! 
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I too was wondering if those held the lasers secure enough, or were they just fiddly.
On Amazon…
No, no,no, just a simple switch will not do for me …Built a quick-n-dirty 555 “one-shot” timer on one of the circuit boards I made for another project. Depressing the button will trigger on the two line-lasers for about 30-secs. I’m impressed with how well my Crossfire is dialed-in, that 16g aluminum cover was cut with virtually zero dross and those 1/8 holes look like they were drilled (31A, 150ipm, kerf 0.025") …did i mention how much I love this machine?? 
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Here are two “one-shot” schematic diagrams drawn in “CletusCAD”. One uses a push-button and the other, well, you can get really cool and use a touch-plate
EDIT Sorry, the unidentified cap is 10nF
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I was wondering if you were driving a relay, but the 555 can handle the current of the lasers I assume? Nice! I couldn’t find the current requirements on the laser amazon listing…
Ya Cletus listed that. I was thinking of making them as the reviews are not too good.
Yup, the ones I ordered are rated at 5mW, I do have a few 5mW spot lasers here in the shop and they each draw 20mA @ 5V so a couple of them should draw no more than ~40mA, the 555 can source/sink 500mA
EDIT Kinda like the touch-plate thing, so I implemented that as well (too much time on my hands this week) 
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How are you going to power it?
A 5V 1A wall wart.
EDIT: Yee gads, Torch firing certainly triggers the touch-plate, no biggie I guess! 
Not going to lose any sleep over it… reverted to the first diagram!
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Well the lasers arrived today, and only one holder. My stupid fault, somehow, I only ordered one. so here I am waiting again. 
Well, I’m an impatient old fart, so I McGuivered a little something in the interim. This laser cross-hair implementation is pretty damned neat!
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Looking at that I wonder if it’s not a good enough long term solution? The reviews of the amazon mount weren’t great how did you find them @Cletus ?
I am tending to agree with you @ScottNH . I find the commercial mount pretty iffy, whereas mine I’d say is pretty solid.
I think once you’re happy with the alignment, a drop of crazy glue on the balls, locks everything in place nicely. Then, if you really need to move it later on, a bit of force, a heat-gun or both, will loosen it all up nicely.
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I would definitely avoid crazy glue on the balls.
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Hahahahaha!
Here’s my version of the laser crosshairs for my Crossfire Pro:
The lateral lines on the aluminum are reflections and not coming from the lasers. What I particularly like about this is the lack of glue on balls, whether accidentally or purposely 
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