In the OP we called for "Double springs with the smaller being Phosphor Bronze springs". I'm thinking we should stay with this approach - this was decided on way back.
Yep, I'm emailing a whole bunch this morn with our manufacturer contact about the prototype and where to go from here. There were a bunch of things done he wasn't aware, and was out of his control then. He just wanted to get the proto out to us in a rush as-is, and realizes there's a bunch of shortcomings. Things have changed over there since, so it seem we have a much better line of communication right now. If nothing else, this prototype has kicked this off -- all good.
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Good job The Miller!
I hope the very noticeable interest in this project and the SRK style flashlight type will help motivate a better then decent manufacturing process and put it back into the glorious position it used to sit.
Yep, totally agree. It appears to be a tight beam for a flood light, but overall much better looking pattern than the SRK clone. I have to do some comparisons to better make a judgment on the width of the beam - will know better tonight. I though a video would show the differences much better than still shots.
I'm in the process of writing up a detailed post now on the prototype.