What did you mod today?

Thanks for the tips :beer:

I really like the metal switch, but that’s OK. Having the silicone one on this just means that it’ll get an illuminated tailcap soon. I’m thinking white or white & blue on this one, should go with the bare metal nicely.

Coffee is working this morning… Tiny parts.

SF348 got a new emitter. Yeah, another 219B 4000K High CRI.
Cleaned up the pill, removed burrs and flatened best I could. Opened the reflector a bit too much and got a couple scratches, but oh well it fits the emitter. There was no thermal paste on it. reflowed the emitter to the original 8mm aluminum MCPCB.

Bought it cause it was $4.50 but never used this light because it was an awful color. Now I may grab it on occasion.





Got tired of the SF348 screaming “Polish me, Polish Me!” Hope the voices will stop now.

Locator switch light on the S10R II i got from - X3 -

Sweet mod !
You like tinkering with small LEDs don’t you ? :smiley:

TA driver, Bistro

Eagle-eye X7

XP-G3 5000K

more incremental work on my “scratch build” DIY-USB microscope project…

melted zinc, cast it in into a short piece of round stock, 3 or more inches in diameter… for inexpensive “practicing” making the general shape of something i will make later out of aluminum stock.

practicing the shape on aluminum would be cost prohibitive, lol…

Nice Project. I want to do it similar with XP-L2 and BLF A6 Driver.
The Driver is very nice solderd, did you done it yourselfs?

Have you reworked the driver retaining ring? Or what is the right ring in the 6th picture?

Yes, Rework with the original ring.

Driver soldered by hot-air gun.

If you order the thin .8mm 2OZ boards from oshpark I have found they clear most retaining rings without the need for modifications. The retaining ring will just sit on top of the 7135’s. I do this for all of the 17mm drivers and any 20mm driver that might need the extra clearance. Larger then that and total strength can be an issue.

On the road M3 LED locator switch. Green light is on constantly, turns brighter red for low voltage warning.

Colorful Lights with heat




H III anodisation gets tiny cracks, you can hear it at 80-100°C the layer is too thick so it doesnt expand the same like the aluminum

I figured out the Convoy BD06 driver that is a simple 105C driver just it has a charging circuit on the board which is working separately from the driver part. The only common thing in them that each part is connected with battery + and -. I made a pic of vias and wiring on driver.

According to this today or tomorrow I will try to flash it with Biscotti FW and I think it will work both driver and charging after all. And maybe stack on 2 or 3 AMC7135s.

Thanks for the picture of the driver.
Can you please send it to CRX, and he will post it in his thread: LEDs & Other Stuff - (Reference Guide)

Here is a similar mod. But flashing the Atiny didnt worked, it needs to be exchanged: Convoy BD06 triple Mod | Taschenlampen Forum

I sent to CRX. I don’t know about the replacing of ATTiny. I didn’t tried to flash it.
Sadly I can not see TLF pictures because i’m not a member and I don’t understand german. :frowning:

Got any details on how do did this mod?

Nice investigation, Zozz. As mentioned, you might want to double check that MCU. From the picture, I don’t see any of the writing on it that is typical of the attiny’s. I’ve never tried flashing a generic MCU, dunno how it goes.

I took my first baby step and replaced my first led. Got warm fuzzys when it worked lol

If I can’t flash it. I will replace it with a new empty one. I will make a better picture tonight.

You can even mod it with a fet in there , with or without flashing a new firmware .