What did you mod today?

Now for the cruel truth, ” beam shots or it didn’t happen”.

Great work Majorok, and indeed: pics or it did not happen, prefereably next to the X7!!
Another soul lured into modding flashlights :smiling_imp:

well, i finally took the plunge. I decided to try to machine a complete light up from round stock.

i remember someone here recently saying that when they build a light on machining? that they work on the HEAD, and the TAIL, and do the battery part last.

I went in for the battery tube, figuring once i had that done, the light will sort of “tell me” how to do the tail and head.

I made the mistake of just “going in” because i was waffling on exactly what i was gonna do.

shrugs

it was either a 12 or a 15 hour shift, i lost track. Back is killing me too, ha ha… i cant post pics yet, because I am in the middle of a “boring”, asd i dont wanna break centerline by unchucking it till at least thats done.

if i “epic fail”, i will dutifully report it for you to have a giggle…i figure if this first one “works okay” then i will call it a success.If it even looks half decent? i will call it a blazing success (and you will have to hear about it, i can about figure i could get like a little kid if i pull this off.)

it is fun though, diving right in, rolling with the punches.

Good luck sedstar, I will be enjoying anything that comes out of this :slight_smile:

Mod my Convoy S2+
with UV LED from Aliexpress 3W 3535 High Power LED UV Light Chip 365nm (max 500mA)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3W-3535-High-Power-LED-UV-Light-Chip-365nm-395nm-Emitter-Diode-Ultra-Violet-DIY-With/32762365038.html

Aliexpress UV LED (1*AMC7135@350mA) + 2mm ZWB2 filter

Convoy S2+ Nichia LED from GB (2*AMC7135@700mA)

Datasheet http://forum.fonarevka.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=185337&d=1489135806

Yes, I may have been guilty of mentioning the head first, tailcap secondly and the battery tube last but LTP didn’t agree with that either. Good luck on the build and give that back a rest.

@ Serp, So it looks like the Nichia has a sharp cut-off above 370nm and the aliexpress led has somewhat higher output towards the 400nm, so some purple glow is picked up by the camera (probably not visible?)

The output of the AE led looks pretty good!

Did the S2+ with Nichia have a ZWB2 filter too?

>>Did the S2+ with Nichia have a ZWB2 filter too?
No

The burgundy paint is very bad (nose, beard on the first photo).

Without a filter a lot of extra light. I think nichia was better in this regard. I do not have it right now.
Extra glow removes the ZWB2 filter.
But, for its price it is a good UV LED :slight_smile:

Low power at 350mA
I want to put LED in lumintop tool (or made Nanjg driver @500mA for Convoy)

That’s without optics. Naked LED on the radiator.

UV Lumintop TOOL
The same UV LED
with 10440 Li-On 500mA on the Medium mode
with 1.5V (laboratory power supply) - 300mA on the MAX

Nice!

Nice, now put a ZWB2 glass in front of that visible beam and you’re set !

If you are uncomfortable with sanding down 20mm filters (I still am) this might be an expensive solution:
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/2x-Sarin-Technologies-Diamond-Gemstone-UG1-Filter-Lens-Diam-12-5mm-Thick-2mm-/131671001813
But 12.5mm might just not fit?

So much awesomeness in one thread! Really inspiring to see the creativity and talent here, hoping to jump into modd'ing in near future but gonna be lots of baby steps to get there...

@lexel & djozz - forgive the ignorance but what's the purpose of blackening dedomed LED's? Wouldn't it be better to have a white/shiny surface for better reflection OTF?

@ZozzV6 - clever and elegant way to add magnets to a light!

I guess it is an autistic thing: a zoomie in spot modus must only show the hotspot and nothing else, no halo around the led, no rings. In actual use some stray light is often very handy but this is a compulsive thing and has not much to do with reality.

Thank you! :beer:

OK I figured that was the case (specific to zoomie's) but thanks for confirming!

P.S. Most likely it was an auto-correct thing but I think you meant artistic (and no, I'm not a grammar police just that autistic would totally change the context here...)

I guess you can call it an artistic thing too. :expressionless: :partying_face:

Reflowed my first triple!

Haven’t connected it to a driver yet, but I did a continuity check on the jumpers to make sure they weren’t shorting, and the LEDs lit up :smiley:

Well done, Erethryn! 219C’s?

Nice Job! :beer: Nichia’s :+1: