What did you mod today?

I made a build-thread for the mod Shortening the Convoy S2+

With a little more work, the entire light is now 102mm long, compared to 118mm for stock. Removing 16mm really makes for a much more pocketable light. Here’s a picture:

Put a little rechargeable COB light together

I like that CRX.

I replaced the XP-G2 R5 with a dedomed XP-G2 S4 2B and made it direct drive with all springs bypassed in a Lumintop Hunter T5.

Next to a Thorfire VG10

55mm Head

Before Mod XP-G2 R5

After Mod Dedomed XP-G2 S4 2B

C8 Dedomed XM-L2 U4 1A

I made copper ugly.

Nice work djburkes !
I was searching this lumintop for a while but i still can’t find it near me :smiley:

What ! How ? Too much heat ?

A temporary condition fortunately and a product of the brazing process. The heat scale was easily removed along with the brazing flux.

I ask BG if they would sell the Aluminum Black S41/A6 switch cap seeing they already sold the SS and the SS Colored Cap. Well they listened…Astrolux S41 Hochwertige Aluminiumlegierung LED-Taschenlampe mit vollständigem Endstück für DIY Sale - Banggood Deutschland-arrival notice-arrival notice

ThorFire S70S has a non-DTP copper MCPCB…
I could have ordered a DTP one from Banggood, but didn’t want to wait another 4 weeks, so:

The white paint didn’t cover the mess all too well, but who cares.
Protruding bits for thermal path to reflector.

Cool adaptation, Jerommel! :sunglasses:

:open_mouth: It’s better than from the store

Wow, really impressive !

I modded my BLF A6 with a SMO reflector and Dedomed the LED its throws okay now. It can easily been seen past 100 meters.

Also put an XPL with direct drive into my BLF D80.

Dear oh dear…
Thanks for the compliments, but the success was very short lived…
I killed the XHP70…
A week ago i killed a XHP50.2
In both cases i nicked the dome and ruined the LED…
:person_facepalming: :weary:

How did you kill it by nicking the dome?
Did you like poke it with a knife and break a wire or something?

Had this light (Ultrafire V10) waiting for a mod for ages (think it is slightly big for a 16340 light) but yesterday I modded it with lighted tail (lime, orange, red), BG bistro driver (with fix), and Nichia 219B V1 sm453 R9080 led (from the great effort of Clemence et al.) on 16mm Noctigon. The driver floating above the contact plate, lighted ring version with 3x2leds (3x5.9KOhm+5.9kOhm in series with everything).

The lighted tail needs the leds a bit more balanced in output some time, and I had to add the extra 5.9kOhm resistor to restore the user interface, so it is quite dim now (which is ok) and everything works.

The beam has a ring in it from the bezel, but nothing annoying in real life. It throws a good spot, with 450 lumen @30 seconds max (well over 3A current), and the great bistro UI takes care of all other modes. The rosy tint with total absence of yellow is not 100% my cup of tea , but the clarity and colour contrast of this led is sublime!

Sweet mod right there djozz :wink:

Well…
The protruding bits turned out to protrude too much, so set out to shave some off with a dremel fixed to a bench, but the mill bit grabbed it…

So i was really dumb to not make sure the thickness was as should be before soldering the LED to the board…

Changed the optic on a HC30 to a 45 degrees TIR.


Now it has a nice even spill when working outside.
Though I kept the lens, to press the O-ring down and keep it waterproof.

good fit Carclo 10140
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/showthread.php?t=31892