Nice work djburkes !
I was searching this lumintop for a while but i still canāt find it near me 
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 listenedā¦Astrolux S41 Hochwertige Aluminiumlegierung LED-Taschenlampe mit vollstƤndigem EndstĆ¼ck fĆ¼r DIY Sale - Banggood Deutschland-arrival notice-arrival notice
ThorFire S70S has a non-DTP copper MCPCBā¦
I could have ordered a DTP one from Banggood, but didnāt want to wait another 4 weeks, so:
The white paint didnāt cover the mess all too well, but who cares.
Protruding bits for thermal path to reflector.
Cool adaptation, Jerommel! :sunglasses:
Itās 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 dearā¦
Thanks for the compliments, but the success was very short livedā¦
I killed the XHP70ā¦
A week ago i killed a XHP50.2
In both cases i nicked the dome and ruined the LEDā¦
: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 
Wellā¦
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 itā¦
So i was really dumb to not make sure the thickness was as should be before soldering the LED to the boardā¦
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.
Nice mod on the MCPCB Jerommel. It deserves a new led. 
Looks really classy CRX! I read the build thread, nice.
Today I balanced the leds in the flashlight from post #2607 a bit better. The resistors are like this now:
Looks better now, but in reality what looks green is more towards lime andcwhat looks yellow is more orange.
i have been taking more steps towards casting my own aluminum stockā¦ i am going to start a thread in the DIY on itā¦
A very fiddly driver spring bypass, and a rather severe grinding job on the retaining ring to increase the internal diameter:
Wired up my 219C tripleā¦just need to attach the NTC resistor, once the silicone cures, and itās good to go.
I wasnāt happy with the wire solder job, so Iāve since preheated the pill and resoldered the wires. It looks a bit better now.
Considering itās my first reflow (using a clothes iron, no lessā¦thanks lampyris!), Iām pretty damn pleased (and rather surprised) that it actually works.