What did you mod today?

Yes, not that I made a whole series.

My green D4 has 3500K 92CRI 219C’s, so less output than any of the D4’s stock, my black D4 with the last leds that I swapped out now, XP-L2 90CRI 4000K, put out 4300lm at start-up, 3800lm at 16 seconds.

Maybe this D4 with the LuxeonV’s is the brightest D4 to date? Or not: if someone modded a D4 with low CRI high binned XP-L2’s it may go higher than mine.

Awesome high cri pocket rocket Dale !!

That is a nice addition to the X6 collection Dale, more special than a triple would be.

Thanks guys, this one makes 14 X6’s, tried to make them all different from each other. :wink: In that 14 are two SS with Cu pills (one stock, one a triple), one full copper (Nichia NVS333A ultraviolet), and a Titanium from Rey (triple XHP-50.2). 3 have extension tubes and run XHP-70 or MT-G2 emitters. One is an SBT-70 on a hefty copper pill (the one like this newest that was designed for a quad, have an Illumination Machines 35mm faceted reflector in that one) The others are variations on triples or quads and 2 have a more normal build, one with XP-L2.

Running out of ways to build em. lol One of the triples has a titanium tube from Rey’s lights, it was for an 18350 but I extended it with a stripped 18350 Convoy tube.

Also have an aspheric X5, a warm white X5, and a stubby X5 running on an 14250 cell. And of course the 2 full copper X5’s that are in the matched sets. So 20 of my 140 are in the X6/X5 family. :smiley:

Will have to get some more X6 hosts to be able to experiment further, thinking I really need a triple XHP-70.2…. always wondered how a triple SBT-70 would do, might be hard to find em now. Maybe I should build a quad UV light… hmmm, there still seem to be variations I haven’t covered. :smiley:

Lexel, how’d you go about getting the emitter shelf out of the tube on the G35? I have broken the glue bond on the head, haven’t disassembled it further but would like to gain access to the driver…

I cut threads in the 2 holes
Then used long screws and a piece of wood to pull it out

They had it seriously glued didn’t they? I got the head broken loose but it took quite a lot of heat. I cheated though, mounted it in my lathe’s chuck and ran a torch over the thread area, then used my Boa Constrictor strap wrench to turn the body.

I was looking for some separation, needed the reflector to be seated in the head but a bit higher on the emitter. Worked, and for now I’m quite happy with it’s performance. I had already considered the “dent puller” technique to remove the pressed in shelf. Other fish to fry for now though…

Thanks for sharing your technique. :wink:

Well I didn’t want to start a topic of its own just for something kind of off the beaten path , so I thought I would post here………….

I modded a piece of wood……lol
Yea I said wood , plank , board , whatever it may be in your neck of the woods.

Seriously though I was just thinking of ways to take a little less space with my light collection but still have them accessible and in view I had 2 different ideas , with the first taking a little less room and the second one taking up half the space as having my lights just sitting on a shelf beside each other.
Of course I will need 3 or 4 more of each of these to get most of my lights consolidated in a smaller space , but these were a start.

Here is the “chunk” of Oak I did for only 3 lights…….

and then Here is a couple of pictures of the “shelf” I made that can be used in 2 different configurations , 1 for just hanging the lights with a cigar grip , or tactical ring and 2 using it as a shelf and a light hanger combined.

And the missus knows? I rely heavily on my stashes.
If SWMBO saw a shelf like that in our house, she would retaliate with a (not-so-budget) shoe binge buying expedition.

Haha yea , not only does she know , but she usually checks out my lights when I get them and has a number of lights herself that she has laid claim to before I even had a chance to get a review finished on them.

Nicely done robo, great way to condense the collection while still keeping every one of them readily available!

Might have to start thinking about a “flash cabinet” in red cedar. :wink:

Thanks Dale.

The red cedar is my all time favorite wood I think. Love the smell of raw Cedar and when you put a coat of Polyurethane on the outside of a piece it just really makes it pop.

If I can reign in my flashlight spending habit, I might have to commission you to build me a corner cabinet with the Cedar, glass inserts in the face (door) and a light inside with maybe mirror panels in the corner sides to reflect light and show the lights in a 3D perspective. That’d be cool, brass knobs on the door and brass hinges on the red wood. Dang, what am I talking myself into here?!!!

haha……what are you talking US into?

I am sure it could be done though……just have to get me some more cedar here to start drying good before I try to make something like that. I would hate to put it together and then have something crack 6 months or a year down the road from the wood drying out.

Robo, do you or does anyone watching here know if the blue bezel on an Olight S1A unscrews or is it a press fit?

I got a beautiful little solid copper S1A with Rose Gold PVD coating and they put a cool white XM-L2 in it, coming through the TIR it’s got a slight green tint. I’d like to put an XP-L V6 3D in it. Don’t want to mess up the gorgeous finish though, so I thought I’d ask first…

It is probably same fitment as the S1 Baton and S-Mini, on those lights the bezel is press fit.

:person_facepalming:

I thought it might the case, thanks Bobby. Not really what I wanted to hear but I guess that’s better than threaded and glued tight as a tick on a hound dog.

Now I have to decide if the color is off enough to make me attack this gorgeous light…

It is doable without damaging anything, at least i successfully opened my S1 Baton and S-mini, the S-mini was rose gold version and it did not have single scratch after my work to it.

There is video from a BLF member Thomas X3 on youtube on how to remove the bezel without doing damage to the light.

Here is the video

Nice mod on a few chunks of wood robo. :+1:

Definitely, and thanks for linking my personal YouTube channel :slight_smile: