It is a 12” blade steve…
started machining the pocket
60 x 30 x30mm
will need to get a collet set as the chuck isn’t rigid enough. to much protruding
below the spindle
It is a 12” blade steve…
started machining the pocket
60 x 30 x30mm
will need to get a collet set as the chuck isn’t rigid enough. to much protruding
below the spindle
As promised a little more progress
had to visit the lathe to recess the bezel
thought i’d run a couple of grooves across the bezel to break it up a bit
got to love the dro for drilling holes
that’s probably it till next week see how we go
Cool build mate it looks interesting.
I have used Venom cutting fluid when drilling metal its good. Its probably cheaper then the Worth its made by Sutton tools.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/sutton-tools-250ml-cutting-fluid_p6320395
Its good to see you converted with the DRO. A whole new world opens up with it.
Your block looks rather hollow from what one can see from the picture in the vice.
thanks for the link everydaysurvivalgear
I like the price 9.90
yeah steve the dro is good.
if I had a boring bar I would have done individual holes
now to trim it down to size…
I tried lot of different end mills from Banggood on aluminium with my CNC , i have yet to find some that are not crap, wih a european made end mill the cutting load is almost non existant and surface finish excellent the banggood ones are hard on the machine and make burrs everywhere and it’s very easy to brake them since they hardly cut, they are good on wood though for the price, better than the typical router bits with straight cutting edges.
Thanks for your thoughts James.
franticly trying to get things going
machined some groove and drilled some vertical cooling holes
trimmed to length
radiused the corners
yes that is a wood router bit
cut slots for straps
needs a quick deburr an polish and assembely
Looking good - can’t be too far from finished :+1:
Looking great, nice machining!
well assembly time there is a bit going on in the battery compartment
with charging board electronic and isolation switches and the narsil driver.
wires are soldered directly to batterys…
got some elastic 25mm wide from spotlight measured up swmbo’s head
and here we go
will try to get out tonight for a beam shot
it runs just on 4a to the 2 x xpg2 leds so should be good for 1 and 1/2 hours on high
from the 2 x 3400mah bats
apologies for lack of attention to detail
Unique looking headlamp :+1:
Nice work :+1:
What we need now is a review from the Mrs.
with last years build
some twilight shots
shed 60m
tree 30m
yards 40m
give us a few weeks and we will see if she likes it or not…
Really cool build, looks like a nice useful headlamp.
I love the design i like having batteries on the back and the light at the front it makes the weight more even.
Not sure what id rather have a fire on the front or back of my head ( Makes me think of loaded weapon when hes foots on fire lol)
Well done ltp. I liked your novel way of cutting the cooling fins. l’ll have to check it out next weekend. :+1:
The fella who did your quality blue prints must’ve gone to the same drawing school as mine Nice project