I doubt that.
I assume they get rough casts in reflector shape and then machine it.
Otherwise it would be a huge waste of aluminium, time, energy and tools.
Sure they recycle the machined off aluminium, but recycling those bits with machine oil and surface oxidation into the same quality alloy is costly too.
Been travelling for over a month and just now paid for my pre-ordered GT and batteries! I just moved to Hawaii and have a few miles of private beach to test it out on!
So then I assumed correctly. The money is in the head.
Why are they using square stock? Round stock closest to it’s OD would be cost effective? It would scrap less material and can easily be turned in a CNC lathe.
Are you sure there using square stock for a round reflector?
raining out im bored.
just shot the lux meter with the gt on MOONLIGHT
it was 1000 lux at 4 meters on moonlight
probably more if i shot it at 10 meters.
crazy light
OK… It is then up to Lumintop & Neal’s QC to give final pass to reflector.
TA stated that Team OK was given to V1 reflector & anything ‘better than that’ was a bonus.
But it also seems LT is making every effort to provide the best reflector possible in this price point light. Maybe even better quality than was expected.
The slight inconsistencies we are seeing appear to be in the final finish/coating, not in the machining.
It appears possible that maybe a tiny number slipped through the QC control. But, as stated; that is yet to be confirmed.
As I understand what TA said…. everyone will get ….
……. a reflector ’at least meeting’ the standard the Team OK’d.
To me, NikolaS was simply saying they were using a big CHUNK of aluminum. I did not read it as a reference to shape.
I read it as “block” = “chunk”…… nothing more.