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Please add me to the list for one. Thanks!

Please add me to the list for two (2). Thanks!

one for me pls!

Yeah, but I hope it’s not bead blasted. Shiny looks so much better IMO…
1st version looks like a high end light, 2nd version looks cheap.

Sorry, forget I asked… :wink:

On the shiny vs bead blasted, after having made a few lights from scratch and in the beginning going for a polished look, I am now learning to make a final pass that leaves “tooling marks” for some grip. The polished lights feel oily in hand and are a bit tough to hold onto, or can be. Just a thought…

Edit: for clarification… when I was first learning to use the lathe my challenge was to get a smooth near polished cut, running the feed by hand. When the gearing is used to feed at a constant feed rate there are micro lines showing the advancement of the cutting tool (most of the time) Now I am learning to replicate that by making a faster final pass to get those lines, instead of laboriously cutting slow for a smoother finish.

add me to the list please. I like shiny but…

Sounds like one of the major signs of starting to gain mastery — after learning the rules and how to do things right, moving on to learn when and how to break the rules for added effect.

Just a couple days ago I had reason to break the rules in a song I’m making. I ended up using a chord of four notes a half-step apart… like C, C#, D, and D# all at the same time. Normally this would never happen because it sounds shrill and dissonant and one would be hard-pressed to find a chord which sounds worse… but it can, on occasion, be useful.

I have always had this thing about polished. Since I was a kid, it was kind of an obsession. Once, when about 10, I got ahold of a piece of 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper and wondered what my fingernails would look like if I polished off the fine ridges and such. So on one hand I used the paper and got the fingernails mirror finished, essentially. Then it was embarrassing dealing with the questions about why I “painted” my fingernails! lol Haven’t done that again, but still, I like polishing things for the bling effect. But, after making a few lights with “bling” I discovered it made them difficult to hold. So, compromise was needed. :slight_smile:

Finding how to make it look qood while working can sometimes be quite a chore. How many lights do we have with fins on the head, adjacent the reflector, but not so much where the heat is going, below the emitter? Aesthetics can be a bear, function can be ugly, I applaud all the manufacturer’s that figure out so many ways to make so many models…

Count me in for 1!

If I can give my input I’d prefer the completely flat battery tube (so no slants) and a non-shiny finish.

Has anyone managed to get an update on the progress with this? There is a large and growing base of support now, it would help if we had a regular status report to confirm that we are heading somewhere and not just treading water.

This is being actively worked upon. Updates are posted more frequently on the discussion thread on the German forum:
http://www.taschenlampen-forum.de/threads/fw3a-tlf-sonderedition-in-kleinserie-diskussionsthread-update-prototyp-v1.56306/page-9

I use Google translate to follow it:
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=\_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taschenlampen-forum.de%2Fthreads%2Ffw3a-tlf-sonderedition-in-kleinserie-diskussionsthread-update-prototyp-v1.56306%2Fpage-9&edit-text=&act=url

A prototype was sent out a month ago to the team working on this and they’re fine tuning various things like the button and the driver. As for the design, Fritz15 said he’s not 100% satisfied with it so current shape will no doubt be balanced out.

Please add me to the list……

Put me down for 1.

1 unit for me thank you

1 for me please.

Hi Zulumoose, the organizer of the BLF side for this project The Miller was sick couple weeks ago, the other forum members are trying to keep things up for him, but it is not an easy job to do so. Let’s hope that The Miller is well and come back soon to the forums. It is little worrying to see an active forum member not being online for 3 weeks, not for projects sake but with his wellness.
You can read The Miller’s post here Merry Christmas and a little explaining for absence

We also posted our impressions here but if you’re not following every post you don’t really have any chance of finding it since the topic here receives so many more replies. And unfortunately, it’s not possible to update the original post by the miller.

Anyway, this week or next week we’ll send our feedback to Lt and then we wait until the next prototype is ready.

Great to get some reassurance things are moving, seems every time I check out the thread it is so full of new subscribers it seems there is little else going on. Thanx guys.

…. but I’m sure you could do it! Having a variable brightness AND variable tint light would be a lot of fun. :+1:

Maybe make this a more expensive option, or have a separate driver and star for modders.

Thanks fritz15! Yes, I actually find the German thread easier to follow due to less posts even though I have to get it translated. :partying_face: