What did you mod today?

TouchƩ! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Foy was probably most notably known for his unique sign offs, heā€™d run everything together with no spaces between words. And he gave his ā€œFoy Approved!ā€ on his favorites.

WemissyouFoy!

Iā€™ve considered doing something similar with my stainless bezel lights but oddly have never seen it mentioned until now. Whatā€™s the best process to keep it nice, smooth, and even?

Lathe. :smiley:

Edness,

Where did you get the white surround piece for the 70.2?

Kinda figured :weary:

Now that I rudely asked a question without first searching for the answerā€¦ off I go to see the history of the FoyBezel!

Edit: found a nice post from Foy

:smiley: While standing at the belt sander, I kept thinking, ā€œI wish I was friends with a machinist.ā€

gchart, I removed most of the metal using a belt sander with a 40-grit belt, and itā€™s slow going. I moved the bezel side-to-side across the belt, and regularly rotated it to prevent uneven wear.

I love this quote by ā€˜old4570ā€™ I found in this thread while reading about grinding/filing/sanding stainless bezels:

I surprised myself by managing to keep all three Q8 bezels very flat and even. I left them installed while working so the light could act as a handle and heatsink.

What lights are you thinking of altering? Perhaps you could start with an easily-replaceable (and available) bezel in case it doesnā€™t work out.

No Q8 here. Just a couple smaller lights like the ThorFire TK15 and Sofirn SF36. If those get damaged, Iā€™m really not out much.

I read up on Foyā€™s methods too, and started off with an orbital sander and an 80-grit disc.

I got impatient, and I have a belt sander, soā€¦ :smiley:

I allowed the lights to cool once the heads got hot to the touch. The bezels never got anywhere near the point of discoloring the stainless.

I say, ā€œGo for it!ā€ :partying_face:

I donā€™t own either of those lights, but I looked at some photos.

It looks like the SF36ā€™s bezel might end up rather thin along the outside edge after knocking down the high spots.

FWIW, my Q8 shows about 1.50mm along the outer edge after sanding.

Be sure to update us if you end up Foyā€™ing anything! :slight_smile:

Iā€™ve done this sort of thing too many times with a belt sander and a file. I still do some things that way, believe it or not.

I personally would rather add crenelations than remove them, as I head stand all my lights and like being able to see if Iā€™ve left one on in moon mode or something.

Itā€™s good to see some old customs brought to life.

I am planning my first ā€˜Foybezelā„¢ā€™ with a stainless C8 bezel after reading and seeing these beauties and informational posts

He was a good guy, shame he up and left againā€¦
comesayhifoy

I havenā€™t really posted a mod in this thread in a while. Simple mod, but I swapped the LED in my ThorFire TK05. The stock ā€œneutral whiteā€ XP-G3 was as blue as could be. I bought some Samsung LH351D 5000K from DigiKey and reflowed one onto a filed-down copper dtp board. Took some pics while I was in there, then put it back together.

Nice, truly neutral light now. And a lot more lumens. By my estimate, 50% more while in turbo and 33% more medium. Just as long of a runtime, too. More pics and details in this thread, but Iā€™ll share a few here.

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Beamshots [before], left to right: ThorFire TK05 (XP-G3), Klarus Mi7 (XP-L HI), Convoy M1 (XP-L 5000K)

Beamshots [after], left to right: ThorFire TK05 (LH351D 5000K), Klarus Mi7 (XP-L HI), Convoy M1 (XP-L 5000K). I apologize for the white balance difference between this and the last shot. But in comparing the three LEDs, you get the idea.

Runtimes. Disclaimer: the TK05 was tested with a Wuben-wrapped 600mah 14500. The Mi7 was using an Sanyo 800mah 14500. I need to retest with like cells.

Swapped the driver in my s41s to the x5/x6 driver, and swapped in a lighted switch. Both from BG.
Would like a better lighted switch than a single LED, but it works.
Loving this driver

Astrolux S42 with lux rc 334 module ;)

Charging and 2color button is also working here

LEDs are Samsung l351D 5300K 70CRI

A nice oneā€¦must be very efficient?

I don't know yet, but shape of the beam is beautiful. I didn't like the original optics and UI

Interestingā€¦did you have to sand down the driver or optics to fit into the S42?