Unfortunately I accidentally waterjet an old drawing file which had some holes in the wrong spots and was missing a few new holes, so I had to do some manual work to drill additional holes.
I will hopefully have the whole body finished by tomorrow so that I can start mounting components and do the electrical and cooling stuff.
Haha thank you It should pay off in the future, personal projects are really important to employers.
Or who knows, maybe I can start a business when I finish university, lots of options!
Haha thanks, I wish I had a garage with thousands of dollars of equipment like that.
Beer fridge is upstairs in another room Donāt tell anyone though! Itās disguised as a pop vending machine!
About 50% done wiring now, and the body actually fits together well too, although it is not finished machining.
Planning how to fit and heatsink the drivers in the tiny 1 cubic inch of space I have left
Only wiring left is attaching the voltage and temperature meters, pump, and LED driver to the white connector block.
And also the LED to the driver.
This week I will definitely finish the body and hopefully next week I can start working on the liquid cooling!
It will get black anodized when it is done machining and test-fitting everything
The lens will go on top of the spider.
I plan to put some neoprene tape on the spider so that the lens doesnāt directly constant the metal, this will act as a sort of o-ring.
Neoprene will work better than an o-ring because an o-ring this large will have trouble keeping itās round shape.
The neoprene sticks on like tape so I just need to put a strip all the way around the spider and that will make it water resistant
Since only one side is adhesive I will also have 6 screws around the front of the light keeping the lens from falling out.
This also means the lens is easily removable.
Haha thanks it does look like their logo doesnāt itā¦
Canāt wait!
Ah ok, I will try to remove scratches and stuff with a scotchbrite pad but I think the anodizing place also offers some surface prep before anodizing, maybe I can get them to polish it for me.
Do you think polishing will make a big difference compared to just brushed?
What are your thoughts on the Maxiem waterjet? Iāve run an OMAX for a long time and Maxiem is what I guess you would call their value brand. The software looks to be almost identical which I would expect. Theyāre fantastically versatile machines that will cut just about anything, though I was defeated by a piece of carbide.
Yup, an old 4D one
I think if I try polishing it then the flaws will become more visible.
Maybe for a future more refined prototype I can try doing that.
If everything is turned on a lathe and milled perfectly it would look best, which I didnāt do on this prototype unfortunately.
Canāt really give a good opinion since the one I used has been mistreated and screwed up plenty of times by kids who donāt know what theyāre doing.
But from my personal experience with this one, it is less accurate than the regular omax waterjets which Iāve also used previously.
If you just need quick cuts at large size then the maxiem works great for that.
Almost done with the flashlight body, everything fits!
Only things left to do is clean up the surfaces with some scotchbrite and remove scratches.
With the body finished I can start working on the cooling and electronics.
Here you can also see the handle on the light, as well as the 6 screws which will hold the glass on the front.