Wow! I hope there’s no permanent damage done to the XHP-35 that was smoking! 
Now, just waiting on beam-shots. :sunglasses:
Aah yes, beam shots. I’ll need to get some won’t I 
Awesomeness.
This needs to be sent to me for independent testing. 
^ Need some help with that testing? 
Great build PP. Looking forward to beam shots, especially if you can get critters in them.
Lol, you’ll have to wrestle Colin for testing rights :sunglasses: Funny thing is I’ve never been hunting with him :innocent: :laughing:
Went for a short drive tonight to get away from the light pollution. All three of my daughters came with me which I didn’t expect. One sat in the car, one used my edc looking around at stuff on the ground and my oldest took the pictures for me. I don’t know the settings she used on the camera. I found the settings in the file NIKON D3300 f/3.8 1/6 22mm ISO6400 Nevermind the settings changed for each pic so it must’ve been on auto.
I used a 6s A123 pack from my RC days. I don’t have any RC’s anymore so this pack hardly ever gets used.
A quick pic with my phone in the back yard.
These first couple of shots she didn’t use the tripod.
This next one she used the tripod
The closest thing I have to compare it to is a tk75vn (older 3 led version). The hotspot is bigger and the spill is wider. Unfortunately I didn’t hold it off the ground very high so it seems the spill is a whole lot wider.
I haven’t tested lux on the hunting light but the tk75vn appeared brighter. I wouldn’t say the tk75 was better though because the wide spill was a little blinding to the eyes.
I did a zoom in on these 2 pics and I see now that the camera was moving when the tk75 pic was taken :weary: Oh well, you get an idea
Hunting light
TK75vn
Mmm. Looks like ‘meat’ already on the table…
Well, I guess your friend won’t be missing any shots with THAT light! Good job, pinkpanda3310!
Nice job. I think your friend will be very happy, from looking at those beam shots.
Should be able to spot grasshoppers at a 100 yards
Looks good mate!
How many modes is the driver?
Thanks guys 
Without having used it he seems happy so far. I gave him a link to this thread and that was the first beamshots he saw of it (he’s seen during daylight hours). The light may not be perfect but with all the parameters set at the start of the build I think I landed somewhere on the target :innocent:
The drivers ‘can’ be 4 mode by toggling through different connection points. He preferred a single mode so I hard wired both drivers at 2.5 amps. Driver 1 powering 2* xhp35 in parallel and driver 2 powering 2* xpg2 in series. I could bump up the current on the xpg2’s but I don’t know if the voltage regulator would handle the extra power output.
Whatya mean he hasn’t used it yet except for in the daytime? Its the weekend for crying out loud and its not been used. Get that whip out and tell him to get out there and give this light of yours a serious workout. We need info here man. :person_facepalming:
Lol, someone is holding up the program, as in, I still have the light in my possession :person_facepalming: 
Well thought thru process with excellent results, Great Job pinkpanda3310 and sweet follow up pics and video. It is so nice to see a polished craftsman at work.
“polished craftsman”….? That would be moose (MRsDNF). When I grow up I want to be a machinist like him :sunglasses: but thanks for the compliment anyway
You are far to humble pp. I concur with CNCman. :+1:
lovely work! Looks really solid.
For future projects where you need to cut a disk out from solid (or a large center out of a round) try grinding a trepanning bit. It’s like a cut off/ grooving tool, but ground for clearance under the cutting edge to allow you to plunge into the face of the material. Mine’s about 2 to 2.5mm wide and can cut about 20mm deep. Doesn’t take long, wastes relatively little material and it’s easy to tidy up the edges with a boring bar or turning tool.
Thanks for the suggestion Matt. Will definitely look into it on next occasion.