What did you mod today?

CK, nice mod! I've seen similar results with triples getting about the same as quads.

Ohhh - I received the first batch of 3 of the ZY-T11 clone OSHPark drivers and started on them. I cut down the small Blue BeCu springs, expanded the spring pads a bit (scraped off some surrounding soldermask). Also sanded down the edge of the board in front of the switch - not sure if it was necessary or not. Fitted the bare driver in - looks good so far. It's thicker than the stock driver but should be ok. In the past I've used the Maxtoch 26 mm MCPCB's and UCLp lenses from flashlightlens.com, but kind of drives up the cost of the mod. I've also used a copper slug of some sorts under the shelf, but the stock shelf isn't all that bad. These are old pics below:

Woke up this Bored and Stroked Surefire 6P with a Copper (kiriba-ru) P60 Quad (hand fit to a press fit) pill using Lumileds V2 2x5000k by 2x6500k on a Mtn Quad mcpcb, Mtn. FET+1 Infineon FET driver Guppydrv3 with 18awg Leads.

A Surefire Z59 modded KAN9 tail cap Fwd. click, pulling just over 18amps at the tail for 4500+lms. on a VTC5A.

I Left the shoulder inside battery tube, (instead of boring thru) to retain/stop the battery from slamming into the driver, one of Blue’s springs in the tail cap with 18awg bypass covers the 6P’s six.

Borofloat double AR coated glass lens in the Z44 head.

A Wolf in Sheep’s clothing if you will…I used to have a Pro Built ( Corky’s Competition) 498 cubic inch Bored/Stroked (under the hood) Dual Quad Olds 442 in primer that was the same way…. :wink:

Oh, I do... And it's a beautiful beam, too.

Body: Nitecore HC33
LED: XHP50 90CRI 4500K
Driver: Caerus 1.7h
Lens: Carclo 10140





Nice mod Tamagotchi. Do you have any more info on the driver?

Sorry I do not speak English.


Output 6V 2A
6 modes including moonlight and turbo
1 short click - on/off
press and hold to switch modes
2 short click for Turbo
PID thermal regulated outputs (turbo and max)
Battery capacity indicator and battery protection

It looks great. I think I found it: Project Caerus

Some very high end mods up there from Kawi and Tamagotchi !

A similar driver is the H1-A: http://kaidomain.com/S026606-H1-A-20mm-3A-1-cell-1-Mode-or-5-Mode-Boost-Driver-Circuit-Board-for-Cree-XHP50-6V-MT-G2-MK-R2
I have seen somewhere a tutorial to use it as eSwitch driver. You have to remove the Capacitor and solder the switch wires on that points, i think.

How did you get that so perfectly centered? I have a C8 with a white flat and I can’t get it that good, and you’re even using an XM-L2 centering ring.

Probably glued the centering ring

:+1:

Emisar 3W1R

Nice Chad!

Thank you for your help.

Nicely done, chad!

Thank You. It needs some tweeks. Drivers from lexel (1- –3+fet)showed up today and my MTelectronics order. Got in hurry and flashed it with the wrong version of Anduril.

Needs a few tweaks, I am having fun :smiley:

I properly focused a thrower for the first time.

Convoy C8
SMO reflector
Osram “white flat” 1mm²
MOSLED 3030 MCPCB
L4P LD-B4 driver set to 4.5A CC

I 3D printed some gasket with different base thickness to adjust the height of the reflector.

After a few try, I got about 155kCd @10m but I have to make some more precise measurement with a laser meter.

The gaskets are made of PLA which is not ideal given the high temperature but I already planned to print some ABS ones for the next batch.
Now that I saw a 25% increase in intensity I want to do the same for my Amutorch JM70 (FET driver, 2mm² White Flat but only 470kCd ATM)

Hi all.
I want to present the custom. I made it together with Tamagotchi.
Driver Caerus(2,4A)
XHP50.2 (3000K 90cri)
aluminium polished
button with indication(blue)


That is great design k_4 ! An oldschool look with great details, different from everything else. Nice.

And welcome to BLF :party: