Astrolux Ti3A Nichia 219C 5000K Teardown & Mods

It was a sacrifice I was willing to make for a tail switch, I’ll figure something out :wink:

:open_mouth: Mate, you kill me with these mods :beer:

BTW, you still have the lanyard hole for the tritium vial :smiling_imp:

True, though I wanted to keep that free.
I have a couple 2.5mm long trits that nearly fit each side of the switch button but I would need to do a little dremeling of the slot, may do that at some point :+1:

Awesome build again. :+1: I will take it :smiley:

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Nice work CRX.

Thanks mate :beer:

Awesome job!!! :beer:

nice work :+1:

Proper pocket rocket, awesome work :open_mouth:

Just gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. I'm always floored by how beautiful you make a light inside and out.

Maybe you could build the switch post (or just the exposed part) entirely from trits?

Crossed my mind, a 6mm x 1.5mm would fit nicely but wouldn’t last too long I think.

3 trits would be much stronger than 1. :wink:

This is true :slight_smile:

Was your bezel glued? I can’t get mine off

Yes, red thread locker.

I managed to loosen the bezel (not without scratches), but now I’m stuck with the reflector. I tried holding it with a vice, but I only ended up damaging the thread. This light is not easy to work on, bummer.

It’s a bugger :smiley:
I gripped the threads gently with rubber lined grips then heated the head and twisted the reflector out.
If it doesn’t come fairly easy then the glue isn’t soft/ heated enough.
Really need to be careful with the soft aluminium threads.

The bezel came off mine relatively easily after running it on high for few minutes but I couldn’t get any further. No matter though, turns out the lens (another one!) was the culprit for the green tint and a minus green filter (805) cleaned it right up :slight_smile: