What did you mod today?

Lol dang, I was gonna make a direct fit driver but I figured no one else would ever possible use one. I was just gonna size the SP33 driver up and adjust the switch board location, probably would of been less physical work than this way…

Did you put then spring back and ground yours the way it came or delete the ground wire / screw / little spring? I deleted all that crap on mine, Idk why it was there in the first place, this light doesn’t have ground path issues or anything (it’s actually surprisingly good considering the drop-in pill design).

Funny story, I forgot the factory board wasn’t DTP so when I first fired it up the factory XM-L2 (which I kept cause I really liked the tint in ended up after gas dedoming) it went blue instantly, talk about an interesting smell (didn’t realize an LED going blue made a smell lol). Took it back apart and put it back together with an XP-L HI for now, I’m thinking it’s gonna get a NW HCRI SST-20 before it’s done. Also having some intermediate aux LED issue, like you I picked a random pad to put a resistor on and air wired it, probably got a bad joint or something so it will need to coma back apart sometime before I can really call it done.

Here’s how I did my connections

Edit: oh man, post # 3535!

Ohhh, pretty sure I kept the spring, screw, etc. -- pretty sure, been a while, March 2016 I did the mod. Kind of messy light to mod for sure but the 32650, if you got one, is what makes it unique, but also makes a nice compact 26650 light.

i modded the battery springs to one of these a couple nights ago

light

re-vampted the springs, simply place a battery the wrong way round to get nearly 1.2 lum’s in the glow from the springs, also added a hum to the stepless ramp mode. missed the vidio sorry guys.

ermmmm… dohhhhh!

Happens to the best of us :wink: Not that I am :person_facepalming:
Same happened to me 2 weeks ago. Tried to check the tailswitch light of one of my lights with an 18650.
Had the switch been open, the light would go on. But the switch was closed and I melted the spring(s).

ahhh yes but getting the added whineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol

Hmm, you guys make me think about modding my old BLF SD10. It still is a nice clean design. And there’s Soshine 32650 batteries around now (this link has a feedback that measures that in a Opus charger) that measure 7000mAh and probably perform better than the old Trustfires.

I finally received a couple of Convoy S2+ 18350 tubes that I ordered. It turns them into an even more compact EDC and my Luxeon V triple still draws 14 amps from the very impressive Keeppower 18350, making it ridiculously bright for its size.

Modded some brass tube.

I like the bolt action.

i like the shiney brass

Like it. I want to know how he did it. That must be so small. I smell an alien here or alien technology. :beer:

Filed down a #14 nickel-plated brass finishing washer tonight. Thinking of attaching it to my clear E07.

I don’t think the E07 really needs a washer to prevent accidental activation as the light is big enough it doesn’t move around in the pocket much and the button is small and flush. However, this washer would provide a little more protection and would make it easier to find the button by feel when reaching into a pocket.

The washer slightly overhangs the flat part of the light around the button. If I end up gluing it on I’ll try to fill up the gap so the lower edge can’t get caught on something.

Here is what it looks like not glued on yet:

Washers seem to be the thing for anti-pocket burn lately. That one looks like a nice one firelight :+1:

nice work Firelight.

how did you take out the switch ring?

was it press fit?

i was thinking of a 3D printed lens cover and button cover in one (dont have any workshop machinery here)

That would be interesting. Not sure if I've seen that for a flashlight before? Are you think'n made from soft plastic that has a flexible all one piece connection between the 2 caps?

pritty much, even PLA if push comes to a shove, end of the day there’s plenty of different velcro straps about. havent fired up the mind Blender3D yet. (costs a bit for the rubberised filoments, and then theres setting up the machine).

tbh i’m surprised the torch manufactures don’t do silicon injection moulded versions, is a very short design step.

I guess I've seen this before for binoculars. I got one pair with separate cup protectors and it's a nuisance, but if they were connected, and better yet, connected to the neck strap, it works well. For a flashlight, not sure it would work well connected to a lanyard maybe...

Lens cover?
I would try this
30-69MM Transparent Rifle Scope Lens Cover Flip Up Quick Spring Protection Cap Objective Lid for Airsoft Gun Caliber HT37-0072

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32869480658.html

My idea is to use a diffusion film on the cover to change the beam of a GTmini from throw to flood.
But I think DC fix is not enough. I need more a lens structure or pebbled on it.
Any ideas?

I suggested this in another thread I think DC Fix will be enough, have you tried? Every time I have used DC Fix on a thrower it totally kills the hotspot. It wont give you a super wide beam but it will blend the hotspot into the spill quite a bit.