What did you mod today?

Soooo beamshot ? kCd ? :innocent:

Well, the SST-20s do have 30% more candela/lumen compared to the XP-L HI.

Meaning:
SST-20 65CRI = Tighter and more intense hotspot compared to the XP-L HI, meaning you get more throw.
SST-20 95CRI = Tighter, but less intense hotspot, meaning you will get about the same throw as the XP-L HI.

I dont have anything to measure output and it got light before i could get beam shot. Tonight will take some beam shots.

Looks pretty darn good to me! Will be looking for those beamshots… :wink:

Hey :sunglasses: nothing fancy for me just pulled the Osram from my new Tool and popped a N219B behind the TIR.
And the Osram made its way into a single mode loaner light :innocent:

I managed to open my Sofirn SP36, as written in the SP36-Thread

I used a bended nail and the driver popped out after the first hammering.

More pictures

Teaser Picture:

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At the risk of offending any copper purists out there - I plated my BLF Edition A01 Copper with silver.

For no particular reason other than to see how a silver patina would eventually look :sunglasses:

Ohhhh pretty. I love the soft shine of silver.

Over time I expect it will look like an old dime vs an old penny.

…and would likely smell as bad (eggy/sulfury).

I’ve got actual silverware, and not only is it a pain to keep polished all the time, but even spotlessly clean, it still has a bit of a stank to it.

Opened my brand new GT Micro and put an Osram Black Flat.
Went from 40kCd with the stock XP-L HI to 105kCd !

No need to say I LOVE my new pocket thrower !!!

Nice result! Stock driver? Is the 14500 limiting it enough so that excess current isn’t an issue? (edit: I was thinking of the White Flat, but I’ll let the question stand) And looks like not quite enough room for a 16mm MCPCB?

Too bad the D1 doesn’t focus the White Flat very well… that would make for a sweet pocket thrower (having the extra capacity, but similar footprint).

Cool, congrats on that GT Micro build. I kinda wanted to be one of the first to do that but of course I still don’t have a Micro GT…

Maybe I can be the first to put 7 White Flat’s in an E07…

That's a sic amount of throw for such a little light. Whatever they did, I think they got the reflector right on this one. I got an opened Micro and 3 black flats laying around. Hhmmm...

Installed a TC20 driver and xhp70 mcpcb in a Catapult V6. It’s a very straightforward mod, I made a custom centering ring with a 3D printer

It now throws +60.000cd. What a beast!

I’d love to try a mtg2 but I can’t find a mcpcb bigger than 26mm diameter

Some beamshots of L6 ashperic doesnt look right.
Edit: the spacer needs to be shorter and adjustable the same size lens are slightly different.



Nice, I have been thinking about it.
Two questions:
*did you use potassium cyanide in the process? :confounded:
*do you have any idea of the thickness of the layer?

1. He probably used potassium cyanide, yes. Unless he used a silver nitrate sodium hydroxyde solution, with silver nitrate, ammonia and sodium thiosulfate.
It does work very well, albeit slower compared to the potassium cyanide method.

2. I don’t know. What’s the surface area of the electrodes used, the current, and the surface of the A01 itself?

I have been wanting to do some nickel plating, but I’m still waiting for my nickel sheet to do it.

Sorry if I answered in his place. Bad habit of mine.

:smiley: :+1: that is the least of the bad habits that I see on BLF at times.