FW3A mod thread. Post yours!

Single TIR optic is still going to be longer than the stock triple TIR. Unless you use a very tiny single-TIR optic that only uses a fraction of the width of the light.

One advantage of the Carclo triple TIR is that it’s really shallow. Just 7mm. You’re not going to find any single-TIR optics that are 20mm wide and only 7mm deep.

Maybe a little longer, but probably still shorter than a reflector? Either or both would still be small and great.

Lumintop can have anything made…… :slight_smile:

I got the spool of Chaos Red that I’ve been waiting for, and it looks nice, but is not as translucent as I’d hoped.


Prints up nice, has a slightly rough finish.

Like the Plum Purple, I don’t think it is the best for diffusers, but it’ll be used for other things.

/\ … I kinda like it. :+1:

Delayed off is a feature of ToyKeeper’s Anduríl firmware. You can see her rationale for it here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/flashlight-firmware/+bug/1803001

There’s also a repo branch there for instant off as a compile time option, but I found that it breaks some ramping features. If you want I can post my changes to the code to make it work better.

Of course, you’d also need a USBasp, SOIC clip, and soldering iron to flash your driver.

I bought these to use around the Emisar D4 switch to recess it. They fit perfectly around the chrome ring and bring the top of the switch flush with the plain of the washer. Turns out , they also look good on the FW3A . I think they will prevent accidental activation well. Sorry, no pictures.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LBQ789W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Has anyone tried the Green. Does it last longer/brighter than the Aqua?

I’m looking to add some Aux Lights to my FW3A. I know I’ll need to flash Andruil with them turned on (which I’m in the process of learning). Would it be possible to use this and add some 0805 leds along with the appropriate resistor to control their output?

I have ordered mine with green. I will give feedback when I get it if no one else has.

I have 351D 4000k 90CRI and copper noctigon in the drawer.
Is it worth swapping if I have hi 7a currently and not happy about colour rendering.
What do you think? Maybe you could suggest other high cri led’s to put in?
Mike

I swapped out the 7A’s for 351D’s (4000k) in my wife’s FW3A and she is much happier with the result. It’s very floody but she likes that.

Floody is what I need too. Too many tight hotspot lights.
Thanks, Mike

Has anyone tried the glow button caps listed at Neal’s?
Glow Button Cap for FW3A

I know it would mean removing the pretty metal button, but I was thinking they may be useful to tell multiple FW3A’s apart, and also may quiet down the switch a bit.

Wow that’s pretty neat.

Every time we turn around more accessories are available to customize the FW3A!!! :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes:

Being plastic, these new glow button caps are probably a lot easier to modify to allow a trit. You can probably carve a slot in them with an exacto knife…. much easier than the metal button.

When it is cold outside it is easy: there is always a light in my coat. And it stays there.
Now it is summer, and the light goes from shirt to pants to coat. Never one night the same.
To protect it from too much wear, I looked in my box of spare parts for a holster.
And I found a suitable one, that belonged to the very-low-budget Utorch SF-01. But never used as such.

But it had a flaw. The flexible part that goes over the button does not prevent unwanted activation of the light.
Amazing switch, but hair trigger. So I went looking for something that would prevent that from happening.
Then I came across the dog-tag of my beloved dog that I miss dearly, even after almost 10 years.
I unpicked the seam of the flap and put the tag there. Giving it a bit of room to wiggle it in the right spot.
And stitched it up again. No more unwanted activation of the light. Now I can leave it “on” all of the time.

/\ . Great solution! :+1:

Does anyone have knowledge or experience with the 3000K 90CRI XP-L HI’s that Kaidomain sells? My 3000K 95CRI SST-20’s will be moving to my FW3C, so I thought about getting the same original floody beam but with warm high CRI emitters and stock Carclo 10511 for my FW3A, which is used around the house a lot. (The FW3C with the throwy beam of the SST-20’s and Carclo 10507 will be used when I go out):

http://kaidomain.com/Flashlight-DIY-and-Tools/LED-Emitters-or-LED-Star-on-PCB/CREE-XP-L-Series-LEDs/Cree-XP-L-HI-T5-7C1-Warm-White-3000K-CRI90-LED-Emitter

I must have posted it somewhere a few months ago, what I recall the tint is not nice, yellow and I measured it well above the BBL.

Thanks djozz