FW3A mod thread. Post yours!

Thanks, still fine tuning it a bit. I need to get another o-ring for it though, forgot to take it out before I started removing the anodizing and it has now disappeared. The glass lens rattles a bit without it. :person_facepalming:

Picture makes it look pretty deep crenelations for what “meat” is left on that bezel. I guess it’s an illusion or there is more material than it seems to work with. Interesting!

Still a little bit left on the bezel. If you look closely to a stock bezel you can see there is two angles,the one closest to the lens is probably 1mm thick. I stopped at the top of that one.

Oh and I found the o-ring, it was on the garage floor. :smiley:

Finally finished this FW3C for the wife:

I swapped the emitters for some LH351D’s (the venerable “dogfarts” at 5000k) and added an “ice blue” AUX board from Lexel. Some hand polishing and a bit of wax to keep it a little more shiny for good measure.

Pretty!

How’s the tint and beam profile? Looking at swapping in some dogfarts I’ve got kicking around on another FW3A incoming.

I like it. It’s my idea of a perfect “neutral white”, and pretty floody. My wife is not really into flashlights (yet) but she does like this one.

FW3/Ti BUG…



Viry Narce :heart_eyes:

I guess you could call it a hat rod

So was playing around with the bezel again, planned to polish it to a mirror shine but didn’t like how it was turning out.

Decided to take a red scotch bright pad to it for more of a brushed/machined finish. Will probably live on my FW3T and it matches better than on the FW3A imo.

The aluminum is a little lighter in color than the titanium in pics but in person it’s almost identical.

Just ordered an FW3C. Does anyone think it’s possible to form a penny into the shape of the tail button? Don’t know if it would deform too much if I could make a steel die and press a penny into the right shape. Thoughts?

Not sure if it is possible (could be), but I think it’s a cool idea.

Dang, that looks great.

I have to disagree. If I can’t get TK Special buttons, the rabbit button is a cool alternative.

Has anyone put XP-G3 s 4K 90 cri in this light yet —- I’m looking to do something different — I have all the stock flavors and then some —- I’m thinking may a variety of 4K emitters SST 4K / 351D 3.5K / XP-G3 4K

Thanks!

This ^ Would love to have a different button option.

Flashed an updated version of Anduril and swapped in some LH351D dogfarts into my newly arrived blue FW3A

4000k SST-20 vs 5000k LH351D, orange spill on the SST-20 from a glow gasket

Thanks for the comparison photo. That really highlights the difference in beam between those emitters.

Absolutely. The LH351Ds are extremely floody compared to the SST-20s the FW3A come stock with.

I purchased a couple used FW3As —One had a couple nicks/etc — decided to bead blast and polish it—-I had been wanting to build a Triple with a mix of LEDs—I went with a
SST 20 4K / XP-G3 4K / LH351D 3.5K combination —- tint seems to be pretty nice (on wall so far) — I compared it to another FW3A with LH351D 4Ks — seems to be slightly more Rosey and have a slight bit mor throw—won’t know anything till the night comes