Correction: I didnāt mention the three legged chip, I only mentioned the two primary FETs (Alpha & Omega AON7520) and the SOT23-5 chip (SVA11/SVAII).
A couple Surefire 6P modsā¦ (I got bored)
. 6P machined for 18650, kiriba-ru copper triple/quad hand fit to press fit pills, Lexel aux board/Mtn/Dragon board both with Dragon driversā¦
Left 5Mega/Surefire Defender head, red/orange Lexel boardā¦
Right Surefire 6P fully loadedā¦
Fully Loaded 6 Tritium tubesā¦
Fully Loaded Glow Tapeā¦
Fully Loaded Dragon Secndary/Aux LEDās Lowā¦
Fully Loaded Dragon Secondary/Aux Highā¦
Red/Orange Dragon Sec/Aux on Highā¦
I love reading about one member helping out another. Nice work Nachtfeuerzeug. 
Convoy m21a xhp50.2 6500k 18.5 amps with a Samsung 30t 5,000lm cold 4,800lm at 30 secs 
Sometimes I find myself, with a mini mag hostā¦
Iāve tried some reflectors, and at least two TIRs,
some 3mil. some 5mil. XPL2,
some beers,
well today itās aspheric, lens scratched up the most,
itās not bright, wont reach far,
but still I must postā¦.
3000k 5mm LED ground and polished plus some silver marker sloppily applied to kill an artifact
Head [dis]assembly.
Took me a while to realize how to make it turn on and off the original way, but it does.
retro?
Cool.
A narrow-beam 5mm variant could be quite efficient in this setup.
Which lens is that? I wanna upgrade my minimag like that
22mm should do it.
Agro, true direct drive 
any inefficiencies are to blame on the LED, abused optic, or host itself. 
id30209, with regular batteries or NiMh itās pretty much a moonlight mode that lasts a very long time.
Iām feeding this one one LiFePo4 cell with a dummy cell, 
3.2v 400mah but starting with 40ma draw it lasts long enough for me.
I meant that typically aspheric lights are very inefficient when focused. Optically inefficient.
But 5mm LEDs come in narrow emission variants that could avoid most of the light losses. And despite the fact that the LEDs themselves donāt tend to be efficiency leaders, the whole setup could be fine.
I planned on doing a simple mod of switching out the butterfly XML reflector gasket on my clear S2+ to an XP gasket. The LED was perfectly centered, but I didnāt like how it looked.
When I took it apart, there appeared to be a gap between the LED MCPCB and the pill. When I removed the LED, the thermal compound barely spread. The wire holes in the pill were not chamfered enough to allow the MCPCB to lay flat so I sanded them down.
Everything looked good, but the Samsung LH351D 4000K 90+ CRI beam was still poor (though better than with the original smooth reflector). There were a lot of artifacts and I thought about installing a frosted lens. Then I noticed the reflector looked pretty smooth at the base given that it was OP. I had another spare reflector from a triple build and there was a significant difference between them in regards to OP and how the base spans out (left is the old, right is the new).
The new reflector made a huge improvement! My mod started out as simple, but after several hours I ended up with a much better flashlight.
Story of my life NeutralFanā¦
āHoney Iām going out to the shop, shouldnāt take but a few minutes!ā ā¦ 3 hours later, dirty and bedraggled, I stagger in with a grin on my face. 
Or in this case, 4 days later and some 26 hours of tedious work laterā¦
That light Dale: 
Next year I also join the contest
I bought my mini Lathe mill combo a few week ago
Looking forward to seeing what you imagine up, gonna be good as youāre crazy talented!
Thanks! I have a few idea just need to practice because I havenāt used a lathe in 7 years.
There she is:
It can grab a Convoy L6 so size is limited but so many good lights under that size.
Congrats Zozz. Youāll surely find many uses for this tool.
The spending has only just started.
Nice Zozz! I donāt know lathes but Iād like to
One dayā¦.
Jealous of your cave too.
lol nice, what driver??
How long before it burns your hand?
Dale, that is just a work of art! That is a beautiful light!