CNCman's entry to the 7th annual BLF/O-L contest [mod light category]( FINISHED )

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” mr_magoo ”
I recycled the two magnets from a trashed cheap headset someone threw away. They grip hard. Just keep the RPM low or it may come out. We also use a triangle shaped piece from flat stock we cut on a band saw that cannot fly out of a 3 jaw chuck and a X shaped for 4 jaw chuck.

Manual Machinists are harder to find today and pay more most of the time. CNC machinists today are becoming more like operators, button pushers and part changers. I started manual machining for many years before slowly doing both.

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Ok , here is a fit check of the adapter, reflector, bezel and ar coated lense.
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The new reflector is considerably larger, 86mm x 84mm vs 72mm x 68mm.
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There were no machining done to the MT07.
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The heatsink is not in yet, so the led is .290 below the reflector. Going to work that tomorrow :smiley:
Also it may need some focus adjustment, but I hope not much.
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There is a lot yet to finish and I will need some help doing a LED swap to a XHP72.2 .
And any suggestions you guys have. :beer:
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That is machining pawn at its best. Nice work Mr CNC. :+1:

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Looks great so far. :slight_smile:

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+1 I love seeing machining set ups :slight_smile:

Very cool mod.

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Time to assemble and test. We will be making some additional mods if possible.
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Is there a resistor mod that can be done with some improvement in output ?
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Wow, it checked .287 thick core. That is approx .640 total under the LED.
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Here you can see a doughnut hole in the middle. Any suggestions how to stop this ?
This was a 4500k XHP70 LED i think, looks soft white on the wall.
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AFAIK that reflector is better suited to small die LEDs. I don’t think you can completely eliminate the donut with an mtg2.

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Nice mod CNCman. :+1: Changing the LED to an XHP70.2 and slicing and dicing it might be a good way to go to resolve the donut hole issue and improve output a bit.

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I thought that to pinkpanda3310, so after checking the reflector on Aliexpress, will this be ok for the XHP70 ?
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Thanks everyone :+1:
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Hoop, Yes that is a good idea so I will order one today. It should be here in time.
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Looks like the same reflector to me.

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I was going to ask if they spun out on higher RPMS…I usually would use a parallel as a back stop, set the part and tap it out…
nice work!

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Is the donut hole only visible when white wall hunting?

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Sorry for the late reply. I took it out for a walk last night and yes it was actually big at longer distance.
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Also noticed it was quite a bit HEAVY. So i weighted it at……

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The Buffalo was hungry over the Holidays. :beer:

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I think I gained some weight in the last few days too…… :laughing:

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There’s no good way to eliminate the hole other than LED swap.
To eliminate it you can:

  • dc-fix it
  • find OP reflector
  • (?) mount the LED out of focus

Each will significantly reduce throw.
Different LED is what I would suggest…

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I have a XHP70.2 P2-1A 4292LM 6000K on order from FastTech to swap for the competition and maybe slice and dice. :open_mouth:
That is the best I can do for now. Maybe the donut will shrink some.
Thank You :+1:

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Only decent results I have had with that reflector is xhp35HI

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Have you tried a different led yet, CNCman ?