The plastic ring is something from b&q type shop for 10 pence (cent)
Water pipe washer , 22mm 24mm outside , I had to sand the inside a bit
But it works so well
It maybe needs cleaning a bit and the colour isn’t great , I’d like blue or green or something
I have a Keepower 1200mAh 18350 that I managed to suck 14A from. So I guess it’s possible with an even better battery. For about 7 seconds until it’s empty
Got a 2nd FW3A from a generous BLF member here. Previous owner had tried to customize the body but ended up hitting a dead end. Mainly the center body had been stripped of anno & had an uneven finish. I reworked it with various grades of micromesh from 1500 up to 12000. Now it’s more of a satin polished finish. I originally planned to do a twisted scoring, but I’ve found the aluminum is rather soft and wouldn’t likely hold up to an even scoring. Later on, I may give it a go with a Dremel. I’m tempted to try a finish like I did on this vintage Pilot mechanical pencil:
(original body was a smooth satin finish metal alloy)
Installed a GITD optic surround, a lanyard ring, and an o-ring for added grip. The lanyard ring doesn’t anchor down, spinning freely. Tried using a few different o-rings, but it doesn’t work (they get squished out). Looks like a special washer may be called for. Some photos, with the first two showing this FW3A next to my first one.
FWIW, no beam shots but FW3A #1 is Cree XP-L HI 3D, #2 is Nichia 4000k 219C.
It seems like 219B mod is one of the popular mods. I have got some questions about the firmware. For 219B, I understand that fw3a-nofet or fw3a-219 should be used to limit the current for the Turbo mode.
The latest version I can find at this time is 2020-03-18 for both of them. I have been trying to find the information about the revisions and the histories, but I have not found them so far. I am sure the way I am looking is not good. Do you know much about the version of 2020-03-18? Which version do you use? My thinking is to go with the latest.
Also, what is the maximum current for fw3a-219? I read somewhere like FET is limited to 50% or 60%.
I have a spare Lux-RC 371D light engine and I want to use it in my FW3Ti.
My current obstacle is to find/create a contact board with the battery because I have to remove its stock driver.
By “white,” do you mean bare aluminum with oxidation or an anodizing that actually dyes the metal white? By a quick Google search, it seems dyeing anodized aluminum white is not possible, rather the anodized metal is allowed to oxidize, giving a whitish silver finish to the bare metal.
I stripped the anodizing of this originally mint green Olight and then lightly buffed the surface. As you can see, the finish is the bare aluminum in a matte silver color. Prior to buffing, the aluminum did have patches of white. Perhaps sealing in the white oxidation would give it a true matte white look.