Thrower idea

So my kid and I were brushing teeth when we shined around a flashlight and hit the wifes 10x magnifying mirror.l I got the light to focus and it made a nice tight spot

Then had an idea. A piece of cardboard tubing mount mirror in end, mount flashlight facing mirror suspended much like a prism in a telescope. The focus length was only about 6” or so maybe a few more.

Mount a handle on top paint the tube flat black and tada a focused thrower. It was a lowely cheap led light but focused all together it shined far and tight.

These mirrors come in all shapes and sizes….

Will work on a diagram picture thingy later……

Any thoughts

Pics or it didn't happen...

Interesting… Would love to see where this one goes.

LOL!

I was thinking just that!

Look up recoil flashlight. It’s the same as that.

Well it was hard to do that while holding a baby and on a 7” tablet with a draw program I mever used before. but I guess yes like a recoil flashlight but maybe on a larger scale. Maybe use something like a uf2100 for the light sourve and maybe a 8 _ 10” mirror.

I will have to look around for some materials to try it

I wonder how fast my wife would miss her mirror………

LOL

I just made a complete fool of myself laughing.

yes its been done before

Yup. Identical.

There's an old saying. There's nothing new under the sun. It applies most of the time. Every time I think I have a new idea, I find it on CPF or youtube... Usually done years ago...

Oooh that explains that...

Supposing someone took an already powerful light, and added an extra magnifying lens on the front …. ???