Angel Eyes
01-10-2013
Where were we?
The Judco switch has been installed into the Mag housing and it's potted in with some of the 2 part epoxy stick that I like to use. I get it in Wal-Mart, but any hardware should have it in the plumbing section. It's just a stick of putty that is two part and you cut off what you want and knead it together till it is mixed. It sets hard as a rock in about 4-5 minutes and it works great for this kind of thing.
Battery contact.
Here's the Mess. The 7135 chip on copper is there, covered with AA and the XM-L driver is there as well.
XM-L and leads for the 3mm LEDs.
Set in the head. It all works as advertised. 3 way switch turns on the outer ring first, then both the ring and the XM-L, then just the XM-L and lightly depressing the switch changes modes on the XM-L.
The battery holder is ready. I did it a little different this time. I wanted to just parallel the two holders and that's what I did by using copper strips to channel the positives and negatives together.
The strips take both negatives to the bottom and both positives to the top. All copper on the outside is covered with a coating of epoxy, so it can't short out. Besides, the body is anodized.
All that is left is a little file work. I am not going to do a lot of that. I want the ring to be the focus of the light, so I will just do some on the bezel to accent the ring and on the tail cap, so when it head stands, it will still look sharp.
That's all for now. I hope to get it done by Friday and I hope it's not a rainy night then.
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01-10-2013 NOON
You know I can't wait till Friday!
Shot of the ring
Shot of the ring and the XM-L on LOW
Shot of the ring
MOUSEOVER, Low without the ring and Low with the ring
MOUSEOVER, Medium without the ring and Medium with the ring.
MOUSEOVER, High without the ring and High with the ring
Outdoor beam shots tonight.
Angel Eyes Ring
With XM-L on High
With XM-L on Medium
With XM-L on Low
XM-L at about 50 yards.
That's it. Amp draw with the Angel Eyes read about 500mA. The XM-L on High it was about 2700mA, Medium was 1000mA and low was 500mA.