My current project chopped AA,AAA, and Solitaire. All done with pics :) beamsh*ts in last post

That chopped Solitaire looks PIMP !!!

Your a braver man than I am. Modding three lights at once. The way they are now, is that the finished sizes?

Other than the AA which will shorten a bit more, yes. The driver for the AAA is a cut up ak-47 that slips down the battery tube so the tube is longer than the battery by ~ 1”. The Soli uses an itty bitty 10180 cell and 1 chip for regulation. I’m thinking just a 2.85v VR (100mA max). I’ll be adding a few fins to the larger two as well as boring the heads a bit.

Is there a reason your going to use an XM-L over an XP-G in the AA light?

I’m not comfortable driving xpg at 2 A and I like the beam of an XML with the cnqg 10^ but smaller sized tir’s need smaller die emitters to maintain a similar beam without going to asperics that require more depth.

You're getting awfully dammed good at this! Those lights look Sweet!

Can't wait to see the final product.

New pic

its hard to tell from the pic, but are those blue??
how short is the solitaire now?

Yes, blue. Was 81.5 mm, now 53 mm using 10180 cell.

Can’t go wrong with blue and chrome, or polished aluminum here. Couldn’t tell if they were black and glare was causing it or if they were intact blue.
One Hell of a set you got there

Going to my brother and his wife in Durham. The 10180 battery actually worked with 700mA drive so I’m making a 350mA pill for it. At that size it should make a nice keychain light. I may try for “Matchclips” to make the others visor friendly since the stock clips are only for pockets.

Bumped for new stuff

Sounds good, thats only because your speaking electrical things and I have no idea what it means. Cheers

Bumped for update.

Is it just me or… Yes, it is.

its not just you, those things are awesome!

What a great-looking set; it's a shame to split them up !

The 10180 Solitare looks awesome! Keep the pix coming.

And the little one said, what about me? Looking good.

That is a nice looking set of lights