Itās 23mm FastTech sku 1187600. I have to back up a little, this a glass lens, and the lens chipped instead of cracked. If you have it, I could send a few bucks, otherwise I will put it in the next order.
I wish I could help you out with the monster copper fittings you need. I saw some good size copper tube up at the second hand store the other day while looking for a 3/4ā drill bit. Someone had made a couple grease guns, using 1-1/2ā or so copper for the body.
I appreciate the assistance, but Iāve decided to order another glass one. If that doesnāt arrive in a decent amount of time, I could take you up on your offer though.
Edit: Didnāt see Old Lumens reply there in time. Iāll take you up on a glass one, if you have one. Thanks
I like these aggressively adventurous mods. Easy is for pansies. This contest is a great idea and the mods should be difficult. I plan on using all the time available and hope it works by the end.
edit going by salvage yard tomorrow and will check for copper rod.
The tortoise is checking back in. I am amazed at the ingenuity of the handbuilds presented thus far, not to mention the fine workmanship. Well done!
The zoomie function of a flashlight has made for more thinking and less doing. I hope I have a grip on it. Lots of parts to make.
Added a few pics. One shows my rethinking of the pill. Iāve incorporated a 3/4ā pipe āpill extenderā. The extender serves as the inner tube of the zoomie, and will serve as the fixed part anchored to the flasklite body. As a byproduct, the extender should give some heatsinking too.
You could say that I have a new-found respect for ALL the modders out there. I hope I havenāt bit off more than I can chew on this project.
Got to hammering the copper skin, and I have to say that the depth of relief is not quite what I had hoped for. Maybe with oxidation, and highlighting with some steel wool will help out?
Made a switch tower on top of one of the tubes, because there is no real room to recess. Thought about between the tubes, but it did not feel right. Pics show a Judco switch fastened to the tube inside the 1/2ā tower, and a cobbled together faceplate with a small Fastech boot. Need to get some small brass screws, on next trip to the hobby store.
Itās going to be close on the deadlineā¦ā¦I think I can, I think I can. A few more pics added.
One thing I noticed in testing is that the color mixing isnāt so hot in the flood mode. I know itās not going to happen on spot mode. Thatās probably why you donāt see the Intl Outdoor driver trying to do it? Or, maybe there is no call for it?
Iām going to try some yellow, orange, cyan, purple etc. for some beam shots if possible. The cyan comes out perfect, as is. Ordered a fenix AD03 diffuser ($3 free shipping at the fenix store) and see if that helps with the other colors. Backup plan is using a WF501B lens with some d-c-fix film. This will be more of an experiment, as opposed to something permanently attached to the flashlight.