Cheers
I built a triple using the X6 host.
3 X Nichia 219C, and the BLF A6 driver from Bangood. Having a time figuring out the modes though. They seem to do whatever they like.
The stock switch didn’t make it past soldering it onto the PCB. The heat from two quick spot solders cooked the spring, probably wouldn’t have lasted very long on DD anyway. Luckily I adapted a new one.
I also have this quad Ledil optic I’d like to try in another X6. The problem is that it’s only 9mm tall as opposed to the Ledil Cute quad optic which is 15mm. This will require me to double the thickness of the heat sink which may make the whole thing to top heavy.
My first baking attempt… not sure why the tail turnout a more red-ish tone?
It looks so much better than before!
Nice Will! That should certainly stand out in an all black flashlight line-up! 
I wanted to try the Convoy S2+ with the metal button, so I bought a red one and converted it to a triple Nichia 219BT.
I hope my treatment of the exterior doesn’t upset too many members! Those who are squeamish should certainly NOT click to supersize:
This was my first attempt at weathering/stonewashing and I’m pleased with the results. Here’s what I did:
- remove innards, leave metal button in place
- replace lens with circle cut from credit card
- stuff head and body with plastic wrap and reassemble with o-rings in place
- sturdy bottle with a handful of clean gravel, drywall screws, broken glass, few drops of dish soap
- wrap bottle with towel and secure with rubberbands
- tumble in dryer without heat for 1 hour
- carefully rinse flashlight, be careful of glass
- scuff lightly with 400 grit wet/dry sandpaper to remove “chalky” feel
- wash with dish soap and pat dry
- disassemble host and clean the threads, o-rings, button, and interior
Here’s a part list from Mountain Electronics:
- Convoy S2+ Red
- Triple Nichia NVSL219BT on 20mm MCPCB
- Carclo 10507 narrow spot optic
- Copper spacer
- 17mm FET 7135 driver
The cigar ring is a slice of rubber chair tip labeled for 7/8” to 1” chair legs. The resulting ring is tapered on the outside surface and fits snugly. I got the idea somewhere on BLF but can’t find the source.
This Convoy is a bit of a “rat rod” or “sleeper” now! 
I like the “stonewashed” finish 
Nice mod!
goshdogit that’s pretty cool!
Looks like a kids EDC, few years old. 
(with a new lens)
(I just toss mine out the window of the car @ 60 mph, similar look, far less trouble)
Bought a Jax Z1 Host from a member on here. Finally got to put it all put together.
I went with a XP-G2 S4 2B on Noctigon from RMM. Dedomed it in M.E.K. I also used a FET driver with the guppy v2 firmware. The pill is hollow so I ended up potting the entire thing with a combo of Fujik and Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive. I also used the Arctic Alumina to hold the mcpcb down.
Unfortunantly the stock centering ring wouldn’t work since it was for a XML emitter. Luckily I had a bunch of centering rings left over from all sorts of lights. I found one that fit perfectly. Couldn’t tell you what it came from, but I’m glad I had it! Ended up using a Sharpe to color it black. There still is a little bit of the red from the top of the Noctigon showing through, but I don’t think it is going to make all that much of a difference.
This is probably my new favorite light. It’s pretty much a tiny light saber now 
Goshdogit,
Wow, love the look of that L2+ it reminds me of my Granddads’ tools from the ‘30s. It has a ’care-worn and well-used’ appearance.
I made a polycarbonate plug to aid in working on a light that has issues, I need to fill trit slots at the base where ferric chloride ate through but I don’t want the white Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive to stick to the pill for future removal. So the polycarbonate plug will be installed in place of the pill for the trit installation. I figured if the epoxy sticks to the threads the polycarb will break free easier than aluminum or copper would. As it so happens, the 1” polycarbonate acts as a pretty cool diffuser wand on an 18350 Blue XP-E2 light. (solid bar, not bored to fit the light)
Now if my rainbow array of trit vials will just get here….
These are not yesterday’s mods, but the result of a week of (dis)assembling and lego-ing of UV-lights. From left to right:
1/ Convoy S2+ replaced standard emitter by 3535 Intl.Outdoor UV-emitter, 3*7135 = 1.00A with a 4.35V Samsung 28A
2/ Convoy S2+ host with short pill and SMO reflector from 3/. and Semileds 3535 emitter from member led4power.
A standard 3*7135 gives an easy 1.00 Amp from a not so freshly loaded 18350 Efest
3/ Originally a grey Convoy S2 with the old UV-led from Simon. New pill and TIR. Emitter from 1/. And a tail-cap light.
Driver from first BLF EE X6 = 3.59A with a Q30. The colour on this former UV-light is the result of 45 minutes baking at 300 degr.C in my wife’s new electrical oven. Warning: don’t do this (while she is) at home.
4/ The emitter from 3/ went in a SK68 that had too much spare time anyway.
5/ Convoy S2+ replaced standard emitter by 5050 Epileds UV-emitter, 8*7135 = 2.71A with a KP3400.
This is a 400nm UV-light, and it gives you alotta purple!
The S2 has a bit longer “bezel” than the S2+ so the longer pill+SMO-reflector combo leads to a minor “gap” in light #2. The fact that a ZWB2 filter and a Noctigon are a bit thicker than their original counterparts does not help either!!
I have to ask here (concentration of moders here is higher than in other threads):
is it normal for SinkPAD to be like this, I am not sure if this is usable product or I received reject:
Normal, it’s how they did away with the depression on the underside. I know, I know, and I’ve talked myself blue in the face to them over at SinkPAD but whatreyagonnado?
That’s the exact reason I bought the last 200 SinkPAD ver1 they had in stock.
I’ve received some free XHP50 and XHP70 SinkPAD’s and they are approximately 1.55mm thick (0.06”).
Nice bake job and nice stone wash, I thought of doing something like that with a rock tumbler.
Ultrafire UF-T1 with 10mm FET driver, shortened polished reflector, magnetic tail, trit, carbon fibre pattern battery tube insert and XM-L on 10mm sinkpad soldered directly onto the tiny brass pill. Stepdown timer set to five seconds
Yikes!
How many Amps does that 10440 put out on high?
Just over 3A on high mode, nearly untouchable after 30s even with the 5s rampdown to 50% so i have it set up to 2 mode - 10% & 100%.
10% is very usable and the 100% is for briefly being silly
Today I built an S2 shorty with a triple XP-E2.
I’m finding that XP-E2 is best for smaller cell lights such as 18350 and 14500 because of their lower current draw and more manageable heat output compared to XPG, XPL and 219C. Maybe not a walking the dog light, but for handy illumination tasks such as searching under things and poking around in a dark corner, the XP-E2 can’t be beat.
Because of their better heat management, XP-E2 triples can be run longer without getting smoking hot in 30 seconds, so I don’t bother with modes. Direct drive is perfectly suited to this set up.
Since I won’t be needing room for a driver, I just fill the pill with copper. Extra thermal mass is always good.
I got solder in the threads for the retaining ring, so I’ll just be soldering the contact board in place.
Here’s my thermal management set up.
Brass pill filled with copper
Aluminum spacer.
Copper disc. (I tried 2 discs, but impeded body tube from completely screwing in to the head)
Copper triple noctigon board with 3 x XP-E2 0D and
Carlco optic.
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Soldered the neg. 20AWG teflon wire directly to the pill and brought the pos. through the contact board to connect with the spring.
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With a high drain purple Efest 18350 I’m getting 4.2A at the tail which is exactly the same reading I get from my 14500 light with triple XP-E2 “Torch” emitters. I can easily run it for 2 minutes without scorching heat issues. Two minutes is a lot of time to look for whatever your looking for, and 4.2A is a pretty conservative draw.
Don’t be fooled though. This set up puts out a lot of light.
Since I’m running this torch DD, I modified the tail to accept a fwd. clicky switch. Having the option of a soft momentary on is really nice.
Should be a nice little floody thrower with those XPE2 leds. I love these Leds in small lights at low currents. I’m building a quad myself at the moment with four XPE2 Torch Leds. Its only running a single NiMH though.