Thanks for the comments guys. Yes I do stuff up measurements. I dont know who let the cat out of the bag but thanks. :person_facepalming:
The light will hopefully run on nine cells so lād need three battery tubes joined together if I was to use battery tubes from other lights which would be to expensive for my meagre budget. I think what I will do is drill three holes with a couple of mmās between each hole in tube around 110mm long and join them together to make one tube. On the other hand one tube could be 2 cells long and the other one cell long. That would allow it to run on either 6 cells or 9 cells. Decisions decisions.
Justin it warms my heart to see you here.
Hopefully I can make this just a little different that I can incorporate the OL lathe technique (but Iād have to use my lathe ) and a few other ways of doing things you are famous for into this light.
AWESOMENESS in the making!! MRsDNF, are the cells going to be permanently connected together, are they going to be 9 separate cells being dropped into the battery tube, or are you making a battery holder thingy?
Super good looking work sir! If that hack saw is looking for a new home, Iāll send you my address!!! Every time I see that thing, I like it better. Iāll send you TWO horizontal bandsaws for it!! Ok 3. Wellā¦ OKā¦ FOUR! :innocent: I would like to put that right in the middle of our shop as a showpiece.
Looking forward to seeing the finished lights. I found it interesting the order you build the parts in. Keep posting!!
The hacksaws yours TL if you pay the postage. Its all cast iron of the very heavy variety. It probably should be in a museum.
Thanks Miller. Keep this quiet but scrap metal was achieved in earnest last night. Plan B is being called upon to try and eliminate my bin getting any fuller. :person_facepalming:
Really like what youāre intent on building. The smaller 3x 18650 seems like it would be more āhand-friendlyā than the srk 4x. Due to this thread plus the flash sale I ordered a Courui D01. Kind of wish I could afford 3 to make a 3s tube. I donāt have access to a metal lathe so I canāt do a from scratch build but my next project might be a 3s3p 3x xhp70. Not so long ago there was a thread about wood battery tubes. The grey D01 might look pretty nice with a nice od green tinted argentine lignum vitae battery tubeā¦ It would give me a reason to work with it again. Itās hard and works like a moderately soft stone and the aroma is very pleasant.
Theres been a few members here build wooden lights, one notable light was in the BLF annual light building comp. RBD is also another gun woodworker and OL himself was adept at the material as well.
OL has also joined battery tubes together in one of his mad light builds. He also made his own multi battery tube up for one of his lights.
If you need a hand searching for any post back here and weāll go looking for them.
Donāt need a lathe to do a wood battery tube either shorter or longer, just the threaded ends of the tube. The rest is a thin brass sleeve with wood around it that uses the threaded ends to reconnect. Like most of my ideas, tedious but otherwise achievable.
) and a few other ways of doing things you are famous for into this light.
