My latest pocket-rocket is a Sunwayman C10r purchased on clearance from Illumn and then heavily modded by me:

• Emitter: Triple XPL HI (2×5000K and 1×4000K)
• Driver Wires: 22 AWG silicone
• Electronic Switch wire: 26 AWG Teflon
• Driver: 17mm FET driver from MtnElectronics with moppydrv e-switch firmware.
• Battery spring bypass wire: None. The modded light has no battery springs. Instead flat copper disks fixed to each end of the battery tube serve as the contacts. This is somewhat similar to how the battery tube in the DQG Tiny III and IV work but without as much range. There is almost no empty space in the battery compartment when the battery is installed.
• Battery type: Efest purple 1000mAh IMR 18500 (flat top). The unmodded light used 1xCR123. I bored out the battery tube so it would fit a wider 18500 and freed up extra space in the head for the longer cell by mounting the new driver ahead of the LED platform in the head. This is made possible because the triple optic is thinner than the original aluminum reflector. The switch mechanism is now mounted in the side of the battery compartment. The battery slides below the switch. In my experience IMR 18500 cells provide far more power than any IMR 16340 or 18350. On a fresh cell, output resembles that of a triple powered by a Samsung 30Q 18650 cell, though voltage declines faster.
• Optic: Carclo 10507

The entire light is about 77mm long. It would be possible to make a shorter light using the same internals, but this host has some wasted space at the tail (screw mounting for camera tripod) and head (inset bezel)

Nice work and thanks for the readings.

For all my 16340 lights I’m using that same yellow AWT IMR16340 550mAh. Love it.

This thread is amazing. So many innovative ideas and your craftsmanship is exquisite.

What do you use to make the optics glow blue? It looks very cool!

 CRX , my hat down (and I do love my hat !) , you are something !!! Imagination and patience , skills and aesthetic sense ... Your collection is one of the best I ever seen ! Congrats !

( Must be a lot of dark in your country... " />

What do you do in your spare time?:-)

Steve

BTW, nice bunch of lights.

CRX wrote:

Thanks mate. The thread used to be something else but there was not much interest so I changed it to a links repository of my stuff for posterity.

Ahh, I was wondering how I could have missed it. I’m glad you took the time to put all these in one spot. I had missed a bunch of these.

Amazing list of custom built lights

Sub’d

I gotta say, you’re my role MODel

I have a mod that I think is your style but I want to do it myself. Unfortunately I dont have your skills. Mind if I message you for some handholding?

Ozy and CRX
Sitting in a tree!
M. O. D. D. I. N. G. !!!

First comes Brass!
Then comes Copper!
Then Ozy giggling
Like a teeny bopper!

Oh god, now I’m too embarrassed to even message you

I have two things I’m thinking of, I’ll send you something later.

Probably better to only think of one…LOL

Any chance of a group picture of your collection ?
Bonus question : are your lights on shelves or in a drawer ?

I missed some of those mods too!
Nice overview. And +1 on the group picture

CRX wrote:

Bonus answer, some of my knives

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I will try to look that up in Taobao or such, thank you!

Amazing variety and ingenuity CRX! I guess that’s what they reserve the term “mind-boggling” for.

I am fortunate enough to have first-hand experience of your skills with regard to the Rainier and Logan Brass Peaks which you modded on my behalf exactly as I requested.

This was far from simple as you had to remove the hard epoxy that was used to fully pot the old leds and clean the heads up before competely rebuilding the brass pills and contact points for the lights.

The optics and windows were also upgraded in addition to the leds and drivers.

I am now the very happy and satisfied owner of two beautiful Peak Brass lights expertly modded by CRX so that they have the great beams and functionality to match their looks.

Man that is a great list of mods. Great to see them all together. Keep up the good work, always inspirational.

Big fan of your stuff CRX! I've seen you post over at /r/flashlight, really great work.