A Quick look at a Sinner Titanium 18650, early production.

This is an early Sinner Ti 18650, back when he was making the light with Titanium thick walled tube. He merely made a Ti bezel for the top end and a brass holder for the switch on the back end, then machined the body to have style and grip. So the main light, “head” and all, is one piece Titanium. VERY robust! I got this one from a friend that wanted it built up, it was a host, so I traded him a light I’d already done and flame colored so I could build this one for myself. Since I love Sinner lights, Titanium in general, and am somehow addicted to Luminous SBT-70 emitters, I went with this emitter in combination with TK’s Biscotti firmware. Because the emitter is not very efficient, it’s only making about 469 lumens while drawing 3.64A. I’ll probably give it a few more 7135 chips on the Qlite driver but in all honesty it’s working quite well as is. The moon mode is stoopid low, my box won’t even read it. In a dark room the light from moon barely reaches the floor. Ideal for reading a watch or checking paperwork in the dark without disturbing anyone nearby.

The deep reflector is unusual in this 20mm dia, it’s also about 20mm deep. The Luminus SBT-70 isn’t very efficient, but the round die really plays nicely with this reflector. :slight_smile:

The Titanium bezel is so lightweight you can barely feel it in hand, it houses a nice AR coated glass lens.

He used a solid copper bar to make a pill that threads in, I re-flowed the 20mm Noctigon directly to the pill for maximum heat sinking. It’s about an inch long, with a Qlite driver that has 4 extra chips inside and the Biscotti firmware that ToyKeeper wrote for Convoy.

I did some machining on the base of the reflector to ensure the contacts would clear and the silicone sleeves on the wires wouldn’t keep the reflector standing too high. On this one, I’m leaving the AR coated glass window in place on the emitter so this reflector sits down directly on top of this thin glass and it’s supporting metal “window” as Luminous calls it.

You can see that the tube is raw inside, just the right size in native tube form to accept an 18650 cell. :wink:

The brass switch button floats, so it can rattle some, and it isn’t weather sealed. Not a good camping light. I added a spring to the brass contact button with a wire bypass in it as I chose to use the Qlite driver with it’s very short and stout contact spring.

The tint on this SBT-70 is a 96 CRI daylight white, it has a slight rosy hue to it that is very pleasant on the eye. This next shot is looking straight into the moon mode, barely glowing but showing that blue outline that is classic SBT-70…

It’s probably not the perfect light, but it’s a quality early production from a guy I call my friend, Sinner, who has come a long way since he first started making flashlights. :slight_smile: His newest creations are as good as any light out there, in my opinion, and his exotic Mokume Gane lights are Stunningly Gorgeous! (the only thing budget about the Mokume Gane light is that you have to budget to get to one. :wink: the people that make the bar stock work hard, and like to get paid well for it, unsurprisingly. )

Thanks for checking it out. :wink:

Very nice lights there :+1:

Wow. Looking good there!

Y’all know me. Less than 4Amps and 469 lumens? Oh Plllleeeease!

I built an FET driver on Wights A17DD-S08 board from OshPark, utilized a PSMN 1R5-25Y MOSFET, moved the Biscotti-flashed ATTiny13A to the new driver, it now does

0.02A for 2.07 lumens
0.13A for 28.64
0.76A for 133.94
4.25A for 560.28
11.75A for 1255.8

This, on the same Samsung 30Q but fresh off the charger. :smiley:

Edit: And I got something wrong. It starts stepping down immediately and goes all the way to low then off within a minute. Gotta pull it and revisit the LVP resistors. Ugh. I swear I used an R1 of 1912 and R2 of 4700. This is what you get when you work on flashlights from a compromised view. :wink:

Edit II: Yep, I used an R1 19.1 that was too small, it shifted and wasn’t making correct contacts. Removed the driver, pulled the small 19.1K, put the correct size on and it’s fine. Always the details…

Awesome light , thanks Dale :slight_smile:

I wasn’t lucky enough to get a light from Sinner , hope he release some new soon .

Thanks Dale Its an interesting light. Love the last two pictures.

Yep, I bet that bar stock is spendy. It sure finishes out purdy. Wow

Wow 1000 lumens for 10A ? Talk about efficiency :crown:
Nice light, really well executed !

Wow beautiful!

Recently, I’ve been toying the idea of selling my Sinner. It’s one of his previous Ti models with the crenelations and trit grooves machined into it, you just made doubt that decision and now I’m really torn.

There’s just virtually no other choice in a round die emitter. The only other one I know of is also from Luminus, the CBT-140, and it costs a fortune, comes on a proprietary mounting board that’s square with the die offset from center. (I want one of those too! :smiley: )

The round die can really make for an excellent beam profile. I used one in the Jaxman Z1 Zoomie and the result was quite spectacular. I had one in a Courui D01 that I recently sold and just before sending it out I re-tweaked everything to get some 1900 lumens out of it. Wish I’d kept that one to be honest.

In a SupBeam K50 the beam is really nice, well defined small hot spot. There’s just something about that bridgework of bond wires and the circular die that fascinates me. Can’t help it. And seriously, look at the lights I build… what do I care about efficiency?

If you sell it for a reasonable price you might want to send me a pm . :beer:

I call the crenelations on his lights “The Sinner’s Crown” :wink:

Is your light an 18350 light or 18650?

I love my Sinner lights, the very fact that they’re made the old fashioned way, not mass produced, is a big part of it.

Kind of like going back in time, this was my first ever flashlight build done from scratch…
Thank you for sharing such wonderful in-depth build pictures and kind words.

What can I say Sinner? I really do love your creations. :slight_smile: I think I have a sample of everything in your sig line. lol Each and every one of them is special to me in it’s own way. The Mokume Gane, of course, is the cream of the crop. :heart_eyes:

Small compact lights that are extremely powerful and well made, what’s not to like? :wink:

18350. Decided to keep it, too few makers like this these days.

The Sinner EDC in 18350 is just an awesome little light! Pocketable, but serious. :wink:

I’d keep it if I were you as you’re right, hand made product of this quality isn’t common anymore.

Yep, like it so much that I’m looking for a copper one now. IMO its the most beautiful flashlight body around. What else come close in host design? Even the basic profile is unique, most other customs seem to be derivatives of Mac’s work.