EDSG 5th Annual BLF / Old Lumens Scratch Made Light Contest (Handmade) Pipe Dream

Hey folks so this is my entry to this year scratch made contest. I am all for handies if you know what i mean :stuck_out_tongue:
I am bit out classed but i will see what i can come up with. I feels i am a bit better prepared then last years attempt. I have picked up a few more skills in the time since last years effort! Well at least this is what i like to think.

My theme is recycling i am trying to use as many second hand parts as i can. Not to give a sob story but money is a tad tight right now. I would love to build a 20k lumen light but no chance right now with my budget. So i will do what i can with parts i have and buy as little as needed.

I have no solid plan yet as of what i want to build only a few ideas in my head. I am more of a practical person design is not my strong point but i like pushing my self to try new things.

We have a slight start of some thing i guess lol. Brass and steel fittings.

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Hahaha i do not have a drill press but i have a drill vice i use as my standard vice (bench to small). Trying to drill a 10mm hole here and the drill bit got caught on a chip and spun around the vice and flung every thing of my work bench. This is what i am dealing with so far. Yes i should have drilled a pilot hole first but i was being lazy.

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Trying out optics
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Drilled another hole lol
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Yep i drilled a hole lol knock of time!

Good luck with your build :+1:

…even better luck if the neighbours see you walking around the back yard with that…. The bomb squad will be knocking at the door! :smiley:

Should be cool :+1:

You know, a simple pipe bomb can be made with not much more than a pipe and a 18650! Here’s hoping the driver doesn’t short on this one! :open_mouth:

I like it. :+1:

Thanks lads and good luck every one! I look forward to seeing the lathes at work.

As you can see i have already put in a venting hole :stuck_out_tongue:

Slightly updated so i have ran into a few bumps lol.

I should also say this is only the inside of the torch it will have a different outer shell.

Looking good !

Its a rush to get this done

I cut both ends shorter
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made it flat and pretty on the threads took of heaps of stock
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20mm partition board
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This was meant to have a wooden outside but i dont think i will have time to complete.

Angle grinder makes such a difference much better then using my reciprocating saw on smaller stock easier to handle besides the sparks going every where. I cut some M8 bolts with the reciprocating saw it works like a charm on bigger item plus no sparks.

Just a few days left - no pressure! :stuck_out_tongue: :wink:

I must have missed this the pipe bomb light…
1 weekend left you can do it

Yea i am trying lol. Just done 3 hours or so now. I will eat dinner at 10:30 and go back out. I ran into a few issues.

Making the heat sink and shelf
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Close enough right? lol
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Almost got it!
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press fit shelf lol mallet time
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Drilled wire holes and now i am trying to deburr them?
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Just a light touch with a bigger drill bit.will take the bur off

Thanks for the tip! I ended up going .5mm bigger in size i was having trouble getting the wires through but they are 22 gauge lol. All that is left is the tail cap but it does work all be it dodgy lol

I glued the optics in place only way i knew how to make it work and be water resistant.
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Hahahaha don’t ask! This needs some TLC.
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Tested with a safer cell first lol
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Tested with a 18650 this time so much brighter.
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So i had to shave down a 20mm board i have no 16mm MCPCBs so i done this lattice bright first. I could not do this to BLF so i shaved down an alloy board XPL-HI even though it pained me lol
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The optics are random ones from Fasttech Ultrafire brand i think. So throw heavy!
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I really wanted to add some wood but i have none and i know nothing about wood so i will see what happens. I want to make this look prettier i will polish it up a tad but i like the rough look of the brass fittings.

Buy some toothpicks, the tapered flat kind would be best I think. Glue them around the pipe, alternating pointy end direction. Predation or dye them different colors or TRY to find colored ones.

https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Match-Sticks-Colored-750-Pkg/dp/B00756K656/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?*encoding=UTF8&dpID=51UogEInjxL&dpPl=1&keywords=colored%20toothpicks&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&qid=1509301575&ref=plSrch&ref*=mp_s_a_1_3&sr=8-3

Thanks don that is an awesome idea! I just bought a glue gun the other day lol.

I just cleaned up and 5 mins later it looks like this :frowning:
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Needed to use my good soldering iron to get enough heat into the brass for the driver. 450 degrees Celsius
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Making the switch retaining ring from 1mm aluminum its easier then the 3mm pill i made.
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That is done i just have to widen the middle a tad bit
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This XPL-HI has seen better days lol. I am not sure where i got it from?
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So the light powers on so technically all that is left is aesthetic work. I want to add some tape here and there and maybe some plastic in case of shorts.
I think its to late for wood but i may add wood in the future or another scratch build coming up maybe?

We need beam shots! I was thinking about running the XPLHI direct drive and just using a partition board but its on an alloy board so it wont last long.

Hahahaha i was fishing on the Haweskbury river at Brooklyn and i went past some ones house and they where throwing out some old tree wood and i was like on the way back its mine. Then when i was back in Sydney i remembered about the wood. It had a sign and all saying free wood that was my one shot lol.

Might as well add some fishing pics. This is Brooklyn NSW. These pics are a tad older when i went the other week it was raining but fishing time is fishing time rain hail or shine lol.

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Bliss!
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Nice shots .havent been fishing since i left gladstone in central queensland.
Bit jealous.

So mine is done for now! Its not what i wanted but it works and functions as a torch.

I stuffed up the tail cap kinda i could not decide what i wanted so i went for a more classic look. I think the rubber boot doesn’t suit the light. So i made another tail cap ending from scratch but didn’t like that so i cut out PVC instead of an aluminium gasket.

I painted the battery tube in and out so its none conductive
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I put some plastic around the driver as isolation
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I wanted to paint it red but then didn’t like it so i stuck with the primer but you can still see some red lol
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I will add beam shots tonight.