Titanium build

My first attempt at cutting up some titanium :disguised_face:

Led4power driver and mosled mcpcb
xpg2 leds guessing around 5000k
A banggood tail switch for the moment but will swap out to a led4power switch when it arrives
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I had intended to knurl the narrow section of body but whilst I was rough cutting thought this looked kinda cool and left it as is. It’s a little uneven but it’s literally the roughing out I was doing. I then added some stripes to the narrow section to blend in. It feels good, I didn’t want a smoothy.

I tried to keep it simple. There is a shelf that the tail switch sits on (sorry didn’t get a pic of that)

Lots of wires for the mosled…

Yes, I know, my soldering hasn’t improved :weary:

The gap you see between the copper and body is intentional, to make it easier to unscrew the body without unscrewing the bezel. I will locktite the bezel shortly so it won’t be a problem in future. I’m thinking of fitting a pocket clip but haven’t decided yet :stuck_out_tongue: Also thinking of machining some trit slots near the tail but I need to fit the degree wheel to my lathe first.

Hope you like it :beer:

Very nice!

Nice! Must be very fulfilling to do.

If you didn’t tell anyone, I wouldn’t think it was your first try at titanium. Nice work!

Very original design, quality components, nice choice of materials, I really like it ! It definitely screams for trit slots in my opinion.

Excellent job !

:+1:

Nice work pp. The curves look real neat along with the copper pill band adding a bit of colour. What thread pitch do you use? :beer:

Very nice!

Amazing work. Looks great! :+1:

Very Nice build :beer:

I curious about something, do you draw this up on CAD, paper, Napkin at dinner, just in your head, or on the fly ?

Love to see your Creations :beer:

“Hourglass”

Nice work!

Heck of a job on your first titanium chipping. The finish looks pretty good. Its even got a lighted tail cap. :+1:
Just food for thought, the Sunwayman V11R and the V10R will both except a lighted tail cap without having to add a bleed resistor.

Wow, lotsa comments. Thanks guy’s :sunglasses:

After the hunting light I went back to 1mm threads on this one.

I started in my head but eventually had to chicken scratch something just so I could remember the dimensions I was working to

Yes, you’re right… :wink:

Very nice pinkpanda3310! Lathing a flashlight out of metal, let alone titanium, is something I could only dream of. Looks like it should be in Star Wars.

Watcha think your gonna come in here with a home made light like this and think no one would notice? :person_facepalming: :slight_smile:

I can’t see your second pic in post #13 pinkpanda3310. :cry:

http://budgetlightforum.com

…where Frugal meets with Flashlight!

I believe this is the title around here!

Not FancyhighqualityTitanium/Copperbling.com
…where the wife ask how much!

Nice build by the way.

I reckon there are lots of lurkers but I only so many commenters.

That’s odd :question: Lets try a different host

:zipper_mouth_face: Oops, my bad…… :laughing: :laughing: :smiley: Cheers :beer:

” pinkpanda3310 ”
Here is the link for a free 2D cad I use if you are interested. It is easy to learn and use. :beer:

Maybe pp is frugal by not having a wife? :stuck_out_tongue: