The 6th Annual BLF Old Lumens - machine made - Pinkpanda's Entry

I had plans of making a recoil light but after some defective mirrors showing up I lost a bit of mojo and other things took up my time. One of those things taking my time was getting fit for an annual MTB event

….and to make things even more fun my daughter is having issues with her MacBook tonight :weary:

Enyhoo… I put together some ingredients. It’s not going to be flash or special in any way. I just want to be apart of the competition this year :partying_face:

Xhp35, single cell driver, plus related bits

Finally competition in machine made category. Felt lonely already.
Good luck!

Lol, no competition. I’m not in your league :blush:

Good to see you enter :+1:

Good luck with the build. :beer:

Go for it mate :wink: Good luck with the build :wink:

Great! I’ll be looking on.

This’ll be fun. Thanks for joining the contest. The more the merrier!

Its good to see you in the OL comp pp. Good luck on fixing the Mac.

Yeh, definitely the more the merrier :partying_face:

I see a lot of others are making pretty renders of their creations. I’m not wired that way…. :student:

What I was trying to do last night (before apple issues stole my time) was edit this video of making the head. Since I’m a hobbyist that’s learnt from the wild web I’m open to constructive criticism :student:

Old Skool Pen & Paper :slight_smile: :+1:

Watching your video I wouldn’t have the patience to make a torch.To much work for this guy. :beer:

Lol, you so funny… :laughing: :laughing:

I came home early enough to get some more done today.

I don’t have stainless so I made the bezel out of titanium. I kinda like the way titanium cuts.


Well, it will just have to do :smiley:
Nice :+1:

That knurling is so neat. What type of knurler are you using as it appears to be an opposite knurl if that makes sense.

Well spotted Moose. I’m trying out this new knurling wheel. The end product looks aggressive but it doesn’t feel like you’re holding a metal working file. This is the first time I’ve used it. The down side is this type of wheel is it cannot travel up and down the work piece. Knurl one section then disengage and knurl the next section.

That knurling is pretty. I didn’t notice it was any different until MRsDNF pointed it out. Now, I want all my flashlights to have that knurling. :heart_eyes:

Do you have re-align the knurling wheel each time you move it?

Yes, it would need to be re-aligned but honestly I think it would be very hard to align it seamlessly. So I think grooves to partition each knurled section would be a better option. Much like this pic I found -