[MOD] SRK-43 aka "Poor man's Meteor"

[FmC]

Thanks for the comments

@Mike C

Nice work! I got me a couple of them SRKs as hosts for BMF SRK projects, but as they have no thermal path I’ve just let them collect dust. You wouldn’t be interested in selling a couple of those disks for shelf assembly?

Thanks Mike.
The discs were cut out of a solid plate of alloy by hand - my labor charge could kill the deal for you

@The Miller

Ah and would you be so kind as to post a little on what you think of the Q8 Narsil driver in the Q8 thread? That would be greatly appreciated!

The driver is an early revision, not 100% the same as the final Q8 board, but I could probably give some thoughts on Narsil over in the Q8 thread

@Dutcheee

Very nice build :+1:

Did you fry all LED’s? That must have made it a bit less “budget”

Thanks.
Most of them were cooked from the initial reflow, so yes, I replaced all of them. Fortunately the XP-G3’s are fairly inexpensive!

@keltex78

…surprised at the issue with the reflowing technique… I reflow all the time on my soldering iron and have never had an issue.

I guess it would work fine with an adjustable temp iron, but not with my old dog…

@Tom E

Nice! A true beast! Let us know what you think of the firmware.

How did you secure down the driver? Most stock SRK clones are glued/epoxied. I was asking for tabs to be added that could be sanded down to get a press fit, like Richard’s SRK boards have. It would be much better for general use in SRK’s.

Thanks Tom.
The driver was slightly larger than the head ID, so I just filed it down until it was a nice fit.
It would be nice to have some type of retainer ring, or tabs with mounting screws.

[MRsDNF]

You sir need some serious help of the professional kind. If you hear a knock on the door just go with the flow.
Orsm job especially flattening tube out and then polishing it like you have. Its a shame you dont know someone with a lathe that could of machined the aluminium heat discs, plates out for you.
Its orsm to see this up and running and thanks for the pictures. Top job. :+1:

[FmC]

@MRsDNF

You sir need some serious help of the professional kind. If you hear a knock on the door just go with the flow.
Orsm job especially flattening tube out and then polishing it like you have. Its a shame you dont know someone with a lathe that could of machined the aluminium heat discs, plates out for you.
Its orsm to see this up and running and thanks for the pictures. Top job. :+1:

Thanks, I guess a machined pill would have been easier, but that would have left you less time to run back & forth for the LED’s

[MRsDNF]

In all honesty your mod would not have been the same or read the same if you had used outside assistance. I admire the efforts and outcomes.

[c_malc]

Intelligent design - pretty fabulous !

Beyond Meteor and well into Mega M6 territory.

[Turningbluechips]

And here I thought my next project was going to be cool… Am I allowed to make a “flashlight” the size of a trashcan to compete with this kind of stuff?

Love the diy problem solving. Excellent job!

[bugsy36]

Very nice work!

You Aussies have too much time! LOL

[dudunphy]

That is just fricken awesome! I don’t have near enough patience for some of that type of work. Great build!

[WillyD]

FmC, that is awesome work! I think what I like the best is the view from the top…the wires, Noctigon boards, copper plate and screws. None of it’s hidden. When somebody looks at it you can be like, yeah, I made that.

[Mike_C]

@FmC

The discs were cut out of a solid plate of alloy by hand - my labor charge could kill the deal for you

I guess so, but I’m willing to hear what it would be so I don’t have to it myself

Come to think of it, it probably wouldn’t fit. My BMF SRK uses MT-G2s with the reflector, your light doesn’t have a reflector.

[FmC]

@WillyD

FmC, that is awesome work! I think what I like the best is the view from the top…the wires, Noctigon boards, copper plate and screws. None of it’s hidden. When somebody looks at it you can be like, yeah, I made that.

Yep, I like the open style look to it as well. That reminded me of Mattaus’ Medusa.

@Mike C

Come to think of it, it probably wouldn’t fit. My BMF SRK uses MT-G2s with the reflector, your light doesn’t have a reflector.

It took a little measuring to get the correct stack-height, & I was lucky to have the correct combination of metals on hand to add up to the right thickness.
I’m sure one of the lathe guys who are doing the custom pills would be able to knock out an alloy slug of your dimensions easily.

[Kusie]

WOW, I´d want one of those! :cry:
Great job!

[will34]

Nice!!

[Old-Lumens]

Great mod and great recovery. Keep em' coming!