What did you mod today?

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
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Did my first led reflow today. A 5D1 80+CRI in my S1 mini ti, great tint.

Just put the star in the center of my gas stove, not nearly as difficult as I thought this would be.

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Nice. I think the question there isn’t about the reflow, but about how you got the bezel off without scratching anything.

2763

This way, thanks to - X3 -

2764

You’re welcome :slight_smile:
Hammer + knife, what’s not to love ? :smiley:

2765

Very COOL and well done vid Geuzzzzzzzzzz! :+1:

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Thank you, that video is mine :innocent:

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Oh in that case, it’s still good X3!!! :smiley: :+1:

Then thanks for posting X3’s very cool and well done vid Geuzzzz!!! :wink:

2768

LuxPro LP130 zoomie with Nichia 219c 5000k emitter and 10250 cell

2769

XHP70 P2-1C Surefire Millennium Series M3 COMBATLIGHT :open_mouth:

I bored it out for 18500 Efest batteries, and still retains the captive shoulder, so swapping out heads is possible, with out loosing batteries. I have XHP50 and MT-G2’s also. It is running a 2S FETDDSir800 Guppy Drv.Rev 1, Custom Reflector ( made by Dan in Hong Kong) and Copper pill (designed by me, made by Sinner) the head and body is fully thermally potted, reflector is on the glass, omitting the shock absorbing foam for more OTF Lumens, plus an original Zero Rez Oveready custom Z44 switch.

The XHP70 P2-1C is pulling 10.33 amps in Turbo! :sunglasses: One bright Surefire now!! :smiley: :+1:

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Very cool KawiBoy!! 8) 8)

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Thanks jozz! Literally

 Cool (white) more like Ice White with a touch of blue in it! :person_facepalming:

But then it’s not meant to be a latrine light now is it! :smiley:

2772

Not very flashlight related but assembled my 3D printer and of course I will print some flashlight related stuff with it. Some mounts or diffusers and lens caps for bigger lights.

2773

Printing centering rings and spacers works great with 3D printing. Allows me to get everything perfectly centered and focused with little fussing.

2774

Great Idea. I haven’t thought about that. :+1:

2775

Nice work KawiBoy.

I invite everyone that has a mod (no matter how big or little, good or bad) posted here or anywhere else on BLF to join the following GAW. It's closes in 13 days:

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/44727

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219C 4000K 90+CRI

CREE XQ-E Hi

TEST

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Both of these lights have the same innards: Triple XPL HI 4000k 5A2 on Noctigon, with Carclo 10507 optics. Driver is DrJones H17F. Both are running on Samsung 30Q 18650. All parts purchased from Mountain Electronics.

The one on the left is a Jaxman E2L host. Entire build took about 45 minutes. Assembly was fairly quick and painless. Only issues were the driver wire hole was too narrow and needed drilling, and the emitter compartment was too narrow to fit a triple Noctigon. A minute with the drill took care of the wire problem and 20 minutes with a small handfile on the edges of the Noctigon took care of the other problem. These are beautifully made hosts.

The one on the right started as a green anodized Convoy S2 plus host.

  • I shortened the pill and head using using the technique from this thread , resulting in a much shorter and more pocketable light. I left the head on this light a couple mm longer than on the blue host I had previously done so that this one can fit protected 18650 cells if necessary.
  • Based on inspiration from an earlier post in the “what did you mod today?” thread, I removed the anodizing and polished up the bare aluminum.
  • I used Greased Lightning to remove the ano. However, this still left some green ano especially around the tailcap switch. My Greased Lightning was looking a bit used and I didn’t have fresh.
  • To remove the last bit of ano I soaked the light parts in Clorox bleach for 6 hours. This removed most of the remaining green, but it also had a surprising result: the aluminum turned a dark flat grey.
  • I sanded off the grey from the raised portions of the light, but left it in the anodizing and around the recessed rings. The result is quite pleasing as the grey provides contrast and makes those elements of the light stand out. It is also durable like anodizing 
 no chance that grey will wear off on its own. I expect I’ll use this bleach trick much more often.
  • Overall, I like the look of the polished shortened S2+, but am not certain I like it more than the blue host I did. The blue is quite dramatic and because it isn’t polished it’s slightly grippier.
  • I received lighted BLF A6 tailcap switches from Banggood for use in this light, but the result was no good. First I removed the metal washer from the switch and replaced it with a clear one. Unfortunately that didn’t help. The Banggood switches were simply too dim and their output wasn’t visible outside the light. Anyone have a brighter tailcap switch? Or can I make these Banggood switches brighter by resistor-modding them?

To improve these lights more I think I need to get some heat transfer foam to cram into the driver compartment. Would be nice if I could get better conduction of heat to the heat sensor on the H17F. If I had that I might be able to run these lights at max FET without risk of damage. (currently I have the Jaxman’s double-click mode set at 2nd highest FET setting, and the S2+ set at 3 amps)

2778

Tailcap spring bypass and direct drive on a FourSevens MMU-X.

2779

tried dedoming my 1 and only xhp50 led

failed miserably, about 40% of the phosphorus lifted with the dome :frowning: :person_facepalming:

2780

Put a nichia 219c and a qlite driver with guppy drv into my single mode ultrafire c3