What did you mod today?

Getting concerned for you Dale. Are you feeling OK?

after that rebuild you may have had your Ti tube apart more times than I did.

Well, I AM sick, been on antibiotics for an ear infection from all the drainage. Coughing, sneezing, pretty beat up really, but hey, When you’re down, and out, and you need a helping hand, just grab a light, and hack it however you can…… :stuck_out_tongue:

I might just cut the extension tube so it allows an 18350 to work, the light just appeals to me so much more in short form.

Sounds awful, sorry to hear that. It seems that every single person I have enountered since T-day has been trying to get me sick. Even my own family.
As of now they have failed. But back to work tomorrow, and more opportunities for others to try.

Get better soon. I want to see that Ti as a triple again.
Just kidding… :smiley: bout the triple.

Nick

I didn’t use a glass lens in mine but with the head screwed all the way down there was still some rattle from the optic…I put an o-ring between the optic and head and it worked.

My ReyLight Ti tube light is now a dedicated 18350 EDC. I chopped the extension tube to gain that 5mm I needed, made a top smooth band to match the one at the rear.

This spacer ring is threaded onto the main battery tube, it has an inset cut to go inside the o-ring shelf in the head.

I need to clean it up a bit, supper was getting cold.

What happened to the rest of the extension tube, you ask? It’s a ring now! :smiley:

Hahaha, nice…now you just need to add a few trits to your ring :smiley:

Because of the machining required on this light, and the trit holes, the walls of the Titanium are very thick! Surprised me a little. There’s a LOT of Titanium there for the money. :wink:

Today I modded my hobby room. Well, not really, I mostly ran the vacuum around. It’s been a while. I cringed every time I heard clattering from the wand as it sucked up who knows how many lost diodes, resisters, FETs and emitters. You could probably build several drivers with what ended up in the dust bag.

I need to do the same Ouchy, my work table is almost too covered to get any work done, I’m down to the last few saucer sized sections… and that only because I keep shoving stuff back!

Cleaning the workplace!!! Great idea! I need to do that again, too. Maybe I have time until New Years (resolution time)

my 4 XHP35’s just came in. Has anyone tried throttling them with FET pwm yet?

You need to talk to Scott. (Kawiboy) Or Texas_Ace. He’s been doing extensive testing with his own driver design.

VW, I should have quite a few glass lenses from the Eagle Eye X6’s I’ve turned into triples and quads. A few of those I built with no lens, other’s I swapped for UCLp lenses. I have more than a few, pretty sure.

Titanium is horrible at dispersing heat, even worse than Stainless Steel. Building it as a triple is not really optimal. The 1230 lumen Nichia 219C is perfect in this one. :wink:

I know TA was planning to, but last I saw he hadn’t gotten around to it yet. I’ll see if he sees this post, otherwise I might PM him later.

I tried to emitter swap my Jetbeam II Pro titanium a few days ago.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the bezel off. Either I’m doing it wrong or that sucker is glued tight. No luck with my strap wrenches. Might have to resort to a blowtorch (which could destroy the innards), or pliers (which could scratch up the exterior). :weary:

Anyone manage to take the bezel of a Jetbeam II pro yet?

Thank you Sir.
Have a cart in the works from KD but rather see you get something for them. PM sent.
Nick

Don’t burn ’em

You could start with a low pwm value and go up .

Be sure to use the same batteries , and fully charged while you’r testing .

Built a 12mm FET driver for a little AAA penlight, used a 10mm SinkPAD under a 5000K Nichia 219C. With an Efest 10400 at 4.15V is does

0.03A for 5.8 Lumens
0.05A for 9.2
0.35A for 58
1.65A for 311.19
3.02A for 552

Nice step up from the 63 lumens it was making on an AAA NiMH.

Shadow JM07, very weak 26650 tube light. With my new found 7135 stacking skills, I brought the stock 6*7155 driver up to 9 7135’s, changed the small led wires and moved the xm-l2 to a noctigon. Now it is a very good CC general purpose light and sheds heat well!