First off I know there are some of you out there that I owe parts and heatsinks to, and I would just like to say that I did not forget about you, but it has been a heck of a busy year. I have had to work more than I thought, and when I was off I had a 2 year old to take care of because the wife got called away for work several times. So I apologize that I did not get the lathe time I thought I would. You will get your heatsinks soon.
I just wanted to gauge interest in copper P60 pills and mag heatsinks, or perhaps another part that is needed that I may not realize the demand for. I was talking to a friend at work that used to write programs for all types of cnc machines. It looks like I should be able to get a run of parts made for relatively cheap. Just want to hear what some of you would seriously be interested in, such as copper p60 pills, mag heatsinks, or anything else. I was thinking a heatsink for the mag rebel reflectors may be of interest since nobody offers one.
If I get enough people seriously interested, I will get him to make a run of parts. The more people the cheaper it will be obviously, but I will say the price should be very good. All parts will be made on the latest and greatest equipment. I will just have to pay for tooling, materials, and throw the guy setting up and running the machine some cash.
Give me some feedback, and I will see what the price will be and let you know when they can be done.
There's a thread on a soon to be anounced group buy for a DRY. Would you be able to build a heatsink for the Dry? A couple members have done something similar but nothing up to scale.
I'd be in for some Mag C heatsinks for the Rebel reflector. I'd probably even go for a Mag D heatsink with the same reflector. Depending on price, I might go for 2 of each.
Ill have to talk to him about the head and see If I can find a supply of reflectors that will work well. What size head would everyone like? 55 mm would be huge on the p60 format but would increase the throw tremendously. I was thinking of a pill/head combo that would increase the body contact and actually act as a real heatsink. I would like to keep the price of the heatsinks at 6 or 7 bucks max. The copper pills fiqure to be 8 to 10 bucks depending on how many I make. Still a ton cheaper than on CPF. I have some design changes in mind like a thicker pad for the led to sit on and a few others. I think the heatsinks could go as low as 3 or 4 bucks, but I would have to do a decent amount. To get it that cheap. All speculation till I know more, but will let everyone know when I find out.
This might be a long shot but a copper head for a L2 and similar that will make flush contact with these so we can just add some thermal paste and drop it in? The aluminium heads and tin foil or copper tape are poor heat sinks. Maybe similar to L2T heads but smooth copper with some shallow cooling fins? I'd pay a reasonable amount for that and I think a lot of others will too as its a very popular combo.
I'm interested in any other P60 parts though depending on what you come up with, Ill subscribe to this and see what happens.
If I had several people want that many, the price would be even better.
The head I was thinking more of a c8 style with a full contact heatsink as a pair, if I make one that is. Like I said lemme know your interest and I will see what we can do.
Heh…good luck with that though. The copper alone in a D-mag heatsink would cost close to $5 probably. Maybe in aluminum and mass produced by machine you could get it down to $5.
In copper even $10 would be dirt cheap. I will be pleasantly surprised if it's much below $20 a piece in copper since I've only seen aluminum versions for sale in the past and all were over $20-$25.
Make some that will compete with H22A offering on CPF, and compatible with the mag rebel reflector and you’ll be Making hundreds a month.
Also don’t forget about us guys that asked a while back for the custom one!
