What did you mod today?

Great! Now we only need MCPCBs for D4 and Luxeon V. And for triples with Carclo 10507. And …

I’m still waiting for triple mcpcb’s for the XHP-70.2. Slice the domes off, drop a CUTE 3 over the top and fill the head of an X6 with copper, the tube with 2 18350’s and let her rip! :slight_smile:

Nice patience Jos, hope it was worth it to you in the long run. :wink:

Nice work Djozz! And nice results.

I had a host Eagle Eye X6 sitting here waiting for a triple build, got to looking at it and decided to use the big copper heat sink I designed for a quad to fit this light, but not in a quad build.

Since I swapped out the high CRI XHP-70 K4 3A in my Intimidator last night, that nice emitter was free. Decided to use it with the 35mm optic from Cutter designed to go with the big Cree.

Took the head of the X6 and the copper sink, along with the optic and emitter out to the shop and carved the chunk of copper to fit the materials at hand.

Came in and dug around in my parts on the work table and found a MTN FET driver already Zener modified and with a brass post on the spring pad, just tall enough to clear the retaining ring, plugged it all in and presto!

A nice XHP-70 pocket rocket, courtesy of my Aspire 18350 1300mAh cells…

1. 0.34A for 152.49 lumens
2. 0.51A for 287.04 lumens
3. 0.77A for 405.03 lumens
4. 1.34A for 645.15 lumens
5. 2.53A for 1107.45 lumens
6. 5.20A for 2294.25 lumens
7. 7.97A for 3543.15 lumens

Big floody hotspot, no donut holes, nice color but it doesn’t seem high CRI, the optic material seems to tint it somewhat, probably a Khatod as they seem to do that. All in all, not a bad little monster. :wink:

It is the highest output D4 that you made, right?

Yes, not that I made a whole series.

My green D4 has 3500K 92CRI 219C’s, so less output than any of the D4’s stock, my black D4 with the last leds that I swapped out now, XP-L2 90CRI 4000K, put out 4300lm at start-up, 3800lm at 16 seconds.

Maybe this D4 with the LuxeonV’s is the brightest D4 to date? Or not: if someone modded a D4 with low CRI high binned XP-L2’s it may go higher than mine.

Awesome high cri pocket rocket Dale !!

That is a nice addition to the X6 collection Dale, more special than a triple would be.

Thanks guys, this one makes 14 X6’s, tried to make them all different from each other. :wink: In that 14 are two SS with Cu pills (one stock, one a triple), one full copper (Nichia NVS333A ultraviolet), and a Titanium from Rey (triple XHP-50.2). 3 have extension tubes and run XHP-70 or MT-G2 emitters. One is an SBT-70 on a hefty copper pill (the one like this newest that was designed for a quad, have an Illumination Machines 35mm faceted reflector in that one) The others are variations on triples or quads and 2 have a more normal build, one with XP-L2.

Running out of ways to build em. lol One of the triples has a titanium tube from Rey’s lights, it was for an 18350 but I extended it with a stripped 18350 Convoy tube.

Also have an aspheric X5, a warm white X5, and a stubby X5 running on an 14250 cell. And of course the 2 full copper X5’s that are in the matched sets. So 20 of my 140 are in the X6/X5 family. :smiley:

Will have to get some more X6 hosts to be able to experiment further, thinking I really need a triple XHP-70.2…. always wondered how a triple SBT-70 would do, might be hard to find em now. Maybe I should build a quad UV light… hmmm, there still seem to be variations I haven’t covered. :smiley:

Lexel, how’d you go about getting the emitter shelf out of the tube on the G35? I have broken the glue bond on the head, haven’t disassembled it further but would like to gain access to the driver…

I cut threads in the 2 holes
Then used long screws and a piece of wood to pull it out

They had it seriously glued didn’t they? I got the head broken loose but it took quite a lot of heat. I cheated though, mounted it in my lathe’s chuck and ran a torch over the thread area, then used my Boa Constrictor strap wrench to turn the body.

I was looking for some separation, needed the reflector to be seated in the head but a bit higher on the emitter. Worked, and for now I’m quite happy with it’s performance. I had already considered the “dent puller” technique to remove the pressed in shelf. Other fish to fry for now though…

Thanks for sharing your technique. :wink:

Well I didn’t want to start a topic of its own just for something kind of off the beaten path , so I thought I would post here………….

I modded a piece of wood……lol
Yea I said wood , plank , board , whatever it may be in your neck of the woods.

Seriously though I was just thinking of ways to take a little less space with my light collection but still have them accessible and in view I had 2 different ideas , with the first taking a little less room and the second one taking up half the space as having my lights just sitting on a shelf beside each other.
Of course I will need 3 or 4 more of each of these to get most of my lights consolidated in a smaller space , but these were a start.

Here is the “chunk” of Oak I did for only 3 lights…….

and then Here is a couple of pictures of the “shelf” I made that can be used in 2 different configurations , 1 for just hanging the lights with a cigar grip , or tactical ring and 2 using it as a shelf and a light hanger combined.

And the missus knows? I rely heavily on my stashes.
If SWMBO saw a shelf like that in our house, she would retaliate with a (not-so-budget) shoe binge buying expedition.

Haha yea , not only does she know , but she usually checks out my lights when I get them and has a number of lights herself that she has laid claim to before I even had a chance to get a review finished on them.

Nicely done robo, great way to condense the collection while still keeping every one of them readily available!

Might have to start thinking about a “flash cabinet” in red cedar. :wink:

Thanks Dale.

The red cedar is my all time favorite wood I think. Love the smell of raw Cedar and when you put a coat of Polyurethane on the outside of a piece it just really makes it pop.

If I can reign in my flashlight spending habit, I might have to commission you to build me a corner cabinet with the Cedar, glass inserts in the face (door) and a light inside with maybe mirror panels in the corner sides to reflect light and show the lights in a 3D perspective. That’d be cool, brass knobs on the door and brass hinges on the red wood. Dang, what am I talking myself into here?!!!

haha……what are you talking US into?

I am sure it could be done though……just have to get me some more cedar here to start drying good before I try to make something like that. I would hate to put it together and then have something crack 6 months or a year down the road from the wood drying out.

Robo, do you or does anyone watching here know if the blue bezel on an Olight S1A unscrews or is it a press fit?

I got a beautiful little solid copper S1A with Rose Gold PVD coating and they put a cool white XM-L2 in it, coming through the TIR it’s got a slight green tint. I’d like to put an XP-L V6 3D in it. Don’t want to mess up the gorgeous finish though, so I thought I’d ask first…