CRX Stratis Lumina - 2017 5th BLF Scratch Made Light Contest Winner

That is sweet :open_mouth:
Awesome job CRX!! Is it already complete ? :partying_face:

Thanks mate, not quite finished yet. I got the brass screws fixed in to the copper plates yesterday, took ages countersinking them to the correct depth as I had to keep removing and replacing them individually to get it right without making too much of a mess of it.

Today I got the electronics potted, arctic thermal grease and sealant applied with a piece of diffuser film over the optic.

All I have left to do is sand around the edges and polish it up... again... :-) Will post pictures of that later :THUMBS-UP:

This was the reason why I asked, I saw the picture before and thought that they were probably missing somewhere! And I imagine how hard that might have been :person_facepalming:
But, it’s almost done, and it surely is a really gorgeous flashlight :+1:
Hopefully we’ll see it soon! Keep it up, Iron Man :smiley:

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Looking great!!

Back In Black :slight_smile:

Very cool love the copper, GITD, and UV to charge it up. This light screams keeping it away from airport security.

I used some ferric chloride to etch in my username on the back of the light today.

I marked out the letter spacing then using a black pentel marker and tape created the letters.

The etching process took about one hour whereby I applied new fluid and agitated every ten minutes.

This has left a fairly shallow subtle etch which doesn't stand out too much :THUMBS-UP:

Today's Tune:

www.youtube.com/embed/ObELyw1-q84

Very cool!

Thanks mate. It was a bit of a scary decision choosing to go ahead with it as I haven’t really done this before but it should look good when it’s polished up some more :+1:

Show us the mini build?

Its what
zippo sized?

Yeah, about that size.
Did you miss it on page 3 :wink:

Cute!!!

I like it a lot better when its undressed. :slight_smile:

I already noticed your attention to details, here all 8 screws are “aligned” symmetrically at 45°. :wink:

Yes that was time consuming.
I had to assign each hole it’s own designated screw then take tiny slivvers off the bottom of each countersink and keep re-checking every time, plus each screw head is hand sanded.
I’m glad there were not sixteen screws in it :laughing:

take my money? haha

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Very nice, CRX. Congratulations on a fine build :+1:

Thanks mate :beer: