What did you mod today?

[thijsco19]

Pls crx go away. Your mods are way too awesome!

Seriously, very impressive! What you can come up with and make.

[Agro]

@djozz

8^{) 8}) :sunglasses:
I do not respond to all of your mods (soo many), but I do think they are all outstanding. But this one is extra cool because it fits so well in what a multitool must be.

Same here.
Great job CRX.

[CRX]

[MRsDNF]

@FmC

CRX - this is getting out of hand….

:+1:

They say great minds think alike.

[Flashy_Mike]

@EasyB

Thanks Flashy Mike for the explanation. That’s a very capable driver. Does it have a voltage divider for battery voltage sensing?

The mcu can measure voltage internally. Voltage divider would be required for multicell serial setups though, which is not the target for this driver. It’s mainly designed for multicolor lights.

[KawiBoy1428]

Unbelievable, this is way too crazy cool as with all your mods …

:+1:

[DB_Custom (Dale)]

I didn’t even know such a thing existed, and here you are modifying it! Sweeeeeet!

MRsDNF, if great minds think alike that leaves you… where, exactly? (you know good and well you left that wide open!)

[MascaratumB]

A guy here struggling to make a simple triple and you make this CRX?!!! Ain’t fair
Nice mod, that’s really cool!!! :sunglasses:

[DB_Custom (Dale)]

Ain’t it the truth MacaratumB? He’s putting out Picasso’s while some of us are playing with crayon’s.

And on that crayon note, I stuck an Zener modified FET driver in the little solid copper X5, put a sliced and diced XHP-50.2 on an XM-L board with 20ga leads, stripped the resistor off the lighted tail cap (Zener modded FET’s don’t like those) and will be using the little copper light with a pair of 14250’s. Charging 2 of those up to see how much light they give, it looks neat in there anyway even if the little cells aren’t up to it.

From the BLF Kronos group buy…

Number 003 of 400

[ZozzV6]

@CRX

Leatherman Tread Flashlight Bit

I have a tread copy from Gearbest. I really neeeeeeeed to make this flashlight mod. What other mods you made to it? I saw some magnets and tritiums and a black thing on that flashlight piece next to the glassbreaker. What it that?

[MRsDNF]

@DB Custom

I didn’t even know such a thing existed, and here you are modifying it! Sweeeeeet!

MRsDNF, if great minds think alike that leaves you… where, exactly? (you know good and well you left that wide open!)

I’m just a poor old dumb Moose, :cry:

[DB_Custom (Dale)]

LOL, a poor old dumb moose that makes some KILLER flashlights from scratch and otherwise.

Speaking of being mentally challenged, this copper X5 had me running in circles. The 50.2 was only drawing .5A no matter what I tried. Come to find out, only 2 of the 4 dies were working, so I tried another and was testing it open on the bench when 2 started to flicker out! Whaaat? I was giving it too much power, but how, from 2 tiny 14250 cells? I had to go to smaller lead wires, as long as I could fit in the small light, remove heavy springs in favor of lighter ones, and I think now it might work. Looks to be pulling around 2A at the tail. This emitter may already be damaged though. Geesh. Too much, who’d have thought I could do something like that?

I inoocently stuck a 50.2 in my Jaxman M2 and it’s doing 3000 lumens from 2 14500’s. Go figure.

Edit: If it gives me any more trouble I’m going to a 70.2, putting bigger wires back in and going to thick springs with 20 ga bypasses.

[The_Driver1 (The_Driver)]

It’s a common problem with the XHP50.2. It might be from too much current at turn-on, but nobody has ever studied this conclusively.

It might also just be that Cree is having problems manufacturing these.

[DB_Custom (Dale)]

Well, in all fairness, these 3 50.2’s I had laying around came out of my DBC-05 scratch build. That one was making some 12,000 lumens when I decided to swap em out for 70.2’s. So these have been abused already, before now.

[CRX]

Same thing happened to me with an XHP50.2 and two 14250’s. I did eventually reflow the emitter and it worked again for a short time until the dome fell off really easily, try testing it while pressing on the dome if you can, see what that does.

@ZozzV6

I have a tread copy from Gearbest. I really neeeeeeeed to make this flashlight mod. What other mods you made to it? I saw some magnets and tritiums and a black thing on that flashlight piece next to the glassbreaker. What is that?

That is a piece of ferrocerium rod in there.

I saw that version on GB, was wondering about the quality of it, looks good?

Other mods I did to the tread were installing Torx bits #10, #8, #6 plus the 2mm & 1.5mm hex bits held in by magnets in the spare slots, reversed all the outer link pieces, four white tritium vials, small diamond file stuck inside one of the links, magnets on the clasp for extra closure security and added a leather patch for a more comfort fit.

[RobertB]

Thorfire TK18 simple emitter exchange. It comes with an XPL NW emitter. Swapped it out with a 20mm Noctigon with a XPL-HI V3 3C.

Before

After

[DB_Custom (Dale)]

Did the HI clear that sidewalk for you?

[RobertB]

@DB Custom

Did the HI clear that sidewalk for you?

We had a heat wave, 37 today

[MascaratumB]

@DB Custom

Ain’t it the truth MacaratumB? He’s putting out Picasso’s while some of us are playing with crayon’s.

And on that crayon note, I stuck an Zener modified FET driver in the little solid copper X5, put a sliced and diced XHP-50.2 on an XM-L board with 20ga leads, stripped the resistor off the lighted tail cap (Zener modded FET’s don’t like those) and will be using the little copper light with a pair of 14250’s. Charging 2 of those up to see how much light they give, it looks neat in there anyway even if the little cells aren’t up to it.

From the BLF Kronos group buy…

Number 003 of 400

Et tu Dale?
As I said, a guy struggling to make a small mod and you putting those beauties here :person_facepalming: Ain’t fair!!!
I guess I’m still writing with a stone, no pencils here for a simple draw or a small writing :person_facepalming:
But…I still have trust in evolution through learning :nerd_face:

Awesome and inspiring mods, those you guys and gals present here :face_with_monocle: Thanks :+1:

[joechina]

@DB Custom

I didn’t even know such a thing existed, and here you are modifying it! Sweeeeeet!

MRsDNF, if great minds think alike that leaves you… where, exactly? (you know good and well you left that wide open!)

A bit cheaper then the orig Tread
Gearbest：Wearable Stainless Steel Multi-tool https://gearbest.app.link/S4cQKThZRJ
$80