FASTAAAA!
Have you thought about polishing it to make it look fancy?
What about mounting the lens? Do you have O-Rings?
FASTAAAA!
Have you thought about polishing it to make it look fancy?
What about mounting the lens? Do you have O-Rings?
It will get black anodized when it is done machining and test-fitting everything
The lens will go on top of the spider.
I plan to put some neoprene tape on the spider so that the lens doesnât directly constant the metal, this will act as a sort of o-ring.
Neoprene will work better than an o-ring because an o-ring this large will have trouble keeping itâs round shape.
The neoprene sticks on like tape so I just need to put a strip all the way around the spider and that will make it water resistant
Since only one side is adhesive I will also have 6 screws around the front of the light keeping the lens from falling out.
This also means the lens is easily removable.
Impressive stuff! Perhaps the folks of Mercedes are actually Illuminati?
Subscribed! Will be fun to see itâs performance as compared with a Maxabeam.
I meant polishing it before you anodize it. You will still be able to see the difference.
Haha thanks it does look like their logo doesnât itâŚ
Canât wait!
Ah ok, I will try to remove scratches and stuff with a scotchbrite pad but I think the anodizing place also offers some surface prep before anodizing, maybe I can get them to polish it for me.
Do you think polishing will make a big difference compared to just brushed?
Do you own a maglite? Those are somewhat polished I think.
What are your thoughts on the Maxiem waterjet? Iâve run an OMAX for a long time and Maxiem is what I guess you would call their value brand. The software looks to be almost identical which I would expect. Theyâre fantastically versatile machines that will cut just about anything, though I was defeated by a piece of carbide.
Yup, an old 4D one
I think if I try polishing it then the flaws will become more visible.
Maybe for a future more refined prototype I can try doing that.
If everything is turned on a lathe and milled perfectly it would look best, which I didnât do on this prototype unfortunately.
Canât really give a good opinion since the one I used has been mistreated and screwed up plenty of times by kids who donât know what theyâre doing.
But from my personal experience with this one, it is less accurate than the regular omax waterjets which Iâve also used previously.
If you just need quick cuts at large size then the maxiem works great for that.
BUILD PROCESS - chassis
Almost done with the flashlight body, everything fits!
Only things left to do is clean up the surfaces with some scotchbrite and remove scratches.
With the body finished I can start working on the cooling and electronics.
Here you can also see the handle on the light, as well as the 6 screws which will hold the glass on the front.
Hmmm⌠Enderman I really did not think that you are crazy scientist but you obviously are⌠:+1:
Thanks!
It will get more crazy, donât worry.
My kinda guy!
BUILD PROCESS - chassis finished
So all the aluminum parts been cleaned up with a lot of scotchbrite pads to remove small scratches and hand oils.
I think it looks pretty good!
Overall this is as much work as I want to do on the body (at least for now) so I will start working on the cooling system and electronics.
If everything goes smoothly we should be able to get some beamshots next week! Iâm excited
did you see the other project with laser pumping the LED additionally?
in recoil this would be even easier to achieve than on a regular reflector light
Yes, it is not a good solution.
If you want to use laser it should be directly to a heatsinked phosphor, preferably single crystal, not an LED.
This project is not for laser, itâs LED only, I have plans for future projects that can use laser.
Not only is it less safe but it costs several thousand dollars for the lasers and crystals alone.
Also wonât count as an âLEDâ flashlight/searchlight, which is hat Iâm currently trying to break the record of
Its like a wavien collar increasing the output and intensity of the LED
By almost nothing, since the LED is already running near the limit of itâs heat transfer capacity. Laser-Phosphor-Erweiterung von Projekt Excalibur | Taschenlampen Forum
A wavien collar actually gives more than 2x increase.
Any useful amount of laser power is just going to speed the burn up of the phosphor.
This is why the phosphor needs to be directly heatsinked.
How much more we need to wait for miracle beam?
You know about that $ I was talking to you? You will have easy 100 pcs order all over the world if youâll not put to big price on it.
Making money with the hobby you like is the most wonderful thing. Product made with love is the best product :+1:
Well what a coincidence, I was just uploading the images from last night! Iâll post them in 5 minutes.
The problem with selling this at the moment is that the parts alone cost a lot, and on top of that it is a lot of work It wouldnât be affordable at all.
I am however constantly learning ways to improve the design, make it easier to build, cheaper, etc.
So maybe one day I can make a very affordable 10+Mcd flashlight