Cool, that’s what moddin’s all about Chatika vas Paus :+1:
I was half expecting a magnet duct taped to the light or something 
Soldering looks better than mine too 
Thanks.
This is 219b 5000k.
I cleaned as much as I could. I never manage to clean completely, something always stays.
Very nice! I have converted a couple s41 and s42 to triples…best mod for the lights. I hated the beam of the astrolux quad.
Trips are Cool :+1:
Quad in a S2+ STUPID HOT fast!
:person_facepalming:
KawBoy, that’s good for a cold winter
Still, it must have been a work to make it fit the S2+ head :o
Nice work all of you 
And thanks for the inspiration 
Back when the Eagle Eye X6 first came out I did the first triple conversion and got hooked. I’ve done so many X6’s now with so many different configurations it’s become difficult to think of something new to do with them.
But it’s true, you start small and work up… like with most anything.
As I understand it, the S41 was a spin-off of a quad X5 I sent to Neal, back when the X6/X5 was a group buy and just taking off. I built the first quad X5 (I know this as it was a prototype I built it on) that one made 3030 lumens from the 14500 cell. It’s been used to scare Black Bear’s off from a camp-site… the forest ranger was quite impressed as I got the story. Yes, I gifted it to a friend up North.
Once you start, it becomes an addiction, be forewarned!
Awhile back (Dec last year) I modified a friends Astrolux S41 to give him a better tint (he’s a tint snob) and while I was at it, I made a copper bezel to go on the copper head section for added heat sinking. He loved it.
I agree, the soldering looks top notch! And soldering the MCPCB directly to the pill too. You certainly aren’t a novice. :+1:
KawiBoy how did you convert your s41 to triple? I had to grind the pill.
Just a lot of RF800.
CRX is just killing it with all these mods. So well done
Hahah yeah.
Notice how CRX mods more flashlights in the same period of time than all the rest of the modders on this forum combined! 
Pssssssssssssst. I think CRX is a moddaholic.
It’s true, I blame you guys
I gave my SS Enogear some custom colouring.
Nice, details please! Heat. chemical….?
Just a maniac with a blowtorch. :smiling_imp:
What do you use to ream a pill?
For soft aluminium I used a #26 scalpel blade, same for the reflector hole.
There are better tools to use for this.
I just had to put an angle on the lip of the pill to clear the components that side.
Mine were of the very first or early version S41’s and the Noctigon triple board fit with out a problem, I just changed an older one from quad to triple a couple weeks ago, no problem. Maybe something changed (S41/Noctigon’s) between the two?
Very nice :+1:
I reflowed a Nichia 219C D240 4000K 90+ CRI emitter onto a DTP copper MCPCB and put it in a “Forfar” derivative of the Thorfire VG10 I picked up on Amazon for ~$6.
I didn’t change anything else. The light came with a buck driver. The modes are well spaced, and the UI is acceptable with the forward clicky the light came with.
The most time consuming part was fitting a centering ring and getting it focused. I ended up with the stock XM-L ring, a small 3535 ring that fit inside, both lapped down. When that produced an ugly brownish spot in the middle of the beam, I built it back up with, ultimately four layers of kapton tape.
I’m really happy with the result.
The host is great. The only flaws are a divot in the center of the top of emitter shelf and the low-low-budget logo. With the copper MCPCB and modest power (~10W) I was content to fill the divot with thermal paste. As for the logo, unfortunately, they popped for the cost of laser engraving, rather than just printing, so I’m going to have to take off a bit of aluminum to get rid of it.
This is my third Nichia mod, and my second 90. I have 10 more 80 & 90 219C and 319A emitters, plus some 219b coming, so it won’t be my last.