My first MOD and first time soldering, everything´s new for me. Thanks for this aknowledged forum a really nice people - Convoy M1 (new version with rigid shelf), X5/X6 DD driver (changed wires for silicon AWG18), KD Copper DTP MCPCB, XP-L HI 5000K, bypassed springs (silicon AWG18 wires), convoy clip. I had to sanded the bottom of reflector to clear the space, modified C8 spacer (cutted down and lowered), kapton tape just for to be safe and I had to go as flat as I could, when I have been soldereding wires to MCPCB.
Top quality of Convoy host, smooth intense neutral white beam with decent throw. I think this will be a really nice alround flashlight :).
Nice build “F.i.l.a.s”, I love the pictures everyone posts here. Us newbies here are learning from you guys. So much experience to pass on, I Love BLF. Thanks for sharing
I need some XM centering rings for the convoy C8 reflector with 9mm opening. Does anyone know of one that works?
The “butterfly” centering rings from mtnelectronics are for 7mm reflector opening. I ordered a couple from fasttech because their descriptions matched what I was looking for, but they both are incorrectly sized. Like this one: https://www.fasttech.com/p/4512101 says it is 9mm but it’s actually more like 10mm. I need them to convert my 7xC8 high output thrower to sliced XHP50.2. I could file down the 10mm centering ring, but it is a lot of work since I need 7 of them.
Thanks, but I needed XM sized ones. I have some of those XP sized ones and ended up just modifying them by increasing the emitter hole size with a small square file.
Today I am trying to fix a long standing problem once and for all. A member here uses a light for work at night and I fixed up a Shooter 2X for him a while back. Problem is, the guy has a rough job and he’s broken the Shooter multiple times. So this time, a new approach. MagLite’s are known to be tough and durable through all sorts of abuse, so today I modified a 4C MagLite for him using the XHP-35 and driver from his Shooter. Made a heat sink, carved down a 16mm BLF copper DTP MCPCB to fit through the reflector hole of an Mag D LED reflector (much deeper and parabolic, compared to the bowl shape of the shallow Xenon reflector)
The heat sink has a pillar with the MCPCB mounted on top so the light is still focusable if flood is needed. I tested it with my power supply and know that it works, but I need 4 26500 cells to be sure the tail spring is at the correct height and then get output numbers and lux.
He should be able to use this one as a club with little or no affect on the light.
Oh, it was 104º on the mercury style thermometer a couple of feet behind my lathe. In the shade.
Thanks, those should work according to the specs. I appreciate you looking.
But I did end up modifying the XP centering rings successfully. I got around to switching in XHP50.2 emitters in my 7xC8 light . After a few short bursts with some old liitokala 26650s 4 of the 7 XHP50.2s have 2 dies dark. All the emitters came on MCPCBs from mtnelectronics and are well sinked to the aluminum plate with thermal compound. It should be less than 5A per XHP50.2. I was aware of this issue with the XHP50.2 (half the dies going dark) but I guess I thought I would get lucky. Bummer… :weary:
Not really a hard mod to say, but right before I was going to reflow my Samsung LH351Ds in my BLF Q8, I had an idea to use with a tofu cylinder container as a big diffuser.
And it fits the Q8 perfectly, and has a much more diffused beam than all of my diffusers. Probably has the best beam of all diffuser I have:
I live dangerously :laughing:
Do you mean with the switches? Or the battery? The charger is actually soldered to the cell.
These are only around 1.5mw, fully potted, they do get warm.
For my personal use only.