What did you mod today?

Your tweezers look pretty sturdy compared to the crappy ones I use. If they are good quality where did you get them?

They’re rejected medical tweezers (used for animal surgery)

Its good reading about stories where one BLF member helps out another. Nice mod Yokiamy. :beer:

Nice Yoikiamy! That is my favorite build of all time! :smiley:
I have two Eagle Eye X6 hosts en-route and I have the new Samsung LH351D emitters just waiting for the hosts to get here.

Kudo’s to Jos on the help, good work the both of y’as. :wink:

Had to do some light machining on a KD reflector to fit a 2D Maglite this afternoon. With the thermometer stuck on 110º at the lathe I made every effort to keep it short lived, fitted the KD reflector to allow the bezel to screw all the way down on the head, flipped it and opened up the emitter hole for the pillar style emitter mount of the heat sink that is in the top end of the big tube. So, next I’ll have to chop the tube as I now have a spacer in it, may as well have it shorter so it fits the hand better.

A guy can lose weight working on the lathe in these conditions! :stuck_out_tongue:

Well done Yokiami! And isn’t it absurtly bright for the size ?! :smiley:

“For it’s size…”

It’s also fun to put a short tube on it with a quality 18350 cell, :smiley:

Edit: A comparison, on the left the Kronos BLF Special Edition with a de-glassed SBT-70, on the right a baked Eagle Eye X6 with SST-40 and Lee filter to correct the color to white, in the middle a shorty with trit vials in the optic legs and 4 additional trits in the head itself, only the end of the trit showing. The shorty is a triple with a polished face CUTE-3 optic.

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Also have a new mfr. X6 on the way for a look, it is factory made as a triple. :wink:

Seems weird, seeing a factory triple X6 coming out after all this time… I started the triples what seems like forever ago and still have that first one, built on the sample that got tossed out the window of our Ford Escape. :slight_smile:

Don’t even know how many I’ve built, I have 12 now with 2 on the way (again) and the new mfr triple will make 15. I’ve tried to build em all different somehow, from XHP-70 to SBT-70, triple XP-L HI to triple Nichia, always tried to keep them each as different as possible. Getting more difficult to do. lol

My cousin flies his Cessna with one I gave him, even the UPS delivery guy has one I built! My favorite light, so versatile and extremely tough but inexpensive for all that.

The first Eagle Eye X6 triple, November 2, 2014. Showing road damage from the toughness testing before it got built as a triple.

The first one I didn’t drill out the center pad in the 32mm Noctigon, found it difficult to keep the wires intact when tightening the bezel. Made the change and have built dozens and dozens since then! Nitro had sinks made, Kiraba Ru has had I don’t know how many made, they’re out there en masse now, a fantastic little light that really gets the job done. :smiley:

Dale are the new X6’s going to have full round (no flats) battery tubes? :heart_eyes:

That shorty with the Trit’s is Bad Azz! :open_mouth: What a Great Idea! :+1:

Kawi, best I can tell from the picture I was sent it is made just like the original, flats on the sides.

:cry: Thanks Dale!

Did I say megawatt? … I meant millwatt! WHOOPS!!!

Wait, Eagle Eye is going to be selling an X6 triple? Will they be selling the hosts?

I bought two X6 hosts recently. One now has a 219C 9050 and a Lexel variant TA driver. I’ve been debating what to do what the second. I have most of what I need for a triple, but if there is going to be a factory triple, I’m going to save it for something else.

I didn’t say Eagle Eye was making it, I said a new mfr. for the X6… someone that hasn’t made the X6 before. (well, I guess it’s more complicated than that, but they’re not known for making one at any rate)

Ah, gotcha. I still think of the X6 as an EE light.

Got back from vacation today and had a mailbox full of light parts so I got to relax this evening at the work bench! Got to stick my first XP-L HI in an old BLF-SE X6 with a Banggood A6 driver, that all went smooth but then I ran into some real problems with an S41 build…

Specs for S41:
Factory MCPCB but with 2 of the D280’s swapped for D240’s.
RMM / mtnelectronocs 17mm fet+7135 driver.
Bistro FW.
Fully bypassed head / tail.
When put together it had 18AWG, the MCPCB was soldered to head and driver was soldered to retaining ring but after I had to open it back up 12837 times that got old right quick.
Currently sporting MCPCB screws (with isolator rings for short protection), 22AWG LED wire and just a good clean surface on the mating face of the retaining ring.

So here’s my issue (feel free to skip description and watch the ~90sec video as it contains the same explication). Do note in the video I say “28AWG” HOWEVER it’s actually 22AWG,same as the LED wires, just white, exact same wire however.

Light functions and steps forward and reverse in normal modes as it should. All config options work. The 35E I was running was @ 4.0v and turbo was pulling 6.6A, you can step backwards threw normal modes and from moon to hidden turbo.
At that point the issue manifests: if you try to step back from hidden mode 1 (turbo) to hidden mode 2 (tactical strobe or w/e it is) it gives a single bright flash then goes to moon. I don’t actually care about the strobe, it’s batt check (hidden mode 3) I’m after.

Thanks guys!

Dale, i have read practically every thread of the X6 triple and got inspired by your work, i love the video where you toss that thing out the window :wink:

Its built like a tank and i really appreciate its form factor and size.

The shorty is really nice!

And what Jos says, its insanely bright for such a small light, and due to the optics the 5000K XPL2’s give a very nice beam and tint, it looks a bit warmer then the rated temperature.
Probably due to the well known yellow corona which is compensated by the Ledil Optic.

The last time i was amazed by the output was an S2+ triple with 4B xpl-hi’s and lexels TA driver, which is close to this light (lumen wise) i think
Have to test them side by side actually.

This light is built by true BLF spirit :+1:

35Q? What is this?

That’s called typing at 2am on the day I made a >8 hour drive with the wife, 2 kids and a dog lol.

Cell was a Samsung INR18650-35E, post corrected