The 6th Annual BLF / Old Lumens Scratch Made Light Contest

Bumpity-bump, MRsDNF. Iā€™m mentally sorting through the 2 or 3 ideas I came up with. The one that seems most likely to come out on top seems to involve more assorted wood pieces than metal. :laughing:

I will open a build thread when I decide which way to go.

But then here comes Johannā€¦

Hmmmā€¦ hmmā€¦ :expressionless:
I entered once in 2014, 1x AAA angle light, and i hardly finished, that is, the light worked for about an hour, and then a short circuit developed, and the tiny TIR dedomed a 219B for the second timeā€¦
I still have the parts somewhereā€¦ :person_facepalming:
The build thread has no more picturesā€¦

I was gonna join the scratch build contest again, but canā€™t think of anything special and / or doableā€¦
So i might join, but only when i have a good idea.

Sub-ed.

Iā€™ve had stuff rattling around my head since seeing this thread. Iā€™m starting to hone down my idea. Wonā€™t be anything ground breaking but once I collect enough parts to make a start Iā€™ll open a thread :disguised_face:

We have 1st build thread live! Go and check it out here! Good job gchart!

Ps. I noticed Jack has got a keyboard. :person_facepalming: Bad things may happen. Hopefully Mr. Admin is awake and will ban him if/when neededā€¦ :stuck_out_tongue:

FMC is a lightbuilder and an entertainer :smiley:

Letā€™s see what happens when he pushes the button :smiling_imp:

Iā€™m sure Jack will fill FMCā€™s head with ideas.

Going to have to miss this one again this year due to the financial mess left from my exā€¦ These build contests are a lot of fun!
I still use my to past contest entries while camping and traveling.

1st Machine Made competitor joined! Please welcome Flashy Mike: 6th Annual Scratch Made Light Contest - Flashy Mike's machined project

At the very least I have to post in here, right? So, perhaps I will make an attempt to find my brain and see if thereā€™s still something rattling around in there by way of ideas for an entryā€¦

ā€¦ Iā€™ll be back.

You have shown us all here that you have more than rattles in your brain Dale. Your one of the wizā€™s with all things flashlights here? :+1: :beer:

Thank you Steve, but the past year has been difficult and the past month has been brutal. Rattles may soon well be all I have leftā€¦

That sounds bad. I hope everything works out okay for you. :cry:

Justin used to sayā€¦ it is what it is, yā€™all know I ainā€™t got sense enough to leave modding alone, regardless of how I feel. :stuck_out_tongue:

Lanterns are popular this year, first three entriesā€¦.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I WONā€™T be building a lantern. :wink:

Iā€™m thinking of making a thrower, using the 200mm condenser lens from Edmund Optics, maybe with the focusing aspheric I removed from a Canon ultra wide angle lens. Just have to figure out if I can make the 4-jaw chuck work on the lathe and what materials I need to get as compared to what I have on hand. Havenā€™t decided on emitter, thinking about the SBT-70 for itā€™s round die. That would, of course, reduce throw considerably but would give a fantastic pattern and possibly 2000 lumens from a 3V emitter. I canā€™t see much over a mile anywayā€¦

Sounds amazing Dale. I hope I have internet access OS. :+1:

hope we see some realy nice builds again this year.
unsure at this stage if I will enter anything.
all the best to all

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