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

But then here comes Johann…

Hmmm… hmm… :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 time…
I still have the parts somewhere… :person_facepalming:
The build thread has no more pictures…

I was gonna join the scratch build contest again, but can’t think of anything special and / or doable…
So i might join, but only when i have a good idea.

Sub-ed.

I’ve had stuff rattling around my head since seeing this thread. I’m starting to hone down my idea. Won’t be anything ground breaking but once I collect enough parts to make a start I’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 needed… :stuck_out_tongue:

FMC is a lightbuilder and an entertainer :smiley:

Let’s see what happens when he pushes the button :smiling_imp:

I’m sure Jack will fill FMC’s head with ideas.

Going to have to miss this one again this year due to the financial mess left from my ex… 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 there’s still something rattling around in there by way of ideas for an entry…

… I’ll be back.

You have shown us all here that you have more than rattles in your brain Dale. Your one of the wiz’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 left…

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

Justin used to say… it is what it is, y’all know I ain’t got sense enough to leave modding alone, regardless of how I feel. :stuck_out_tongue:

Lanterns are popular this year, first three entries….

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I WON’T be building a lantern. :wink:

I’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. Haven’t decided on emitter, thinking about the SBT-70 for it’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 can’t see much over a mile anyway…

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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And another BUMP. :slight_smile: