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

I’m back to rattling around ideas. I ‘was’ planning on making a recoil light but the reflectors that came in were terrible. Please excuse the word in the pics, I wasn’t too happy at the time. Of course I contacted the seller and they said it will wash off, which it didn’t and not amount of buffing or polishing would work either because the problem is on the other side of the glass. Square one for me :person_facepalming:

Maybe I’ll take a slightly different direction. Does anyone know where I can get a decent large aspheric lens?

How large is “large”?

Edmund $cientific, maybe?

Enderman would know. But nice aspherics cost lots of money. :money_mouth_face: :money_mouth_face: :money_mouth_face:

One alternative is to mirror your own glass. Rustoleum has a mirroring spray-paint now. If you’re sure the mirror you have is the right shape, you might be able to clean off all that messed up coating and re-coat it with Rustoleum Mirror Effect paint.

Here’s a video showing how well it works:

Hmmmm… looks like it could be pricey for an aspheric. I might save a few bucks at thorlab instead of Edmunds but a uf-1504 (or is it 1405???) Would still work out cheaper.

That mirror paint is a good idea but will add more time to the build.

I’ll think about it :slight_smile:

Mind blowing David! Thanks for showing that!

Well, maybe it will be useful to somebody! :smiley:

I plan to try it out myself sometime, maybe to make a flashlight reflector or maybe to make an infinity mirror (or both).

New entry in hand made: The 6th Annual BLF / Old Lumens - Handmade Entry - i42dk (FAIL)

Looks like a great idea to me. Go and check the thread! :slight_smile:

A littel bump and inspiration for our builder and modders :wink:
I love to this guy making knives, but now he did this :sunglasses:

I started!!! At last. The link to my project topic is….

Now that I’ve managed to locate Jack, we have another build on our hands… :slight_smile:

Hey, still a month to go!
Then I might still join the contest afterall.
I’ll have a good look tomorrow into what i have laying around to make a light out of.
Could be a triple on a 20700 and sideswitch, maybe USB charging port.

Later…

Yep, there’s still time to have fun & knock something together, especially if you have some old/spare parts lying around :+1:

Yeah, i do, although i’m always short on choice in drivers…

I’ve got plenty of drivers. I don’t know if one of them could get to the Netherlands in time to help you, but hit me up in PM if you want to talk about it. :wink:

Thanks, David. :+1: :beer:

” CRX - Handmade Contest Entry”:CRX Rotary - 6th Annual BLF/ Old Lumens Contest Winner .

Welcome abord :partying_face:

What do you plan on using the ReyLight Mokume LAN for? :smiley:

Decided to enter the contest too:

Jerommel’s Hand Job 2018

I’m just gonna say… I’m kinda scared to click that link