18,000th Post Giveaway! Winner! David EF! Congratulations!

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I’m in!

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I'm in!

Congrats on 18,000 posts, DB Custom!

(And I thought I posted a lot!)

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cool sbslider! :wink:

I don’t consider it writing, or typing, as I think it all while my fingers transfer the thoughts to the screen. :slight_smile: I used to be pretty good at typing, could fly along at the speed of thought, but these days my brain and fingers seem to have lost some contact and I tend to scramble words and have to go back and fix stuff all the time. lol (well, maybe not funny but it is what it is.)

I do the same thing building lights, after all these builds for the past 4 years or so, I still do the stupidest things! The other day I was putting one of the odd little Osram Black Flat’s on a board, took care to use the solder paste mask to have the right amount of paste, had the board clamped in hemostats and the stats held in my table top vice. Checked it when I was done and the test leads sparked, short circuit! So I heated it up and removed it, made sure I had it on right, put it back on, tested it, short! Heated it up again and made sure it was centered just so, let it cool a bit and tested it, still sparks! UGH! Then I happened to glance at my hemostats… clamped on the positive pad of the board and the Black Flat has negative and thermal pad connected. UuuugggGH! I may learn something new every day, but I forget several old things an hour…. :stuck_out_tongue:

Edit: Hey wait a minute! Does this mean the new things I learn every day are only new as of an hour ago? :person_facepalming:

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I am in!
Congrats on 18k!

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I’m in.

I count that as 8.676 posts for every single day you’ve been a member here. That is pretty good going.

SP

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I’m in! Congrats!

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Im in!

Around the world, from hill to Dale
18000 posts, all hail!

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I can relate. :blush:

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I’m in! thanks for the opportunity!

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18000???
Hail to the King!!!

ehm…I’m in………………the Eagle Eye X6………sbavvvvvv :smiling_imp:

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ryukin, that poor little guy needs an LED upgrade, poor fella, stuck with an incan forever… :stuck_out_tongue:

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I’m in!

Artificial Flavours & colors :confounded:

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Congrats and thanks for the GAW. I am in.

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I’m in! Congrats on this milestone, keep up posting for the next 18.000 lumens posts :+1:

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I’m in. 18k’s a lotta posting. All quality.

Every rose has its thorn,
Just like every night has its dawn

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Im in!

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Well done on 18K posts :+1:

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A custom LED. I don’t know what’s the use. I found it in chips4light’s portfolio.

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“I’m In!”

If I win I definitely want that Eagle Eye X6!

BTW, my birthday is October 11th, so it would be really nice to win this amazing light. I know Random.org doesn’t care, so whatamitalkinbout? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Congratulations Dale, and thanks for so many posts that helped making BLF what it is now.

I’m not in because I want someone new to hotrod flashlights to win one of these “Frankendale” lights.

But I do go for the amazing pic.

These pictures are as embarrassing as they are amazing. It is simply all the loose discarded leds that I fished out in between all the other ‘junk’ in my small cardboard maybe-still-useful-someday-stuff collecting box, btw this is the new box that I started 2 years ago. All have been reflowed on a board before and later removed and almost all were used in a flashlight at some point and were dumped for a better led. Some were blown up during a led test, some were failed dedoming attempts, but most should just work. I must have payed dear money for most of these leds :person_facepalming:

Two pics, white light and 365nm UV light. No editing other than stretching the contrast a little to match better what I see in reality (but a pic will never have the brilliant dynamic range of reality).