What did you mod today?

Wow, I don’t believe I’ve ever seen someone put a FET on an MCPCB like that!

Great mods!

Wieselflinkpro,

Can you try putting the D-C Fix lens in the stock Q8 and measure output? I want to see how much different the output is and I believe it will be a good test of your sphere’s baffle.

Thanks for the further details on the Q8 MZ mod! Makes more sense now.

aswang - that SX5 headlamp is nice! I was using it for a while for work on the bench as-is stock, but it's CW with a big black hole in the middle of the beam, but even with the issues, it's a rock solid headlamp I'm using with a 26650, well balanced, fits comfortably, nice headband, unlike several I've used. What you did to it I'd love to do. I got mine heavily discounted at HKequipment last year. It's built like a tank as well, ol school.

Modded my garage today, got a new garage door :smiley:
Also put another 7135 onto my C8.

Nope not a machinist and don’t have a background in the industry. I don’t even work in a technical field. Pretty much everything I know about lights I learned from BLF or CPF.

What makes last night’s metal switch mod so easy is at heart it’s really just a homemade replacement switchboot. The new boot is composed of a circle of rubber sheet the same diameter as the stock boot. An aluminum circle is glued on top of the new boot to make the metal button.

Just modded a laserpointer, better heatsinks and focus.
Also purchased another S2+ to mod later when it comes in.

Hey could you show a pic of the laser pointer?

What power level is it set at?

SX5 was a solid performer and seem to be built really well. I also like that it can run on multiple types of battery. But I haven’t used it for a while because of the emitter and not so nice beam. My modded H03 became my headlamp of choice. I was planning on leaving the driver as is and just replace the emitter and reflector. But the bright flash before going to moonlight mode really annoyed me so decided to replace the driver too. Now with the mod its my favorite work headlamp. I forgot how comfy and balanced it sits on the head with the separate battery pack.

A friend of mine has these on his truck, and asked me if I can get him some more “down-the-trail” range…

I used Carclo TIR lenses and XHP35 HI LEDs… made a new custom face out of some composite material I had laying around.

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Obligatory beam shots… the stand of trees are about 170 yaards away.

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I've been using this dual LED headlamp for a while now: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/XM-L2-Mini-Head-Lamp-Outdoor-White-Light-Headlamp.

I swapped the LED's to XM-L2 3D's for now, might be tuff to swap to decent MCPCB's, but cant get access to the driver yet - probably glued. This is a really decent cheap headlamp. The UI is not bad at all for my use, and it's light weight though the headstrap is a pain because it keeps loosening up, but better headstraps should work with it.

What driver and other changes did you make? I have a larger 6.5” model sitting here to mod

Those seem popular here and decent build quality especially considering the price. Nicron headlamps also seem to be nice candidates for headlamp host. I have their more expensive H30 which I modded. Its well built and stock output is good but UI is horrible (cycle to off). Modded mine to fet+1 and LH351D and it’s a nice throwy heeadlamp (21Kcd at turbo). Could increase throw with xpl-hi or sst-20s or White flat. I broke the driver though because of too much tinkering so now its sitting on my work bench.

Post #7000!

(at the moment)

I just made the new face plate to hold the Carclo optics, I believe 10048? Have to check my DigiKey receipts. The beamshot was hardwired into a 5200mAh 3s LiPo running the two XHP35s in parallel so a little over-driven, but I probably could run all 4 with it. Because the optic holder and MCPCB stick out past the original lens height I had to make a face plate with an integrated bezel for each TIR. I decided since I had only 1/2” stuff to make the bezel taller to add to the “projector” effect.

Haven’t decided on a driver yet, since I want to make sure I get one compatible for automotive use. But I want to incorporate either modes or ramping of some sort.

Look here: Q8 modding - #1556 by Wieselflinkpro

Received my black S2+ host and immediately proceeded to give it a bit of heat treatment before transplanting my Luxeon V triple into it. Makes the little hot rod look a bit more gnarly and hot rod-like!

D-C fix should have like 5-10% loss shouldnt it? Sphere never seems to react well when light is diffused at lens

That is worrying since the whole point of a sphere is integration.

I modded an old glass door knob & old pipe into a light .

I assume your setup is probably a bit more refined since you also do bare LEDs. Do you have a regulated light you can try with and without D-C Fix?