Iām not seeing your pictures.
Make sure to host them on a site like Imgur, then copy-paste the ādirect linkā into the picture tool at the top of the text window for your post.
Yeah thats what Im trying to do but its giving me little white boxesā¦
If youāre using Imgur, you probably just clicked and pasted the wrong link. Just go down the list next to your Imgur picturing copying and pasting each link, then using the āpreviewā button on BLF until you find the correct link.
When I do it, the ādirect linkā option works, which is I think the second from the top on Imgur.
Here is the one from tinypic (the link you provided was not a direct link to picture that's why it's not working) but i can't work the imgur ones (part of adress is missing or something like that as all i get is a 404 error)
To insert this picture in your own post use the direct picture link as the source = http://oi64.tinypic.com/15q65np.jpg
Imgur is so confusing, itās what I use and man do I hate it! The most for sure way Iāve found is, once you upload your images donāt simply copy the link it says to use, instead open the photo you want to post in a new window then copy the URL from the new windows address bar and insert that link.
When imgur gives you a link itās mainly intended to launch their app and/or take you to a photo album on their site, not hotlink on another site, so itās not truly a direct link to your photo.
Cool 
I like watching other people machine up lights 
Alrighty thank you C_K, Iāll try and get the rest posted up here soon. I love spinning aluminum on the lathe, It freaks out some of the junior folks who are not as comfortable with manual machines. I crank it up to about 1200-2000 RPM and let the chips fly, especially with a .250 DOC and a .12 IPM feed. Now I just gotta decide on a P60 module or get one made.
Going to taper it down from the bezel to the body and then back out towards the tail, similar to the FW3A I reckon? And taper the tailcap down a good bit. Its still a chunky gal
Yaāll please forgive my clumsy postings. Im much more comfortable working with metal and machines than this stuff.
I didnāt realise there was such a thing as a clumsy post but Iād say you must definitely feel comfortable with machining if you turn at those speeds. Any chance of a bit of video? 
Yeah Iāll throw a chunk from the scrap bin in when I get a chance! Titanium is my favorite to turn, especially when using a toolpost grinder for high surface finish requirements. Mostly turning monel most of my life but now working in an aircraft facility so everything is aluminum, magnesium, and titanium with the exception of the turbine hot sides we have to drill and tap sometimes.
Looks really good! Great work using the P60 to keep intricate machining down for your first light!
For your next projects, Iāve got some really REALLY high quality reflectors Iād give you. I convert a lot of high-end lights into TIR optic lights and pull their reflectors. Nitecore, Fenix and other top-tier brands who really know how to make a great performing reflector. Up till now I just set them aside in a drawer cause I donāt have the tools or skills to turn lights from raw materials but if you or any of our other BLF machinists want them for projects Iād much rather give them to ya guys than see them sit in a drawer never to be usedā¦ PM me and Iāll send them out (this goes for anyone whoās capable of putting them to use)!
IPM = inches per minute but whatās DOC? Degrees off center is the first thing that pops into my headā¦
-clearly not a machinist
Girl in the shop today was scared/confused when I went to bore a 22mm by about 6ā depth and I grabbed a 1/2 carbide boring bar and started wrapping the butt end with bicycle innertube and rubber bands. Spun it at 850 RPM and set the feed ripping. Mirror finish.
Iām gonna try remember that trick. Couldāve used it the other day. 
CK, DOC is depth of cut, which means I am taking a total of .500 off the overall diameter, using grade 5 ceramics lets you do some crazy cuts. And yes one day I would like to machine a light using a reflector/TIR setup, but the whole getting the reflector lined up with the emitter and everything seems like something I will have to practice a few times. I have copper set aside for pills and some other exotic materials Ive hoarded. If I can ever forge a succesfull bar of mokumeā¦ā¦ā¦.
Me too. 
You know, what really inspired me to finally make one was watching yaālls entrys in the O-L buildoff. Ive got to get some practice in over the next year!
Great to hear you intend on entering the O-L comp Providing youāre able to solder a few wires I donāt think youāll have any troubles. Just ask the forum about which driver/led etcā¦ if youāre unsure. Helping is one of this forums strongest attributes 