FINISHED pinkpanda's entry for 7th Annual BLF Old-Lumens Scratch-build contest!

Just set all the pics to 30% width :wink:

This is turning into a real ripper pp. Love the style. :+1:

Worked on the bezel this arvo. Looks much better now. It also fits the optic. Last time I test fit the optic into the bezel while it was still mounted in the chuck. I think the bezel had expanded from heat because the optic fit fine but when I finished the lathe work and mounted on the host the optic did not fit anymore :open_mouth: It fits now but I need to use something to hold the optic from spinning whilst fitting the bezel.

:slight_smile: Nice to see progress.

That is an item of extreme beauty. Having a light inside is a bonus……. I’d happily look at it empty lol! Looks like Leopard skin.

Lol, one of my daughters likened it to a giraffe. It’s a good thing if it’s being percieved this way because I wanted to make the best of the metal pattern. Of the other superconductor ligths I’ve seen the pattern mostly straight up and down lines

@pinkpanda3310:

I cannot see any of your pics in the above post.

Me neither, but the others make up for it top job pp

See pics?

Yes, now I do.

Thanks!

I was laying on the lounge floor with this light in my pocket. I took it out so I could lay on my side and placed it underneath the table. I thought that’d make a cool pic….

The bezel is the same diameter as a D4 but the optics sit deeper

The bezel has some marks from the last time I worked it in the lathe and the tail still has machining marks but other than that I think I’m done. I tried to get a ceiling beamshot to show the beam shape but it didn’t turn out so good. Will try for beamshots again later.

Wow, it turned out really nice. I like how the curves highlight the patterns in the superconductor material. I wonder how it will patina.

Nice work. I like the shape.

Very nice work pp. The different materials really comes to life in the larger pictures. :beer:

Cool. The showing of the patterrn turned out really well :+1:

:beer: :beer: :slight_smile:

Very nice!

Absolutely love the pattern on that beauty! Nice work man!

This thing is amazing! What are the specs for us n00bs? LEDs, driver, firmware, output? I imagine you guys all know based on the MCPB, LED, switch, etc. I learn better by observing something that is complete and working backwards in my mind as opposed to starting at the beginning.

I am starting to get into modding but my eventual goal is to do something like this.

Thanks pp for the inspiration!

Cheers for the positive comments :beer:

Looks like I missed some info. The LEDs are a mix 2* nichia 219b sw40 , 1* nichia 219b sw45k , 1* cree xpg2 I think 5000k , all on Led4power’s mosled mcpcb. Driver is Led4power’s LD4 set to 3 modes , 4 amps (haven’t bothered to play with the other settings). In the tail is a colour changing illuminated switch from…. Led4power of course. Can you tell I like Led4power :innocent: Total light output I have no idea. It doesn’t stay on high all that long before thermal regulation kicks in. A decent quality battery needs to be used as well, otherwise voltage droop trips the LVP.

I still haven’t gotten around to the beamshots . In all honesty I forgot about it :person_facepalming: