I have no idea - electronics is my weak pointā¦ the driver is an A17dd as in the X6 - itās powerful though and wipes out my fw3a totally when side by side. I thought the fw3a was more powerful, but it would ālookā not. Maybe it is on paper, I dunno lol (maybe itās coz itās slightly more focussed). I have the hiās in my fw3a too!
Looks good. Since you use a lathe, maybe you can widen the bezel opening slightly (without compromising the slot for the o-ring) to get more light out.
Now I discussed thisā¦ā¦ā¦ I thought about āunholingā the holes lol - as in rounding the bezel to the 3 circles/lenses.
CRX pointed out the o ring (which is kinda square and you can see in the pics) might pop out. I think heās right. It would look funky, but youād have to lose the ring - maybe silicone the optic in around top edge off the optic if waterproofing were a worry - but it could be done.
Still, I donāt think Iāll botherā¦ā¦.yetā¦ā¦
I am looking to put goldish leds on the illuminated tailcap, and am getting some goldy/yellow gitd powder for a gasket.
I may get another one later and sell it/ them now I know whatās involved ā¦. Iām kinda in love with this one now, itās moved into my 3 favesā¦.and because i made it, itās all the better lol! (more so it works)
Stellar pictorial. Just swapped a sw40 R9080 into mine and it looks so much nicer than the low CRI āNWā XPL. A little spottier but that offsets the marginal decrease in lumens. Mine also had arctic silver thermal paste (or similar), though it is now replaced with arctic aluminaā¦
Itās a RTV silicone pottingā¦ I soak them in a very strong thinner. I take a small drill bit and by hand remove the silicone down to the driver contact board, the 2 holes opposite the lead holes are for filling/ venting the pill, remove the silicone from those 2 areas and soak in thinner. It takes time and patients but eventually the silicone breaks down enough to push the driver out. I used to hot air the spring contact board off, now I just soak them.
I made up some brass signal tubes for my FW3 shorty mods and machined the tubing smaller for the FW3/NovaTac mods. So I had 3-4 FW3 signal tubes left over. Now Iām out of brass tubing. But then I figured I would flap out the battery tube of the NovaTac which was about .005ā and then I cut down the FW3 tube to fit.
My Last FW3/NovaTac Triple using the FW3 driver and cut down signal tubeā¦and clipā¦