Its handy being able to make your non standard threads. Love the home made tools. 
very cool….
Starting to take shape and lookin’ good!
Started end cap for switch
Switch in cap
Test fit rubber boot before final dimensions
Made the retaining ring for switch by threading a piece and cutting to size
A look at driver in place
The shelf the pill sits on
Threaded
Body cut to length
Drilled and bored body
Here’s the finished light
I’m having a hard time configuring this driver , forgot how hard it is to “quickly tap 8 times “ Right now I only have 4 modes , but that’s 3 more than I started with .
I’ll try some beam shots , but I don’t think my I-pad is gonna do much with that .
Once again I wish I had a metal turning lathe and skills to use it….
yeah, I’ve begun mentioning how great it would be to have a lathe (and perhaps a small CNC) to my wife so that in maybe 20 or 30 years it might actually happen 
Nice work 
Thanks , that means a lot from such talented people
I have wanted a lathe for years . I bought that as my Christmas present last year with the intention of making flashlights. This is my first one . Internal threading to a blind shoulder was making me apprehensive.
This competition to honor Old Lumens , was the kick in the butt I needed to just go for it . I had fun , and I learnt a lot . I would like to say thanks to this forum , and all the great mates that hang out here .
Randy
Very impressive Randy! You made all of that look easy
What lathe did you decide on?
Orsm work on your first machined torch Rdubya18. Love your work.
I bought a Smithy 3 in one , mostly due to limited spaced . ( 2 car garage the cars still gotta fit in ) It’s actually been a really good machine for the money . For a hobby use machine it’s been able to handle what I’ve been doing . Because of backlash , threading into a blind hole is a bit of a challenge, but obtainable with diligence.
Yeah , but those kinda came back to haunt me . I only added .08 to thread , but then the pill didn’t fit so I had to resize it . Then I dug up a bolt to check threads on an end cap , forgetting the cap is no longer compatible , until I actually went to thread it in :person_facepalming:
The day I discovered my threading issue, I ordered some larger stock . My OCD would not let me patiently wait , so I decided to make a reflector head that would just screw onto my flashlight .
I happily started wasting some 2 in stock I had . Made a nice lens cap
I tapered it and was happy as could be
Then came time to cut the threads to length . That’s when I discovered another “ Oh no “ . I miscalculated the thread depth in relation to the LED height . It’s wayyyy too low in the reflector . Now that I cut the taper , I don’t know how to re-chuck it to extend the threads . The long threaded section below the taper is just there to give something to hold onto . It’s supposed to be cut off at the taper .
Hopefully I can use it on another build . If I make the pill longer , it’ll work , but that defeats its purpose of just being a screw on alternate lens type on this one .
Can you make a threaded mandrel to hold the head to machine it?
I can probably make that work , but I’ve found a slight flaw in the original. The pill is slightly undersize enough if I give the light a good wack , it breaks connection. Thinking of remaking it and lengthening to fit the reflector type head . Would have to make another head for the carlco lens too . Gotta think it out . The light as is works , it’s just not 100 % .
I think I have trashed my driver . I had it in and out , soldered and desoldered so many times trying to figure out what’s not right , pretty sure it has finally given up .
I have never been able to configure it properly. I thought originally the pill was the problem, not fitting snug enough . So I made another to a much better fit . Then I could not get it to program at all . One setting at somewhere around half . I resoldered my wires thinking maybe I had some bad connections , cause I’m not too good at it . I still seemed to have ground problem I thought I had resolved.
I am wondering , I have the driver press fit to the pill , on a shelf , very tight . That’s why I buggered the driver putting it in and prying it out . Can it be that without a retaining ring that it’s not tight enough to maintain a proper ground ?
I also knocked off one of the 7135’s . That didn’t seem to make any difference, but I wasn’t sure if it needed bridged and I could not find any information on that .
Anyone have any ideas or guidance to what I am doing wrong ? Other than driver abuse .
Sorry to hear about theose troubles. I had screwed up a driver or two as well. The 7135’s that get knocked off just lower the maximum output current. There is no need to replace unless you the amps and no need to bridge or anything. I have removed some on purpose when needing to reduce light and heat output.