What did you mod today?

Hmmm, i don’t make so much pictures but you can find something on my FB page:

I’m new in this stuff, I like projecting pcb’s and flashlights so I combined it to modder hobby.

Here’s the files for 3D printing/editing of my design. I modified the AAA slots to be a bit wider than what I printed so I haven’t tested this exact one but it should be fine. There’s always sand paper :person_facepalming:

TinkerCAD link (if you want to edit it):
https://www.tinkercad.com/things/1OwFwMj0UPA-flashlight-holder

STL only link:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4709892

Again, nice job!

I like TinkerCAD but sometime its simplicity can actually make things slower or more tedious. Here’s a brief example of how you could quickly create something like that in Fusion360 (free version) in case you ever feel like something a bit more powerful. I’m sure there are some even better methods than what I show here, but hey… I’m still learning too :slight_smile:

Thanks for taking the time to make this. At least for this example this program seems only incrementally harder while having a lot more features. I will definitely try it out for future designs

I’m using for a long time fusion 360, and i made so much complicated project’s with this software. I think they should add some mathematics stuff like parabolic function.

inspired by you…
triple mod done by moderator007, my favorite SuperHero

Look what Kal-El just flew in with, from Smallville:

Jetbeam TCR-1 triple dedome LH351D 3500k
400 lumens on 16340

Love it!:slight_smile:

Looks just like the golden hour at sunset.

Brain transplants on a batch of Sofirn TK70’s and Convoy H1’s. They all got RampingIOS (D4 V2 UI) via an attiny412. Drops right in place of the stock MCU.

This is what the hobby probably needs more of. Direct-swap MCUs so we can fix the firmware on lights more easily than having to come up with an entire replacement driver.

Of course the next question is: Who is gonna put Anduril on a Zebralight?

+1

The Thrunite T2 UI is really making me hate it. Great form factor but shit UI (IMO) and terrible pocket clip = doesn’t get used.

Dang. By the looks of it I thought the T2 was going to be a sweet light. Guess I didn’t pay any attention to the UI. :frowning:

UI is standard, waaay better than some on Sofirn or similar brands (and some expenssive).

I like it, at least it has click for ON/OFF and hold for cycle through modes. Nothing wtong with it

Indeed ,Thrunite have one of the best UI, overall its one of the best brands in US and Canada flashlight market ;))

That UI sounds reasonable to me… The problem is, everyone has different tastes, and it’s frequently for me the 100% make-or-break reason to carry (or not) a light. Driver swaps are nice and everything, but there’s only a few of us that are able to swap more than the basic “easily moddable” Convoy-types. When I see a T-shaped driver, or the side-switch on the driver board, or odd driver shapes, or integrated charging, I’m usually out of luck for improving the UI.

Yeah sure mounting a MCU plus adapter-board isn't something everyone can do, but it's definitely a few steps simpler than custom-designing drivers for all the weird crap out there.

  • Zebralight UI seems good (although I find the old one kind of backwards, but workable, and would re-program the newer lights slightly)
  • Modern Olight UI works for me (the older UI on my S15 Ti is a bit odd, but workable)
  • Thrunite T10Tv2's UI works for me
  • I love the basics of Anduril/RampingIOS - there's lots of debate about the more advanced bits so I won't even address those here
  • And I love a good L-M-H with no memory for my clickies.

But man, so many brands just get it so wrong. Sofirn with its "you can start in moonlight but you can't get there from anywhere else", my Thorfires with their horribly slow, non-linear ramping. A NEBO light I own, which is fortunately not-bright enough that I just leave it on full brightness at all times and deal with it. It's a house-light for the muggles to grab lol. Wuben and Skilhunt keep getting it wrong, although I think Skilhunt is finally getting better on some recent models. Wuben even has two-switch models they couldn't get right!

my next project, this is a perfect walktrough!!!

I hate to derail this thread into a UI discuss, but as much as I love my Wuben TO50R, I don’t pick it up as much as I should because it always takes me a while to remember how to use it. Hold down this button? Nope. Click that one? Nope. Double click the first one? Nope. Argh!

I made custom driver for EDC05. It offers linear 3.2A, Anduril2, RGB switch.

3.2A linear in a AA sized host w/ Anduril2 is not something you just post a video about. This is straight up the pinnacle of modding for this light/size and needs more details :slight_smile:

edit; I left it unspoken but lets just put it out there. WELL DONE!

Very nice!

Reminds me… I should go back and redo my Utorch UT01 3 amp linear driver to use the attiny1616 so I can load Anduril2 on it.

Oh, so you made ut1 with anduril? Can you give me some link on PM?

You guys are making me jealous :cry:

I have a Manker E11 that could get one of those drivers :innocent:
Love that light, but the UI is not what I’d desire. But I have no skills to do something similar or whatsoever… :person_facepalming:

WallKiller: pretty cool :sunglasses: