For a very long time I’ve been looking to do a mod, inspired by this thread of g_damian, and this CRX thread, and this Firelight2 thread, and even some comfychair mods I once managed to see.
To all of you, thanks for the tips and and descriptions of the work done, as it was a tremendous help
What I wanted to do was a “shortened” Convoy S2+, triple, using a Jaxman 18500 battery, and using an 18650 battery!
This week I received the tube and yesterday I took some time yo make it happen
I had to “dismantle” the blue S2+ that I put together sometime ago here and I used an extra S2 pill I had for the job! Used a file, and my Parkside tool (dremmel like) with a cilinder of sandpaper and a drill for the middle hole.
The leds are Luxeon V2 3000K , under a Carclo 10511, and powered by a TA Bistro HD OTSM driver from Lexel . The retaining ring was made by kiriba-ru, the FC switch is from Convoy. The pocket clip is from Nitefox ES10K, and the blue tailcap from the LHT store at AliExpress. The GITD gasket is from CRX
I put some adhesive tape to mark the limit I wanted to file/sand, and also to protect the other threads, as sometimes it hard not to damage something.
Then I did the filing/sanding work until the top of the pill was flat and until I had taken enough material from the threads so that the pill could get it but still make “contact” with the walls of the head. Then I drilled the hole in the pill.
And the the rest was soldering and putting things in place.
The 18500 tube colour matches pretty well with the S2+ colours, and only the knurling is slightly different.
!https://i.imgur.com/3eiVT7a.jpg !:https://i.imgur.com/3eiVT7a.jpg
Vs XP-G2 S4 3C (5500K) >>>>>>> Vs Luxeon V 4000K >>>>>> Vs the glow gasket of my Convoy S6
Convoy S6 > Convoy S2+ Desert Tan > Convoy S2+ black > Convoy S2+ blue > Convoy S2 18350 > Convoy S2+ DT 18350 > Convoy S2+ black 18350 > Convoy T2