MtnDon
(Don Miller)
December 20, 2021, 11:18pm
3
POST #3
If you are participating please make a build topic in the Giveaways and Contests forum and please PM me (MtnDon ) with the topic URL.
The entrants are listed below in the three categories in the order they announced their participation.
HAND MADE CATEGORY
MtnDon
Asian8640
FearOfTheDark
wcddesign
MACHINE MADE CATEGORY
gChart
xqwerty151x {dnf due to problem }
MODDED LIGHT CATEGORY
YuvalS
EasyB
Skylight
Scallywag
Pip
Haukkeli
sb56637
September 8, 2021, 8:47pm
5
Fantastic, thanks so much to the organizers this year! Happy building, and best of luck to all the participants!
Sticky’d.
MtnDon
(Don Miller)
September 8, 2021, 8:58pm
6
I will be making an entry for the hand-made class.
We did have a brief discussion about this.
The Old Lumens Challenge will be taking place this year. This will be the 9th Annual Old Lumens BLF Challenge. There will be some differences this year. Organizing this includes a lot of behind the scenes drudge work. I am not good at that sort of thing, so I proposed collaborating with member "everydaysurvivalgear". EDSG is going to be the person who arranges for the judges and prizes. I, MtnDon, will author the announcement topic page and maintain an index of the entrants under that topic page…
Skylight
(Skylight)
September 9, 2021, 6:54pm
9
Here we go! Great, that the contest is happening again and many thanks to the organizers.
I am already checking my reflectors, hosts and leds to see what would be suitable this year.
May I ask why the modified light topics should go to the Flashlight Modding section while in the last years all threads were in the Giveaways and Contests section?
MtnDon
(Don Miller)
September 9, 2021, 7:14pm
10
That is a great question, and shows that sample size can be important.
By that I mean that I looked at the modded category list in last years challenge and randomly selected one; that of djozz. That one was in the Modding section. A further random selection today found that the two I selected today had placed themselves in the Giveaways and Contest section. That prompted a look at all last years modded entries. All but two were in the Giveaways and Contests category.
Therefore I believe it would make some sense to place all three category entries in Giveaways and Contests. I am changing the original posting.
Thank you.
We need a sub section for comp entries, if we compiled all entries over the years the thread would be full.
gchart
(gchart)
September 9, 2021, 8:40pm
12
Count me in! Hand made. Now I just need to decide what to build…
Well, I was originally thinking I’d enter in the Hand Made division again, but I’m switching it up and going with Machine Made.
My original thought for the housing was to use a steel canister to do a tin can punch lantern. I still think that’d be cool, but I’ve never done it before and I seem to have less time than ever. So… I’ve decided to let a machine do some of the work for me. My 3D printer that is. Enter Exhibit A, the main components and tools for my entry:
Wemos D1 Mini
NeoPixel 16-LE…
MtnDon
(Don Miller)
September 9, 2021, 10:25pm
13
A similar idea was presented a while ago… Maybe build on that thread? Maybe have sb make it sticky?
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Some history of how this yearly contest started:
"Old-Lumens" was a predominant member of the Budget Light Forum. He loved to make things, particularly flashlights and related items, with his own hands. The work he did took extraordinary effort, and inspired others. He went even further to encourage others to build things, and be creative, by starting the annual Old-Lumens Challenge.
Sadly, Justin (Old-Lumens) passed away in 2016. We here at BLF wish him to rest in peace, and conti…
YuvalS
(YuvalS)
September 12, 2021, 9:27pm
14
Thank you so much for organizing everything.
Here is my modification thread.
Hope to see more participants soon.
Maybe more people will join after you post the prizes....
MtnDon
(Don Miller)
September 17, 2021, 3:09pm
15
Just a bump in case someone new might see this and a reminder that the challenge does exist again.
pinkpanda3310:
Bump for inspiration
Did you have to bump ALL the old threads too? I mean really?
Yeh, there’s a lot of builds that can inspire. If you’re not interested you don’t have to look at them…
Skylight
(Skylight)
September 18, 2021, 11:01am
19
I just posted my entry thread for the modified light category: Skylight's Modification Class entry for the 9th BLF OL contest [COMPLETED]
80 days left is not too much. I’m quite busy but I think I will manage to squeeze this in.
Fortunately, I have most of the material on hand.
I see pinkpanda is in charge of the advertising. The OL contest is taking over BLF again. No way to ignore it.
elendur
(elendur)
September 21, 2021, 7:11pm
20
I’m in! modded light category!
MtnDon
(Don Miller)
September 29, 2021, 4:43pm
22
Thanks for the bump… I was thinking about doing that last night. Depending where in the world one is there are about 70 days left