Australia day today so i had a bit of time to work on this. Some of this work was done previously. I don’t think i noted before - planning to run 14500 cell (never mind the alkaleak i’m using for size testing).
I’ll turn it down more later.
I threaded both ends of the body the same so the tail can screw in either end.
More to come… Maybe i’ll get time to work on it on the weekend.
It is a nice blue but i wonder if the grey suits better for the colour scheme… The reason i use different switch boots during a build is because some have the nub on the inside cut short.
I’d love it if more folks got into building lights on lathes
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I got just a little more progress after work today
That is going to look fantastic! I would love to build lights on a lathe, used 2 for rifle work and mould making for about 15 years but lost access and owner died and have not use one since. He also had an awesome Bridgeport knee mill that I learned to use. I do not have a place to set either up and really can’t justify the cost of a building, lathe, mill and tools now.
I wasn’t happy with the body tube colour so i sanded it back and did it again. All up i did the head twice and the body three times. Little bit irritating but i like the results now.
I’m thinking of making a retaining ring for the lens. I made an error during machining and couldn’t make it work with an o-ring on the glass. The head/bezel is what clamps the led star to the pill so any minor change in the height of the leds , or star , or optic , or glass lens might affect how well the whole assembly gets clamped.
The lacquer really makes it pop doesn’t it….just gorgeous! I like the look of the body after you sanded some more, turned out great. What’s that material called again?
Also…clever use of fittings for the head and such. The head/pill looks really sharp!
The head and body are titanium damascus, also known as mokuti and timascus™.
It’s just sanded and buffed a little to bring up the shine of the titanium, no lacquer used. I didn’t end up using the fittings either, they were a tad short for what I needed so it was all made from bar stock. Cheers