Chatika vas Paus wrote:

D4v1 with 219B 3500k, 5A CC driver and AUX leds

Nice!
And jealous on your soldering skills, those leads are tiny

Thrunite Ti3 V2 mod to 520nm Green w 25° Pebbled Tir

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I didn’t know where to post this. There’s various types of off topic chatter like “what did you eat, drink and watch” (you know the stuff where you can sit back and feel your arse grow) but i don’t remember seeing a “what did you make (non-flashlight related)” thread so here it is in the mod thread…

I made a dog ramp.

Don’t judge me. I have my own opinion about dogs on beds but let’s just say that’s the power of the puss… I mean… happy wife = happy life… right..? But NO, the dog most definitely does not sleep with us at night I did however enjoy making the ramp.

Lol.. Puss Powah!
Nice HypoAllergenic Pussy Cat Chaser..
Great Ramp

Nice ramp! 

NeutralFan wrote:

I modded my dad’s cheapo 2 AA wood flashlight. Nothing fancy, but made a big improvement.

First the bluish LED was replaced with a Samsung 4000K 90+ CRI LH351D. Since the entire aluminum head (under the wood) was 1 piece, I had to hammer the driver through the head towards the plastic lens in order to get to the LED. The MTN 16mm MCPCB pressed perfectly into the hollow pill. I also replaced the dental floss sized driver wires with 24 AWGs, but probably didn’t matter since the 1 mode flashlight only draws 0.6 amps.

I have one just like it and have always wanted to do something with it. It really is a nice looking single mode muggle light. Great work!

pinkpanda3310 wrote:

I made a dog ramp.

Forget the bulldog on a skateboard… I wanna see a poodle on a dirt-bike!

pinkpanda3310 wrote:

I made a dog ramp.

Nice job! I prefer ramping up over steps as well.

Not today, but did some work last 2 days.

Convoy S2+ copper
3*XP-L HI 5000K
5A Convoy driver
Kiriba copper spacer
orange lighted metal switch

BLF D80
Yinding 30W CW
FET+1 driver

BLF D80
3*XP-L HI 5000K
FET+1 driver

Convoy C8
3*Nichia 219B 4500K
6A Convoy driver
C8TT head
blue lighted metal switch

Lightbringer wrote:

pinkpanda3310 wrote:

I made a dog ramp.

Forget the bulldog on a skateboard… I wanna see a poodle on a dirt-bike!

Convert the FW21 Pro triple XHP50.2 to quad Luxeon V2 using Noctigon 4XP 33mm and Ledil Angie-S. Really like the beam produced by this optic.

Today I modded Emisar D1(v2) Nothing too hard. I wanted to try new gen XP-L Hi(V3 5A) against the old gen(V2 5D).

First I modified regulated driver max current to 7A.

Then I measured tailcap amps with clamp meter using full Sanyo GA 3500mAh battery.

Old gen drew 5,26A with turbo.
Here are Opple measurements of old gen:

Then I swapped in new gen XP-L Hi. It drew 6,94A with turbo so it achieved max regulation. If checking from old V2 1A test it achieves ~1600 led lumens.
Opple readings taken from excactly the same distance for lux comparison (start up ~14 500 lux) :

CCT starts to get colder, that indicates 7A is nearing emitters limit. At 5A it was~4900K. So old gen 5D bin was 4200K@5A and new gen 5A bin was 4900K@5A. Makes sense. Cri is better with new gen and it achieves 8%+ more lux’s.

I think the beam itself was better with this new gen. Better focused and good spill.

That’s all for now
Edit:fixed typo

^ nice upgrade of your D1 !

Today I modded a knife, my new Esee Xancudo.

Two days ago I changed the colour of the scales to a less alarming colour with RIT-die:

And today I made a new leather sheath for it because the knife comes with a functional but IMO not so attractive plastic sheath (pic from Bladeq):

I made no pictures of the proces of making the sheath but I basically followed the process in this youtube video showing Bob Dozier making one (but without his amazing workshop and tools)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdGeVGJ_jYY
All I used was scrap pieces of leather, a sharp utility knife, glue (Bison Kit) and two rivets, and for the threading a 2mm punch, some thin rope and an old needle for repairing socks that just fits the rope (made a saddle-stitch). I used a Sharpie to blacken the side of the sheath. As this is my first attempt at it I did not focus on a tidy job, I made it as a proof of concept, but it still looks and works pretty good. I followed Bob’s way of contouring the leather spacer on the inside in the shape of the knife so that the finger guard of the knife snaps into a dent when the knife is inserted, thus fixing the knife in place, and it really works well and feels very satisfying. I was able to make the sheath fairly deep because the hole in the knife allows for easy removal.

djozz wrote:

Way better sheath Djozz. Nice work.

I don’t have any “cool” knives. Only utilitarian ones. That doesn’t mean I don’t like them. Area that I live in Finland is known for traditional Finnish knife making. I would like to buy one of these one day. Sorry, that Wiki article is only in Finnish, maybe Google translate can help.

Haukkeli wrote:

I don’t have any “cool” knives. Only utilitarian ones. That doesn’t mean I don’t like them. Area that I live in Finland is known for traditional Finnish knife making. I would like to buy one of these one day. Sorry, that Wiki article is only in Finnish, maybe Google translate can help.

I dedomed a 519a sm573 5700K and swapped it into an RRT01:
https://timmcmahon.com.au/posts/jetbeam-rrt01-519a-sm573-emitter-swap/

CCT dropped to 4000K and the duv is slightly rosy.

TimMc,
congrats on your RRT-01 mod and
thanks for the link to your photo tutorial

absolutely excellent info, including the great beam profile photo, and the duv data

Thank you jon_slider!

mattlward wrote:

NeutralFan wrote:

I modded my dad’s cheapo 2 AA wood flashlight. Nothing fancy, but made a big improvement.

First the bluish LED was replaced with a Samsung 4000K 90+ CRI LH351D. Since the entire aluminum head (under the wood) was 1 piece, I had to hammer the driver through the head towards the plastic lens in order to get to the LED. The MTN 16mm MCPCB pressed perfectly into the hollow pill. I also replaced the dental floss sized driver wires with 24 AWGs, but probably didn’t matter since the 1 mode flashlight only draws 0.6 amps.

I have one just like it and have always wanted to do something with it. It really is a nice looking single mode muggle light. Great work!

Thanks mattlward!

Curious how the tail spring looks in yours. Is mine missing a part holding the spring, or is that just how the Menards woody flashlights were built?

A torch enthusiast in Australia asked if I could swap a dedomed Nichia 519A sm353 3500K emitter into their ReyLight Pineapple Copper.

I asked Rey, the man behind ReyLight, if removing the MCPCB would be difficult due to thermal compound. Rey kindly replied and assured me that it is easier to remove compared to the MCPCB in the Pineapple Mini.

I have swapped the emitter in my own Pineapple Mini so I agreed to swapping one in the Pineapple.

https://timmcmahon.com.au/posts/reylight-pineapple-519a-sm353-emitter-swap/

I soldered spacers into the pills for 3 Convoy S2+ triple builds I’m working on. Nothing picture worthy. Emitters will be 219b SW35k, 219b SW27k and Cree XP-E2 660nm Deep Red.

Last week I had some free time, so these things came out

S2+ with triple SST-20 660 nm:

Also recently I got package from mouser with two different XHP50.3.
- XHP50D-H0-0000-0D0UH245G – 90+ CRI 4500K, HI version
- XHP50D-00-0000-0D0HH445G – 80+ CRI 4500K, domed version.

First one went into M21B with Convoy 6V 3A driver, OP reflector and clear glass.

Second one was first sliced, then installed into C8S, H1-A 3A driver, OP reflector and green AR coated glass.

Measured data with Opple Light Master (flashlights were somewhere on medium level) and UNI-T UT383:

I do like sliced 80 CRI, Opple says its 4057K now. Even with slicing, lux are still higher than XHP50.3 90 CRI version. Almost 50 KCD is not bad. However, beams from both of these leds are not as perfect as XHP35 in Zebralight. It’s not visible in pictures, and tbh only slightly visible in real life, but coronas have a bit more positive duv than hotspot.

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[quote=Haukkeli]I don't have any "cool" knives. Only utilitarian ones. That doesn't mean I don't like them. Area that I live in Finland is known for traditional Finnish knife making. I would like to buy one of "these":https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommi-puukko one day. Sorry, that Wiki article is only in Finnish, maybe Google translate can help.[/quote

 Yep ...very pretty indeed 

Vintage Vendome atomizer, mid-century mod ice blue & silver brushed metal perfume (1stopretroshop.com)

 Stumbled across these pics on the internet ... and now I want one .

I remember, years ago, showing a new light to my neighbor. His wife asked, kind of in awe, “How many flashlights do you have?” I said 30. She freaked, “How many flashlights does one person NEED?” I told her, 31! It was always about the next one! I have sold a great many lights, and still have a couple hundred.

Looking through these mods of late, I see stuff like I used to do! Copper plates bearing quads, fuel rail heavy gauge leads running to multiple emitters like a true hot rod engine…. Keep up the good work guys!

The last lighted switch order I got from Convoy was disappointing.

The Omten switches were very off center!

Just for the fun of it, I tried to install one in an S2+ but I wasn’t able to since I couldn’t tighten the retaining ring. I’ve never had this issue before with the many, many orders I’ve received previously. The worker must’ve been very tired (or drunk)?

Rather than contacting Simon and waiting for replacements (which I’m sure Simon would’ve honored), I took 2 soldering irons, added some flux, and quickly moved the switches to the center.

Not sure what kind of plastic the switches are made of, but is very easily melted. Apparently I didn’t move one of switches quick enough since it felt kind of weird afterwards, so I had to replace it.

I also added spring bypasses and changed the SMD LEDs to make custom colors.

Very risky heating both sides at once! The metal tabs conduct that heat to the inside snd can quickly melt down the housing. I usually hold the tab with tweezers or hemostats to act as a heat sink, lift one tab then address the other. Remove the switch entirely to swap the tint leds.

Good advice DB Custom.

In the past I had a supply of new switches rather than trying to resolder them. Installing them 1 tab at a time (and still quickly) is pretty easy.

Fortunately I have plenty of back-ups nowadays.