*A Note to those that have PM'd me about buying one:
I enjoy making "one-offs", but this torch is neat enough that I'd be willing to make a few more. Seeing as this is a budgetlight site though, the problem becomes cost. The parts alone come to just over $60... Here's the cheapest I can get the base materials for:
Mini-Mag host $10
3XPG star $20
Optics $2
Driver $13
Copper(unmachined) $10
Misc(glue,wire,etc) $5
The bulk of the work is in machining the copper heatsink from barstock,milling the host head, and then hand lapping them to perfect fit. The rest is rather straight forward in modifying the star to parallel emitters, thermal-potting the driver, soldering everything up, modifying the torch tube, making the ground strap over the driver, and testing. If I haven't mentioned it yet, IMR 14500's are required due to current draw.
With that in mind, the lowest I could make them for would be $100. This price is for current members here only, for I think they'd go for a fair bit more on some "other" site. If someone wants to make their own, you'll have my full support. Just pm me and I can send you the machining design and dimensions I came up with.
Other than the downside of cost, the neat thing about getting one is since they'll be made to order, one can specify host color(black, grey) and tint (Cold white, neutral white, warm), since I haven't ordered any emitters yet. Also, you'll be guarenteed to have the brightest stock looking mini-mag in town.
So, if I haven't scared anyone off yet, let me know what you think. Then, Mr. Admin permitting, I'll start a sales thread in the sales subforum. I'll try to get some beamshots of the mini-match 2.0 up tonight.