Looking forward to your beamshots OL!
ha, loved the comment about the neighbours commenting about the light - can’t get a better complement than that! Some of my neighbours told me they thought aliens had landed in my garden one night when I was doing beamshots. They seemed disappointed when I told them it was just some of my lights 
Depends on the led as far as electrically isolating. The crees and the SST don't have to be isolated, at least on the center strip that the die is on. That's where the majority of the heat comes from. I think I remember that the SSC leds had to be isolated on the die plate. As far as the +/-lead strips, I don't worry about heat dissipation from them. Maybe I should, but I don't think it's needed.
There are a few cree XML leds out there, on a copper star, but not too many.
LOL! I love that last bit about shining it on the garage door! I once did something similar with a SST-50 in a homemade reflector driven at 7 amps.
My house is painted with chalk - I think you call that whitewashed in the states - and I just walked 10 meters from the wall and pointed the light directly at the wall, think 90° directly, and turned that thing on! I nearly dropped the thing. Ha ha. Still makes me laugh when i think about it!
Anyway I just wanted to say that so far it sounds really impressive. I've never had me one of those SST-90's to work with so I've no idea about how nice they are. But I sure do look forward to some beamshots.
“lumens”, Your a beast! Nice work!
New photos at the bottom of the First post.
A couple teaser beam shots in POST #35
The real beam shots, for distance, will happen Saturday night, if it don't rain...
Wow.
Nice work OL.
That shower head reminds me of an exhaust on a motorbike.
never mind the amazing searchlight beam that will scare doggers for miles around, I’m just trying to figure out what’s reflected in that aspheric. Looks like a clock next to a balloon on the ceiling. I’m very intrigued!
It’s a clock and a magnifying lamp with a plastic bag over it. On the bottom is a fan grille.
thanks! I can stop thinking about that now
Great mod Old-Lumens! Seems like a really bright light and probably throws like no one’s business.
Do you think rechargeable D cells would work well for the light?
Probably would work fine. 4 of them might be too much, but 3 and a dummy cell would be a start, then add the fourth if needed.
SaWeet! That pond never looked brighter!
Wow…we’re not worthy! Great stuff, as usual.
I am amazed at this light. I really don't have much interest in throwers, but I have to say, this is something else. Only photos do this thing justice, so on with the final beam shots.
Google maps tells me this is about 181 Yards. Here are the Before and After shots with Mouseover.
These are some larger trees a little farther out than the last shot.
Google tells me this is approximately 349 Yards.
Google tells me this Food Bank is 290 Yards away.
Google tells me the TJC West Campus is 664 Yards away. It's the farthest building in the set.
Google tells me this traffic light and the signs across the street are about 844 Yards away.
The last one! You Ready?
Google tells me that I am 1.37625 MILES from the Towers here. How many yards is that? Who cares!
I think that is good enough. I hope Y'all enjoyed it. I did!
It will be up for sale soon!
Justin
Nice work! Now I really want the light but I am doubtful I will be able to afford it. :'(
That thing is just crazy. YOUR’E crazy, OL. 
Looks pretty bad to me.
And you guys know that I mean when I say bad. Bad as in bad to the bone.
I’m impressed on such a fast 1 sec shutter.
See if you can up the shutter to 1.5” which is 1.4 sec shutter at least on my camera. That will probably be more what you really will see in real life which will only be brighter yet.
Great job on all the photos.
Ya, it's bad. I have never owned or made a light that would reach over a mile. The most impressive thing to me is the fact that I was in the city of Tyler, on a Saturday night.
It was cloudy and very damp. I think that's why you see all that haze in the shot at over a mile. Also, these buildings are already lit up. There's building lights, parking area lights and street lights in this area, so it's not dark.
I would love to see this thing somewhere out in the open on a clear night with low humidity and some open targets. I bet it would reach out much farther.