Back in Black - SST-90 4D Maglite "Shower Head" Aspheric build.

[gunner12]

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?

[Old-Lumens]

@gunner12

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.

[Ledsmoke]

SaWeet! That pond never looked brighter!

[ntg]

Wow…we’re not worthy! Great stuff, as usual.

[Old-Lumens]

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

[scaru]

Nice work! Now I really want the light but I am doubtful I will be able to afford it. :'(

[Slim_Pickens]

That thing is just crazy. YOUR’E crazy, OL.

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

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.

[Old-Lumens]

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.

[jacktheclipper]

I like the paracord wrap .

[scaru]

Everytime I see this post I am amazed. This light will probably sell quickly. :D

[GottaZoom]

@Old-Lumens

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.

I know a place for you . . just PM.

[Ledsmoke]

Yippee ki-yay!! That is totally amazing! I totally understand why you'd love to see this bad boy stretch it's legs out in the open country on a moonless night with low humidity and no wind. You'd hit 2 miles is my guess.

That last pic with the tower is mind blowing bright. I loooove it! Now we just have to get you a 10" aspheric lens, one of those 15000 lumens bridgelux arrays Texaspyro talks about, the fan from one of those swamp boats and a 3 kW generator set and about 5 pounds of aluminium heat sink. Then let you have at it!

Seriously though that is a awesome build you've completed. Thank you for sharing this. It is really food for thought!

[MRsDNF]

Impresive Old-Lumens. Do you need bail money sent.

[NightCrawl]

Freakin awesome.. OL you rock.. srsly.

[Old-Lumens]

@MRsDNF

Impresive Old-Lumens. Do you need bail money sent.

Nope, but I waited till I saw no helicopters in sight, before I lit up that thing. Don't want some officer with a real serious spotlight lighting up my world.

[NightCrawl]

@Old-Lumens

I would love to buy a real micro soldering gun or station, but the good ones, with the really thin tips, are way too much money. I usually file my tips to a finer point, even though it ends up ruining the tip much quicker, but I can’t solder that stuff with a regular tip. I know one thing, you want a good, hot iron. At least 40 watt or more. It is so much easier to just hit the spot for a second, rather than to have to hold in place, waiting for things to get hot. I never knew that, till I read it from another member. It works!

I forgot to ask.. could you show an example of a station like that? Sounds great, compared to my.. no nice words to describe it. :D

[Old-Lumens]

@NightCrawl

@Old-Lumens

I would love to buy a real micro soldering gun or station, but the good ones, with the really thin tips, are way too much money. I usually file my tips to a finer point, even though it ends up ruining the tip much quicker, but I can’t solder that stuff with a regular tip. I know one thing, you want a good, hot iron. At least 40 watt or more. It is so much easier to just hit the spot for a second, rather than to have to hold in place, waiting for things to get hot. I never knew that, till I read it from another member. It works!

I forgot to ask.. could you show an example of a station like that? Sounds great, compared to my.. no nice words to describe it. :D

http://www.amazon.com/Weller-WXMP-Micro-Soldering-Iron-Watt/dp/B005RYI934

Or this

http://www.amazon.com/Weller-WX2021-WDH50-Solder-Station/dp/B005N70ZSM

[bibihang]

Old-Lumens have you measured the lux number of this light yet? I am really curious!

I even doubt that if my Sanmak SM5200 can reach over one mile… your light is genuinely insane!

[Foy]

I love this shot . . .

A purty chunk-o-glass for sure but of course, the engineering staff at Foybezels is most impressed with that absolutely gorgeous doll of a bezel.

Somebody is going to own one hell of a flashlight. I predict it sells within two hours of being offered, depending on time of day, of course.

wowFoy