Red 2D Maglite Mod with an "Angel Eyes" ring - Finished! Outdoor beam shots tonight.

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
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Angel Eyes

01-10-2013

Where were we?

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The Judco switch has been installed into the Mag housing and it's potted in with some of the 2 part epoxy stick that I like to use. I get it in Wal-Mart, but any hardware should have it in the plumbing section. It's just a stick of putty that is two part and you cut off what you want and knead it together till it is mixed. It sets hard as a rock in about 4-5 minutes and it works great for this kind of thing.

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Battery contact.

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Here's the Mess. The 7135 chip on copper is there, covered with AA and the XM-L driver is there as well.

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XM-L and leads for the 3mm LEDs.

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Set in the head. It all works as advertised. 3 way switch turns on the outer ring first, then both the ring and the XM-L, then just the XM-L and lightly depressing the switch changes modes on the XM-L.

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The battery holder is ready. I did it a little different this time. I wanted to just parallel the two holders and that's what I did by using copper strips to channel the positives and negatives together.

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The strips take both negatives to the bottom and both positives to the top. All copper on the outside is covered with a coating of epoxy, so it can't short out. Besides, the body is anodized.

All that is left is a little file work. I am not going to do a lot of that. I want the ring to be the focus of the light, so I will just do some on the bezel to accent the ring and on the tail cap, so when it head stands, it will still look sharp.

That's all for now. I hope to get it done by Friday and I hope it's not a rainy night then.

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01-10-2013 NOON

You know I can't wait till Friday!

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Shot of the ring

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Shot of the ring and the XM-L on LOW

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Shot of the ring

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MOUSEOVER, Low without the ring and Low with the ring

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MOUSEOVER, Medium without the ring and Medium with the ring.

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MOUSEOVER, High without the ring and High with the ring

Outdoor beam shots tonight.

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Angel Eyes Ring

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With XM-L on High

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With XM-L on Medium

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With XM-L on Low

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XM-L at about 50 yards.

That's it. Amp draw with the Angel Eyes read about 500mA. The XM-L on High it was about 2700mA, Medium was 1000mA and low was 500mA.

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I have saw this posted a few times. What is the purpose of saying it after the first post? I have been curious about it. Thanks.

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It’s so he can add further updates and they all appear as a group of posts. It’s really handy for people looking at old posts as they can see the full build in just a few posts without having to read all the comments.

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is that an older luxeon mag in the picture?

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Yes it is.

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Well played sir!

That had me laughing.

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This looks like a pretty neat idea, kind of like the Surefire A2 but better. ;)

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Looking good. The work you do with hand tools is nothing short of amazing.

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Wow. You cut a reflector in half without trashing it. Seems every second reflector I look at ends up in the bin. This is looking good so far.

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Great Build Justin…. I can’t wait to see how it comes out!!!

Dan.

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You never cease to amaze me.

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Got a song for Angel Eyes?

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Ask and ye shall receive. See Post #1

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Can’t wait to see how you drive it. H)

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More photos added in the OP. The "Angel Eyes" ring is about done.

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That light is really looking nice!

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I tend to post at the bottom then update the first post.

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Justin, this is sick. Should be a decent thrower (even better if XP-G2) and a great flooder. I’ve got my eyes on this one.

Do you already have a particular power emitter in mind?

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You aren't the only one. ;)

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Just about all I keep for leds any more are XM-L and the Nichia. I figured to put the T6 3C in this one. 2.8A driver for the T6 and a single 7135 chip for the leds. 20 leds @20mA each = 400mA and a single chip should do about 350mA, so about 17something mA for each led. Hopefully it will work out for this.