Ok, so now I have a table full of mods to do and I'm working on all of them at the same time. Call me crazy, go ahead, it's true.
I bought a couple of the Tractor Supply $9.99 lights. One is a 3AA long Mini-Mag style and the other one is a Saik SA-305 look alike.
I've already stripped it down and cut some on it, but this was the TS 3AA Saik look alike.
I cut most of the head off and a thin section of the head to body ring off as well.
Now I have this piece left. What was I going to do with it again? and where does the Maglite come in?
Here it is... It's a Mag "D" head I had lying around. The TS light body is slightly tapered, so as you push it into a Mag head, it gets to be a tighter fit. Hey, this is going to be a real shorty!
This is where the ring I made comes in. I can screw it onto the TS body and it sits right in the Mag head. It tightens up and the whole thing is fairly snug. I will be putting in three set screws through the head and into the TS body, so that nothing will move ever again. Now for the pill.
I'm already making use of the King leds, (the LEDS I took out of the FF king clone). This is one of them. I just added some copper rounds to back the star up and since the pill screws into the body, it should transfer heat fairly well.
The bottom side holds a 2.8A driver and I am keeping the original modes. H/M/L/Strobe/SOS. I could see this light being used on low mode for a room light during a power snap or set it beside a stranded car with the SOS on, to attract help.
I think with the glass lens and a polished bezel, the head will look good.
The body and tail cap will be painted with a textured paint. Hopefully it will be another one off.
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The painting is done.
I have not polished the bezel yet, nor have I cut the allen heads to length. This will have to sit for 72 hours before I do anything else on it.
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The light is finished. Here's the last of the photos.
Looking into the body at the driver.
Resistance mod for the tail cap switch spring.
No mods to the battery holder.
That's it. I will do beam shots tonight and put them in Post #1.