Congrats Ouchyfoot! Just so you know if you do decide to one day “update” or modify it to 3 modes it’s quite easy to get the driver back out. You just need to desolder the leds on the star, and use a small nail to hammer the pcb board and driver back out. I’ve re-modded my JM07 and shadow VG10’s numerous times by using this method. Just cut the tip of the nail so it doesn’t stick and damage the bottom pcb board.
Edit: Oh, I see you’ve soldered the retaining ring to the pcb, probably a good thing but harder to knock it out, and you won’t need the nail trick because of the cut out slots. That’s handy.
kinda funny, never heard of a 7x board(unless custom)
buy one from fasttech and solder it on yourself, they are dirt cheap, and not that hard to get on there, especially with your skillz and with this opportunity get on that solder and show it who’s boss
Sorry OuchFoot but you really need a set of decent tweezers. Do not listen to gords especially if it has 1001 after it. Modding torches does not pay and if your into pain well maybe your in the right place BUT. I will leave it there. I'm not trying to give you confidence in continuing along this line of insanity but you have built a very nice flashlight.
Congrats on the build! I have yet to build an actual flashlight yet, I just seem to be acquiring more and more parts that I will eventually use. (Or so I say)
Quick tip: to bridge the mode-select star, just tin the end of a piece of wire (I have some old single-strand telephone wire that works perfectly) and solder that between the star and the outer ring, then just trim the excess. It makes a very neat, clean, and solid connection, and is a lot easier than trying to bridge a solder glob.
Hey Ouchyfoot, great job on the build! I’ve always loved the F8 gold version. But after purchasing the F12 and having issues with battery fitment, it turned me off to the purchase. But looking at yours, it’s got my eye again and may just pick one up.