I may have to work my design around a Scotch bottle and a candle as there aint going to be anything delivered from China in the allotted time. Is this part off a ghastly plan to make people think? Panadol please.
We need some new comers jumping on board. Nows your chance and there is a cash incentive to make it worthwhile. This could be the start off a new career for someone with recognition worldwide through this forum.
sweet! Well, I often hold my head in my hands, particularly when I realise I put something on the car backwards, so itāll be sort of hand held too The only problem Iāll have is holding off on this before the start date. Guess Iāll just have to LEDify a desklamp in the meantimeā¦
looking forward to all the great lights that are about to be born! Iād put my money on RBD personally, although I could always send him some 95% ethanol from the lab to ādistractā him J)
I have so many ideas!
Currently, my main problem is deciding between all the ideas!
Once the decision is made, Ill get a new problem. Can I make it happen in a decent way.
Are we not allowed to start ātinkeringā with parts and such?? I would like to maybe start slowly, this weekend, because Im not sure I will use the āhostā that I am planing on usingā¦ (Relax, its not a flashlight hostā¦) And the best way to find if I can work on/with it, is to do a little work on it. I will not post anything about it.
Iām pondering but I donāt see me taking part, although I do have a mule light idea brewing thatās been in the āI wonderā stage for a while.
One tip for people worrying about parts, you could aways strip a light as a donor then order the parts to replace, ie a c8 or p60 would be easy to replace the parts you borrow till the post man does the medical resup.
Well thatāll teach me to read things better. I will have to think this one out some more. Iāve had an idea tossing around in my head for some time now. looks like I need to seriously consider it as feasable.
You have the month of June, from what I posted and if that is not enough (I see it might not be), I will push it to the middle of July if people need the time to complete. I want it to be fair for people. Not everyone does this stuff in a day or two like me. Iām pretty anal about that, but I know it takes time for others, as they have a real life, LOL.
The best comment I ever heard about the game of cricket. (Which I believe has lots and lots of rules) was from an American visitor who had just had the game explained to them: "It's got rules, why spoil it with rules?"
No life, I just canāt seem to stay with the kiss philosophy. That plus very little time actually at home tends to make my builds more like multi episode documentaries than saturday matinees. Iām lucky if I can get one part made in a weekend but Iāll spend the time leading up to this to think about logistics.
Will we need to post a verbal design plan or will āyour guess is as good as mine what Iām doingā be the order of the day?
I think a balance should be kept between enough time and lack of urgency
All you need to do is make a thread of your build, like you normally do. Photos and descriptions. How much you write is up to you, as well as how clear you make it. All the judges have to go by, is your photos and what you write.
You just introduced doubt into one of the ideas I had for an early build now that I was going to begin modding. In the first post I would have called it as clearly not qualifying but nowā¦.
Itās portable in the sense of itās small, light, and easy to take along. The idea is more along the the lines of a small emergency light. Small, light and portable enough to carry along in a pack camping. I suppose it could be held in the hand to point forward while moving but it would be awkward. Itās more of a multifuel LED lantern than flashlight or headlamp. If that doesnāt work I have an idea that would make it more of a forward pointing pack strap light.
Just want to confirm which way I am looking at since it affects a couple parts choices.