Plumbers Fins/ Some beam shots by DBCstm added to end of thread

I doubt I’ll run it more than 5 minutes at a time on high, never can tell what situation will arise but I’d think I have other options for the occasions that much time is needed. Most likely Hi won’t get used but a couple minutes at a time, if that.

Sure nice to know what the levels are though, and I thank you again for that information!

Incredible performance for such a little beast! 6.5 minutes seems good to me for reaching 60 celcius considering how little mass it actually has. I have big lights that get hotter in less time. Heck, my Micromags don't shed heat that well.

RDB, you, sir, are a craftsman!

I sent the light with a new charged cell(tape on B-). Efest site reccommended removing the label and I do so as it’s a bit snug otherwise. At 6.5 min the cell should be fine to ship half charged.

Thank you Johnny. I have to admit I was a little nervous when cutting into the head of this one. At the time I didn’t know if the thread portion would survive and for me having the bezel come right to the copper is a big part of the looks. Dale deserves the credit for that as I was going to chicken out and cut behind the knurling but he wanted it this way instead. I really like the flush look but it would not take much added Dia to double the fin surface area. A AA micromag could probably take another fin without looking too long in the head as well.

Guess we could’ve done away with the knurling in the head for a few more fins, but I wanted to be able to grip that section instead of the copper fins to rotate the head turning it off and on.

The numbers on Kelvin temperature are very good to see as well, I may very well end up using this one quite a bit in conjunction with macro photography. :slight_smile: put this lil bad boy to work. lol

I know there’s always a different way to do something, what if the knurling was split, and an extra fin (maybe 2) were added? Naaa, looks brilliant this way…wouldn’t look at all bad with no knurling and those couple extra fins though.

Whadya think RBD, is it watertight enough to dunk it for cooling? Doesn’t really matter if you think it is or not, I could NEVER dunk a hot light in water! lol Really looking forward to this one, gonna have to start wearing shirts with pockets…

That gentlemen is the understatement of the year.

Nice work there rufusbduck, I take my hat off to you.

You could ask Jacktheclipper to make you a paracord handle wrap with a short loop for neck carry clip. The pocket clip will probably scratch the battery tube anyway. Then it would still head/tail stand. I’m glad you like the way it turned out. There are many ways to go with this and only one first one.

An excellent outcome to a great build - congrats on the great numbers.

I got the light today from TexasPyro, and again have to thank him for doing the test and getting the light to me post haste. Great work there and I really really appreciate it!

This truly is a beautiful little light! Scott, your’e amazing!

Oh I really do like this shot! Stunning light there Scott, just stunning!

Stunning light with some stunning pictures. Thanks.

Since you aren’t going to be using your lathe anymore, maybe you could send it to RufusBDuck?

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Naaa! He doesn’t need it! LOL

Alternatives. That all I’m looking for.

Stunning pics.

Appreciate it. The light is gorgeous, it was fun shooting it! :wink:

There ya go RBD, as an alternative you could disassemble MRsDNFs lathe and modify it into a shop light utilizing MT-G2 emitters and copper heat sinks. :wink: Since he’s not using the lathe, the light would help him finish that legendary picnic table he’s been working on for 12 years now! Then he can throw a big Bar-B-Que and we’d all be invited! Yeah baby!

Heaven forbid, :open_mouth: I think I would rather see that lathe get any tuning, repairs, or new parts needed so that it’s ready for the next round of Moose Mods. It’s been the birthplace of enough lights to deserve a shrine if nothing else. I’m itching alll over to see what gets done by all the creative and resourceful people that are willing to throw down in the upcoming contest. It should be great.

That light’s no good. It has a piece of lint on it. Send me the light and I will dispose of it properly… :party:

It helps me test wind direction so I can aim the light properly! It’s my own addition to this mod, I might have a couple more twists too, like gluing a magnet to the tail so I can attach it to the roof of my truck to read maps. Then it would also attach to the D ring on Shadow’s collar so he can carry the light when we go walking. Dang things so heavy with a 10440 cell in it!

No need, just replace that normal copper tailcap with some of that Chinese magnetic copper. A local store got in some reels of 100% pure copper wire made in China. Magnets stuck to it really well. The US is soooo far behind in the fine arts of bogophysics, we can’t possibly catch up to the Chinese. And our LED lights get less than 1/3 the lumens out of the same LEDs as the Chinese.

Maybe I can pay them with the Gold Coin chocodollars my son has, get me some of that good copper and plenty of 10000 lumen emitters!

So I’m calling it the BBC 261L for posterity! :slight_smile:
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