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

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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Just wondering if you’ve tested any MagLites in your Sphere? I got my dad the “new” 2D LED MagLite (I did make sure it had the Cree emitter) to replace his old incan (horrible creature!) and it’s rated at 134 lumens. Kind of difficult to wrap the brain around this little jewel, the BBC 261L, blowing the doors off a full sized factory LED MagLite! Guess I can do a ceiling bounce comparison and see how the room lights up, always a fair test for comparison purposes even if it comes with no numbers.

Not being able to wait for dark to settle in again, I went ahead with some shots in a semi-dark 20x20 game room. The contender…my dad’s 2D LED MagLite with Cree emitter. In this first couple, the camera was on auto and 15 feet from the fireplace. The 2D got 1600ISO at 1/13th sec f/2.8 while the BBC got 800ISO at 1/20th sec f/2.8. The other 2 shots are in manual, both using the same settings of 100ISO 1/5th sec f/2.8 and 12 feet from the book case.

2D Mag

BBC 261L

2D Mag w 1.9x teleconverter

BBC 261L w 1.9x teleconverter

All shots straight out of the camera jpegs from the Canon G1X

Yes, with fresh batteries it turns on at 155 lumens. At 2 minutes it’s down to 135 lumens. After 4 minutes it begins to level off around 125 lumens.

So Mags listed numbers are pretty much spot on. And this little light does a great job of kicking it’s big brothers booty! lol Yeah yeah, runtimes notwithstanding. :stuck_out_tongue:

Decided to put the BBC 261L up against it’s sibling, the Texas Poker. Almost exactly the same size, but thoroughly different…it’s an apples to oranges comparison. The Texas Poker has a mini-FluPIC driver and is pulling .700mA through it’s Nichia 219 5000K emitter, delivered via a Dereelight reflector. The BBC 261L is utilizing a custom made RBD driver pulling 1.11A through an XP-G2 emitter, delivered via a Ledil Tina2-D TIR Optic.

The target, our trailer shed…30 yds distant. The camera, Canon G1X in Manual mode set at ISO 2000 F/3.2 1/5th second. Settings derived by matching what my eyes were seeing.

The Texas Poker

The BBC 261L

The Texas Poker has some throw to it, with a decent aura of spill. The BBC 261L is BOOM! All light, smoothly delivered! 30 yds illumination from a 3 1/4” flashlight, oh yeah, gotta love THAT! :slight_smile:

One reminder — emissivity: Surface Emissivity Coefficients

shiny metal is way worse at radiating away heat compared to rough or tarnished or anodized metal, generally.

Illustration: how hot a shiny metal tool gets after a while in sunshine, compared to anything else.