FmC's DIY Handbuilt thread. Finished!!! It's Alive!!!!!!!

Thanks guys.

Yeah, I was thinking along those lines, unless I can find a threaded solution that is thin enough to be inside the ‘body’, yet still have enough i.d. for the battery to pass through.

Clever!

I’m amazed of the nice builds I’m seeing this week, the idea of the contest was great!

I may have sorted the length problem & the tailcap assy. at the same time.

2nd post updated.

I hope you got a discount on the ruler as it was used. Its amazing what you can find if you look hard enough. The nuts even come complete with knurling. Now thats got to be worth an extra couple off points.

wow you guys cant stop to amaze me with your ideas!

The part that amazed me the most is the way you modified the batteries. J)

Done a little more work this w/end, not as much as I would have liked, due to family commitments.

2nd post updated with new progress.

Coming along nicely FmC. It looks like coke cans are the flavour off the month in mods.

that’s some very neat work you’re doing there! Coke can’s are awesome, they’re useful for all kinds of things.

That is looking quite nice! Great job FmC. Maybe I should start my build soon…

Great find on the brass. I can hear it now ” can I help you sir?“, ”no thanks, just looking”. No idea how many times I’ve wandered the isles looking for “I don’t know what”. Borrowed my share of tape measures too.

I’d suggest to find another shop if they don’t supply customer service. Whoever heard off a plumbers supply not helping you find the fitting that’s just right to build flashlights with. Whats happened to this world. Unbelievable.
Still watching. :slight_smile:

Mine went something like this:
“Can I help you sir?”
“Yeah, I’m looking for a threaded adapter in copper that I can use for a flashlight head”
[blank stare] “OK, well everything we have in copper [starts backing away] is in this aisle, so if it’s not here [raises voice due to distance] we do not have it.”
“Sure, no problem, thanks!”

After that, now I just say what RBD says :smiley:

Yeah, lesson learned. Now I put on my stupid face and say “nope” whenever they ask. I like the way this is turning out and the tricks you use.

When I get asked that question, I just start drooling and twitching and blurt out “they have tried…”

2nd post updated again with a little more work on the pill/heatsink.

…I actually needed help in the hardware store a few weeks ago;

Me; “Excuse me…”

Enthusiastic employee; “Yes, what can I help you with?”

Me; “Where’s the toilet around here???”

Enthusiastic employee; [smile reduces substantially]“Oh… ….right down the end isle, in the back corner”

Me; [walks rather quickly away]…

This is looking good! If this light is ever going to be buried and they dig it up 500 years from now, they will peel away all the layers of this light and will have a hard time explaning what has happened here .

It’s finished!! 3rd post updated with final build pics & working photos.

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