The SK68 Reborn: *UPDATED with build info & photos.

Awesome...I would just like some knurling or grooves on the battery end cap...slicker than greased owl spit

Your "streamlined" SK68 is absolutely SWEET though! Doesn't even look like the same critter!

Pocket friendly and SK68 can actually be used positively in the same sentence. Of course, "DenBarrettSAR's modded", has to be included to make it truthful. Looks great.

i have knurled the tailcap on this rebuild to fix that. :slight_smile:
( and i agree that the smooth stock SK68 tailcaps can be a pain to remove after eating french-fries or with wet hands.

Man, that looks excellent!

Need ketchup, then your fingers are sticky enough to change cells.

As the others said. Looks amazing.

you are the man

wow… you’re definitely fit the bill as a flasholic.
spending a lot of time and effort to convert a $3 light :smiley:
nevertheless, it’s beautiful looking light :beer:

To me (and many of us here in the Budget Light Community :stuck_out_tongue: )
it’s the satisfaction & challenge of improving a $3 light to a light that is worth more to us, and more functional to us to perform & look like a higher costing light.

And it’s shiny :smiley:

That is pretty cool. But you basically turned the SK68 into a C78 :stuck_out_tongue:

@DenBarretSAR
How did you get that roughened part in the middle to be wider on the modded sk68?

OH SNAP!

http://dx.com/p/torch-light-c78-flood-to-throw-zooming-cree-q3-wc-130-lumen-led-flashlight-1-aa-29095

But doing it yourself was a WHOLE lot funner and he learned stuff

That is what makes the sk68 much better! And nicer than the c78 I think. Lumatic had a go on something like this a year ago, but you did it more thoroughly.

The knurled middle part is actually slightly narrower now that the original SK68. i machined the SK body down to a smooth tube, then re-knurled the body area.

its now “Racoon hand sized” too. :slight_smile:

That is awesome! Great work DB!

That is pretty sick. Keep us posted.

Mr_Krabs wrote:

That is pretty cool. But you basically turned the SK68 into a C78 . . .

Well, I don't believe that DBSAR or anyone else ever claimed what we do around here makes sense. Prolly wouldn't be much fun if it did.