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

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.

Sweet looking light! I’d buy a light like that. :smiley:

Topic is now updated with photos and description. :slight_smile:

Damn, i which I own the right amount of toys…errr…tools to do this al for myself!!!
(once when I worked at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing they had a sweet machining shop! Damn I was thinking about an “internship” there…)

Great work man!