Last night I completed the head work on another custom micro maglite.
Went outside :O
Got some beamshots, more literally...
I spent an honest two hours trying to get my free Ultraifre C1 host from Dino Direct to work. The clicky switch was a catastrophe and required extensive modification before the light would work very aggravating. The final result is a working light with a tail cap that doesn't quite fit right with a 1-2mm gap from being able to screw all the way on. Had I paid for this light I would have sent it back because the switch was junk. This took a lot of time away from other projects i had planned on working on.
Classic Flashlight trick...
From Left = Legion II sst-50 (neutral tint), M60R SST-50, Predator XP-G 5A tint, 120P XM-L 5 tint.
The Legion is more of a thrower, but has a narrow spill.
Janko did you have this problem with the C2 build like I did?
I had to answer the question my wife asked, "Did you buy something from DealExtreme?" I said yes and she said "OK cool, just wanted to make sure it wasn't fraud."
Now my ex-wife, she would have thrown a fit saying "You don't need another flashlight!!!"
That's why she is my ex and I love my current wife very much.
Those of us in AZ know of an annoying bug that is only annoying in the summer, I think they are called Cicadas. They make a LOUD buzzing sound constantly in the trees. Well tonight I decided to see if I could actually "see" them in the tree so I broke out a 700 lumen light and lit up the tree. Instantly the buzzing sound stopped! I turned the light off and the buzzing resumed. Turned it back on and... silence. Hmmmm... I may be on to something here. Apparently they don't like light. Which is odd because they also buzz during the daytime. I'm gonna have to experiment with this more.
After the SkyRay debacle, I figure I'd have a modding session to clear out the negative energy. :) So I managed to mod my 980L to a T4 XM-L with 5 tint (not sure which bin exactly) and change the driver to a NANJG 105c. The light is now entirely reasonable and not the complete madman that everybody loves (tentatively). :p
I also took my new Ultrafire MCU-C88 (its the triple AA light) and swapped out the Q5 and driver for a T6 3 tint XM-L and a 105c. Now THIS is a light! It has a tighter spot than the 980L and has a pill with MUCH more mass. I'm getting 2.7A from 3 Duraloops and I'm considering putting in the UF driver from the 980L because its so well heatsinked I think I could give it more. I'm surprised they haven't made an XM-L version of this yet.
Nice .
Today I finally found some time to tinker with this light. First I tried to re-program the MCU, but since it wouldn't respond to ISP, I replaced it with a PIC12F683. I have never used this MCU before, so I spent almost six hours figuring out how to do simple digital input. (Hint: you need to configure three(!) registers for this. Five if you want to enable the pull-ups.) And people wonder why I prefer to use Atmel-MCUs...
biked about 15km at 1am in light rain with two nw xm-ls -worth it:)
As with 80% of the year, spent almost all day lying down on the living room sofa-bed. Playing with some of my lights.
Crohn's disease sucks!!
Where do you get your fiberglass from. Im currently taking using PCBs, and grinding off the copper side.
I am getting itchy just looking at it.
Ah yes, those are awesome.
i had a basketball match today, but lost 
Well I had some free time, so I took apart my Yezl Z1X and put in a neutral XM-L and a 1.4A driver. Its much better now... plenty bright and has a usable low.
Then I decided to make one of the best lights ever even better. I took apart my ramping D10 R2 and put my last neutral XM-L in it. I can't believe I dared to mess with perfection and I didn't screw it up. Now I just have to figure out the best way reattach the clip since the screw holes are stripped out.
Today I shipped an XM-L MicroMag to my first customer. Pretty exciting stuff for me. :)
Congrats on shipping the MicroMag JohnnyMac feels good don't it.
I built a boosted XPG R4 3D with a 5x7135 driver P-60 drop in. I fully expected it to max out around 1.5 amps but she blazes at 1.725, if it doesn't dedome on my torcher test I think I may be onto something here. This P-60 drop in is visibly much brighter then the 1.4 amp version which says a lot about the added lumens output. If anybody cares to comment about this test I am all ears because I am very pleased with the results so far and I am tempted to try a 2 amp version if this one doesn't melt down.