FmC's 2nd Annual Handmade Light Build; "The Hand Mortar" -It's done!!!- Updated daylight pics.

Giveaways and Contests
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That would be cool. You can’t start with flashlight parts but you could certainly do a conversion of something else if making your own stock is too complicated. Even a conversion wound involve quite a bit of work.

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No - I’m going to make the stock from a lump of timber - that should be fairly easy. The trigger mechanism & barrel - not so easy!

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Brass is much cheaper at the salvage yard and easily soldered & just a bit harder to braze(need a mapp torch minimum). I bought $30 worth of stuff for only $6 by weight.

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Getting a bit more done - long weekend, should be able to put a good dent in it…. :beer:

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Diesel is good for plenty of low end torque… so a floody emitter fits the bill nicely. Subscribed …despite the Patrol part number.

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Sorry - no Toyota’s at work that day….

…bump for today’s work… :beer:

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Hey, you got the same sub $5 multi meter I got!

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Ahhh, but does it have the modded probe wires & repaired trace on the circuit board from trying to measure a little more amps than it can handle? :bigsmile:

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Looking good. A small spacer that fits in the gap on the lens retainer will prevent it being distorted where the screw goes through. It could also be the start of a mount for a handle or it could just be left the way it is and I'll shut up.

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I’ll be doing something with the joint on the bezel, I just don’t know what yet… I’ve filed it up a little since that shot to even both the tabs up.

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going to be a cool shoulder-fired light when its completed :slight_smile:

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Looking good.

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Thanks guys, bump for today’s progress….

So many more intricate parts that I want to do…… time will tell.

:beer: :beer:

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Very cool build. I almost used that same reflector from FT. It seems to be a pretty good reflector.

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Good recovery. The timber work turned out nicely.

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It’s pretty thin, & mine came with a few small dings in it, but for a couple of bucks….

I used their ‘protective box’ shipping upgrade, as a few guys who tried to buy them ended up getting a squashed piece of alloy in their mailbox….

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Tell me about it. I though mine was going to be simple. The devil, Murphy, Puck, and all their friends are hanging out in a club called “THE DETAILS”.

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Bump for today’s work (end of post #4).

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I like how people are incorporating wood into their builds, it gives flashlights, err… hand mortars, a whole new dimension. Keep it up, this is going to be a good one.

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Cool, I really dig this build. Looking forward to more.