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In this case, the press fit is not terribly tight. It should tap in somewhat easily. It would really have to be tight to crack the body.
Thanks guys. If necessary, perhaps some light hand sanding of the aluminum pill cavity with a piece of 350 grit sand paper wrapped around a large wooden dowel could alleviate a tight fit before its pressed/tapped into place.
That's nice. Too bad I don't have one of those lights yet.
If FlashPilot is not taking this then I will. PM sent
Sold to pinkpanda.
If anyone else wants one, I can make them on an as needed basis.
Rice Krispies Treats included?
What the hell. Sure.
Freeze the copper pill in dry ice or liquid nitrogen. Makes it smaller till it warms up. Wear gloves and if you use nitrogen, a face shield.
I can't believe it, but it only took one week to go from Pennsylvania, USA to Perth Australia! I am surprised as hell. The parts that I sent to Matt took forever.
And I won’t be needing any liquid nitrogen 8)
Thanks for the deal Bucket.
Whoa, that is one serious looking pill. Congrats pinkpanda.
Missed this thread in the first go. Wonderful job. Sweet looking pill for sure.
Must weigh a lot more with that installed though!
That’s cool. Post some pictures for us Panda.
So, do you think I could pull the restrictions on my driver and run it at 100% with one of these?
It pulled over 14A for 4481 lumens with no restrictions.
Question…could you make it longer and mill a flat for the e-switch to clear? Since it’s a press fit it will go in a specific location straight down, a flat milled at the correct level would allow another 1/4” or more of copper to be utilized. Am I thinking right on that?
Yes, I could make it longer and mill a flat for the e-switch wires. I don't have it in front of me right now, but I believe doing that would allow it to extend closer to 1/2" or more further depending on what driver you use.
I have a BLF17DD piggybacked in pretty tight onto the original driver, said driver being stripped. I use short pieces of teflon wire in 3 place to get ground to the piggybacked driver and make a 3 legged support for it. So it’s strong and well grounded, only rises up about 1/2” above the OEM driver pcb.
*Would have to pull it and confirm of course.
I’m wondering if yet more copper could be squeezed in on the top side, filling the area where the base of the reflector sits? This might serve a dual purpose of giving more mass as well as more head contact to spread the heat out further, ultimately getting heat into the big aluminum pill as well where yet more mass would be available.
It isn’t easy getting rid of the heat from an MT-G2 at nearly 15A and over 4400 lumens.
It has also occurred to me that 2 battery tubes might be connected in order to utilize higher capacity 18650 cells in series…
Dale, we gotta see this.
Gazing into my crystal ball I catch a glimpse of an anodized 2 x 18650 tube by Bucket with Dbcstm on a note inside.