3rd Annual BLF Scratch Made Light Contest
is Now Officially Open
Hello everyone,
The contest officially starts as of this posting and it runs (longer than last year!): until September 30th at Midnight (UTC).
Here are the Contest Rules:
Common Rules for All Contestants:
- You must make a build thread and you must be able to show clearly legible photos of the progress of the build
- The better your thread, the better your chances, since we can only judge on what you show us in your thread
- No outside services allowed => You cannot send your parts or light out for someone else to work on it, or to Anodize it or plate it (read: All work must be done by you!)
- Must be made from scratch = Cannot use a pre-existing light
- Must be a hand held and battery operated light (Read: Loosely classed as a flashlight. Lanterns and similar are ok. Loosely classified as battery: Also other portable energy sources are allowed)
- Single or multiple emitter, driver and battery configurations are allowed
- You may use some manufactured components such as; reflectors, P60 drop-ins, drivers, LEDs, “O”-Rings, switches or lenses
- You may not use manufactured flashlight parts such as: a bezel, body, tail cap or head
- You may enter with only one build, in only One Category: Machine Made OR Hand Made
Hand Made Category:
- All hand tools are acceptable, as well as these power tools:
- Soldering gun/station
- Electric Drill / Drill Press
- Dremel style Rotary tool
- Cutoff Saw including Band Saw and Table Saw
- Disc or Belt sander
- No other power tools, for example:
- Lathes
- End Mills
- or automated machines
Machine Made Category:
- Can be made using machines such as a Lathe or End Mill, or what I would consider machines found in a machine shop, or any other tools listed in the hand made category
A panel of judges composed of current members of BLF, from all walks of life and from different countries, will judge the winners of the competition. I will be one of the judges as well.
What do we judge the contestants on?
- Uniqueness/Innovativeness of the build: Is it a one of a kind? Different? Using New methods?
- Skill level of the finished build: Does it look like a hack job? Or were the finished parts/assemblies done with skill and care?
- Thoroughness of the build thread: Did the builder do a good job of showing and explaining to the forum, how he did the steps in the build?
- *NEW* Documenting also the failures & obstacles: How did the builder solve the inevitable problems? Documenting the obstacles and using the power of the BLF community to solve them is seen as a big plus!
- Following the guidelines: Did the builder follow the rules and guidelines written in the contest thread?
Contestants: Please remember to PM me with a link to your Build Thread.
POST your Build Threads HERE PLEASE
I will keep all of the links in Post #1, so people can easily find all the builds.
Thank you.
PRIZES:
Prizes will include at least the following:
- A replica of last year's winner (provided by DBSAR - see post #109 in this thread)
- BLF Custom Ti light (Unique and stylish light by WWEFANS, provided by WWEFANS & yours truly)
- Custom made copper light (provided by Ric-CN / www.edc-light.com - if it gets ready in time - to be confirmed)
- Manker Godmes (Bluetooth app controlled light, provided by Banggood)
- K40t (Modded searchlight with 1200m of throw, provided by hc-lights.fi)
- Olight S30 Ti (Very nice Titanium light, provided by Gearbest)
- Shadow JM35 (Small, one cell MTG2 light, provided by Gearbest)
- Gift certificates ($100 + 2 x $20 provided by Mountain Electronics)
- Sinner Custom Copper Triple EDC (provided by Sinner's Custom Host Designs)
- Fully modded 502B with copper fins and LD-2 driver (provided by Rufusbduck)
- Mystery 502B, modded by the master himself (provided by Old-Lumens)
+ something nice from MRsDNF? ;)
I'd like to thank the sponsors for their generosity, and would like to see all BLFers supporting their business: Please look to them when purchasing quality lights and accessories.
Prize distribution will be announced after we know the approximate number of participants in each category.
“Hand Made” category Prizes:
- To be announced
“Machine Made” Category Prizes:
- To be announced