mrsdnf 2015 BLF comp build updated post 5, 20.9.15 The light is now finished.

Oh man, bummer about the bezel :(

At least you have two assistants to blame - there's only so much I can lay on Jack....

:beer:

Phooey, million dollar body and a ten cent brain(recycle value only).

I did sketched the bezel on a piece of paper and missed that one important piece of information. I'll blame the sacked assistants for distracting me even though they were nowhere in sight.

Yeah, I have lots of copper and brass parts that are missing small bits of information too. I try to lay out my builds so that I can fudge things along until I know what the heck I’m doing but sometimes awareness comes too late.

Gorgeous piece it's developing into. All the way down to the battery carrier.

That's great seeing Lucy ride with you. I picture the first time being quite awkward. Or did she take to it natural like?

Thanks ImA4Wheelr. Loopy wasn't sure the first couple of attempts but she slowly warmed to it where Jack just downright panics. I haven't given up on him getting to like it, just a little at a time. They both love heading to the scrub though which is good.

What would the now sacked assistants need to do to become un sacked? It must be nice to just know how to do something on the lathe. Plenty to figure out but knowing the processes involved must help to Lego it out. Poor Dale is just now trying to scrub the window and have a peek into that sanctum of know how. Would you consider doing an in depth start to finish with him. A Tandem build as it were. Maybe not now or even soon but down the road a bit when he has acquired enough knowledge to ask the right questions. I’m sure it would entertain more than just I.

Dnf may be guilty of offering Dale advice in the background.

After the post by TL I don't think I will be building anything with anyone in public. I would be severely shamed in the respect I do it my way which is apparently the wrong way. Nice thought though. With Dales imagination I'm sure he'd also put me to shame on the creativity side of it as well.

How do the two sacked assistants become unsacked. I'm not sure to be honest. Probably if they actually did something instead of me doing everything for them. Like tonight I'll get home from work with the plan to do a bezel but I know already that there will be two dogs badgering me until they get there way and that is a long walk. When I get home from taking the dogs for their walk tea will be on the table after which I get to watch a bit of news on the idiot box and then its time to catch some ZZZs of which the same cycle starts again early in the next morning. I wouldn't want it any other way.

As far as I can tell everyone doing DIY stuff here has their own methods and preferences and I’m happy to watch and learn from all of them even if I don’t do it their way. You get great results with the equipment at hand and at best that’s all any of us really can hope for. It was just a thought to allow a non-machinist to vicariously(v-i-c-a-r-i-o-u-s-l-y, yup) share in Dale’s journey. Guess I’ll have to dredge up a Buck video instead. Woe is me. :_(

Update in post five down the bottom.

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/34352#comment-781069

So it’s like a shocker tube light? Neat slots. Do you have an end mill bit small enough for trits? And as always, I love the knurling, it looks very even on this one.

The 1/4'' end mill is the smallest l have. I couldn't imagine a tool small enough to do trits. The battery holder is a modded shocker unit. I've got a couple kicking around.

I've made a last minute change with the driver. Comparing RMM's driver to the other five amp driver he sells on a single XML-2 led the current draw is comparable but in my setup where the driver outputs just under seven volts on high the alternate driver is ahead by around an amp. I just hope it stands up to the punishment.

I've got the holes for the wires to the leds drilled, the bezel parted of and the stars modded to get the wiring all to fit, I hope. I'm going to have to have a look at the reflectors next and file a very small amount off them to fit neatly into the head. Touch wood my fingers dont touch the reflective surface.

Looking mighty fine. Can’t wait to see the finished product. No doubt it’s going to be another MRsDNF masterpiece.

Thanks nickelflipper. Just a quick PM update in post 5. This is one of the pictures I've just posted there. If I may say so I'm a little excited with how well the reflectors sit in the housing after some fine tuning with a file.

As always, I'm in awe of the designs that come out of your lathe. Looking nice!

Very nice!

Looking good :beer:

great build!

you got tools AND skillz !

Update in post five down the bottom 13.9.15.

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/34352#comment-781069

Some beautiful machine work going into this! :slight_smile: looking great so far.