Hi fellas. I got into a rather large machining job which I had to prioritize and haven’t had time for anything else. I see the light at the end of the tunnel though and will be able to get back to my fun/hobby projects soon. I will update when I cut some of these these from black acetal.
shrick, I’d recommend using acetal (delrin) if you make them manually. It’s doable but not the easiest project for a novice and it will probably take more effort than it’s worth. As for the tiny end mills, you can use a 1/32” 2fl which shouldn’t give you any trouble in acetal. In the square pocket, machine a relief past the corners in one axis to provide clearance, at least the radius of the cutter in length.
I just notice this thread, but Hoop doesn’t seem to online very often. I would like to order a few pieces of XP-G2 size to new Convoy C8 XM-L2 reflector, is this offer still going on?
would such an XP2XM-Adapter be possible? Outer diameter of XM-Footprint and inner Diameter of the XP-Footprint so they could fit the original centering adapters. I often swap XM-L2 against XP-L or XP-G2. At the moment i make these by hand with a file from an XP-centering adapter …
I would buy like 20-30 of those if I could get some. It frustrates me to no end that I can’t get an XM centering ring just with an XP internal dimension. It seems soo simple and yet no one has them and the fasttech ones suck, have already tried them.
Well, technically, it could, except that the plastic used for 3D printing is made to melt at a low-ish temp, and these LEDs create quite a bit of heat when run hard. Of course, the solution is to not run your LED very hard. :_(
What about a higher temperature filament, such as nylon? I know my printer can reach the +235°C temps required to print with the material. Does the LED reach temperatures this high?
Sorry yall! I took a break from flashlight work for a while because I was too busy but THIS SALE IS BACK ON. Please re-submit a purchase request if you had previously proposed a size and still want it. All old requests are still in the original post.
These will now be made from black acetal instead of white nylon.
Simple washers and spacers are now $1 each; centering rings are still $2 each.
Added Kenjii’s XM to XP adapters [post #58] to the new queue.
UPDATE:
These are pretty tricky to machine. The prototype is a little loose on the 219C; I will tighten the spacer pocket by up to .002” per side. I need add a deburring cycle to the program as well.
Circular pockets seem to be all the rage these days to avoid the dreaded centering ring dedome. On these larger gaskets this is an option. Which would you prefer nofearek9? Round or square?
Round pockets will also alleviate the solder bead interference problem.
@Nofearek9: If you need me to add slots or some other provision like a back side pocket to allow clearance for the wires on those centering rings let me know, I can do that. Not sure what your plan is. Hammer some solid core copper wire flat and you’ve got yourself a handy flat lead.
@MG: Sounds good. I’ll get the Convoy rings modeled up with round center holes and added to the queue. Let me know if you’d prefer a square center hole.