3rd annual BLF Contest- Machine made triple nichia ( flashlight is FINISHED ) beamshot added

No pictures?

Te pics are gone! NOOOOOOOOoooooooo

Looking good. That one piece design seems like it will pose lots of challenges. Best wishes on your build. :)

Looks like you and Steve are taking it out on some reflectors. Quad vs triple.

looks like a very robust light! awesome work.

Very nice. They look like 20mm reflectors. How did you cut the angles on them.

the cutting of reflectors will be tomorrow (the one in the picture was just a trial to get the “feel” for it) and it will be in machine vice with parallel prisms for height adjustment and 60 degree angle holding piece (i will post pics of it) and the rest of the body will be finished on CNC milling machine…

Aargh! I hate those little blue ?’s

Yep.

What software are you using for design?

I wish I was there to watch this being made. I love the styling so far.

Anti roll, me like!

it is an old autocad…

actually there was a change of plans…i cut the reflectors on CNC… J)

I like that partly triangular head shape. It is more compact than leaving it round and it won’t roll off the table. It is also looking very neat.
Am I right that you used a mill, rather than the lathe with a four jaw chuck to make the offset round cuts for the reflectors?

Is the retainer milled as a separate piece or cut from the milled head?

hi, i am actually using home made CNC milling machine…

hi, the retainer is milled from separate piece because it has to have more material than walls of the body because it has to hold the glass, here are pics

i don’t know why the picturesare not always visible :frowning: