CRX Magnetic Brass Art - 2016 4th BLF Scratch Made Light Contest Winner

Giveaways and Contests
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Part One - Magnetic Brass Trench Lighter

This mini brass trench lighter is held together by strong neodymium magnets and friction.
Powered by refined lighter fluid or almost any combustible liquid in a pinch.
Made from 15/32” (11.9mm), 7/16” (11.1mm), and 13/32 (10.31mm) brass tubing and 0.5mm brass sheet.

Height - 40mm
Depth - 12mm
Weight - 20 grams
Parts - 21
Time - 10 Hours

Part two coming up…

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Part Two - Mini Brass Magnetic Lantern

This mini brass lantern is twist switch operated, held together by the use of strong neodymium magnets and friction.
Powered by a 10180 cell it will operate for more than 70 hours continuous use.
Made from 15/32” (11.9mm) and 7/16” (11.1mm) brass tubing and 0.5mm brass sheet.

After experimenting with various resistors I found the best light output/ runtime for me to be achieved with a 1000 Ohm SMD resistor soldered in line with the positive line of the LED’s.

Height - 40mm
Depth - 12mm
Weight - 16 grams
Parts - 26
Time - 12 Hours


Part three coming up…

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Part Three - Brass Pocket Bellows & Ferrocerium Rod

If you haven’t guessed yet, this is a small camping/ outdoor kit.

In this part I have made an extendable fire straw or pocket bellows (used for blowing on embers made with a ferrocerium rods sparks to get a fire going, it’s a very useful piece to have in your kit)
Powered by, however much puff you have left in you :wink:
Made from 15/32” (11.9mm), 7/16” (11.1mm), 13/32 (10.31mm), 3/8” (9.52mm), 11/32” (8.73mm), 5/16” (7.94mm), 9/32” (7.14mm) and 1/4” (6.35mm) brass tubing plus a 75mm x 6mm ferrocerium rod.

Length – 80mm - 285mm
Depth – 12mm
Weight – 44 grams
Parts - 28
Time - 8 Hours

Part four coming up…

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For Lease

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You’re making a brass blowgun / flashlight that shoots nuts and bolts if you blow hard enough? :blush:

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You got it :stuck_out_tongue:

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How much?, i might need it :laughing:

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Someone here has an idea what there doing? That’ll be the day. :person_facepalming: :slight_smile:

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Good luck, I have no idea what to do this year… No different from the last few times really…

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Thats the spirit FMC.

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Gatling flashlight style each sourced with fet driver and one 18650 cell?

We’ll see :slight_smile:

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Hmmm, sounding interesting already.

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:smiley: Brass makes me smile.

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Definitely a winner here! This is going to blow some socks off!! :beer:

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Looks very interesting and possibly very tiny. Thanks for being in the contest this year.

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Just WOW. That is the hottest light I’ve seen here for awhile. Its smokin. :+1:

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I just sat here for 5 mins with my mouth open….

10 hours? - can I borrow a little of your spare time please?

:beer:

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Oh my, I wish there was a gofundmyimagination site where others could borrow some of that stuff.

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Brass is good. Great pictures too.

Need some sort of -fire name for it.

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Thanks OL

I thought it was here… :slight_smile:

Certainly Not! :laughing: