4th Annual BLF/OL Scratch Made Light Contest- Hand Made 10/31 finished

Giveaways and Contests
3

By the numbers…

There are:
25 separate pieces of brass. 6 in the head, 13 in the tube/switch, and 6 in the tail
(Not including pieces used for jig)
12 pieces of aluminum in the fins and spacers
5 pieces of copper all in the head
3 pieces of wood
Bought flashlight parts:
Lens - as is
Reflector- modded outside surface to fit
Butterfly spacer - minor mod for wire clearance
219 C led reflowed onto 16mm Sinkpad with butane torch
(Wire slots widened and mcpcb filed to center emitter)
Mtn 17DD driver purchased with wires and spring bypass
MtnE short heavy springs -as is
.5A push button reverse clicky switch modded for high current
3 used pcb’s modded into contact boards and led backlight board
2-0805 blue LEDs soldered to backlight board with 10k R current control
(On when light is on)
4 trits, 1 green on backlight board and 1 each green, yellow, and blue under tail cap cabochon
(Always on)
2 moonstone cabochons, 1-9mm at switch and 1-17.5 mm sanded to 16.5mm in tail

Length:
Head 42.8 mm
Tube 100 mm
Overall 142 mm

Width:
Head 29.8 mm
Tube 25.7 mm(varies from 25.5-25.8mm)

Turbo current is 4.3A @4.1V
Moon mode current is 2.8mA with leakage though 10k R ~.4 mA

Weight (will add this data tomorrow as I have no scale)

4

Mine three
A few more shots Grain matched Trit lit cabochon is actually quite visible to dark adjusted eyes though not in any way bright.

5

Maybe I’ll share this one.

6

This build is going to be the ducks guts. Love your builds RBD. While your helping others here can I have that piece of wood?

7

looking forward to this :smiley:

8

That’s a beautiful chunk of wood you’ve got there. Amboyna burl? Or perhaps Redwood?

9

Bushwood. Seriously it’s from some unknown root ball I found on the beach. I’d like to find out. You can buy resin impregnated wood blanks for turning but I haven’t seen one like this. I don’t know if I’ll use this one or not but I like how it finishes.

10

Looks very interesting. Good luck in the comp!

Hand made?

11

Yes

12

So I cant have it? The piece of wood that is. :cry:

13

I’ve got wood too… :innocent:

Good luck with the build! :slight_smile:

14

We all have wood. :person_facepalming:

I went and got my own. I dont think RBD wants to give his away. Looks good for something that came of the beach. The grain looks amazing.

15

Aha, people all pay attention to the wood. Looks great. Look forward to the finished product.

16

Cool! “Found” wood is always the best — it’s wood with a story :slight_smile:

17

Man, that is a real beautiful piece of wood there (not trying to pun). If anyone can do it justice, it’s RBD. Best wishes.

18

Too many wooden one liners here, waiting for someone to use them.

As always, I look forward especially, to your builds, as I know just how much labor of love you put into them.

19

I’m sure SB appreciates our restraint. Besides, in this high tech age, hardware sees more action than good ole’ wood. :person_facepalming:

20

New stuff in op.

21

Your one up on me with a reciprocating saw. its good to see you make a start RBD. No doubt I’ll be lost with the next instalment. :stuck_out_tongue:

22

I’m the one that got lost.