Sirius9 wrote:

this will be excellent source of free ideas

My thoughts exactly. Nothing like borrowing someone else’s idea.

relic38 wrote:

Rufusbduck wrote:

relic38 wrote:

I have my general concept planned now.

• Reflector ordered
• Home Depot loitered
• Dremel primed
• Sandpaper ready
• soldering iron tested (can I use hot air reflow?, it’s part of my soldering station )
• hacksaw blade replaced
• First-Aid kit restocked
• Emergency numbers posted nearby

The countdown begins. J)

You have forgotten the primary ingredients,
For design: halucinogenics
For developement: mild euohorics(beer, etc)
For recovery: pain killers(band aids), I see you have those listed.

Warning, it is inadvisable to work with an open flame near alchohol above 100 proof.

I thought those ingredients were inherent, like eggs for breakfast J)

Mr Moose, fake, ruse builds will be considered grounds for DQ. 0:)

And yes, since the builds will all be posted, I’ll be on the lookout for good ideas to
steal industriously espy.

This is a great Idea Old-Lumens!
I hope I will find the time, energy and parts to make something decent..

If this becomes a success. I would recommend for the future (or maybe right away) , that the time frame becomes longer. As some here have already said, free time to do a build from scratch can be lilmited compared to the time It would take. And if parts are needed, well, sometimes parts from China wont even arrive within a month.
More people will be able to participate with a longer time-frame..
If this could become a montly thing, well, 12 unique builds a year! We all know only Old-Lumens seems to be up to such things..
Us regular mortals on the other hand, It will easily become too much.. Ofcourse, one could always pass, but longer time frames, would automatically make it easier for more people to participate… I think.. These are just my thoughts, I may be wrong.

Im probably up for the challenge though! I think.. I have to shop some ingredients first..
Halucinogenics mixed with some sort of liquid might be a good start… Ill see how the brain-storming goes, and take it from there. S)
Thanks for the tips Rufusbduck!

Rufusbduck wrote:

You have forgotten the primary ingredients,
For design: halucinogenics
For developement: mild euohorics(beer, etc)
For recovery: pain killers(band aids), I see you have those listed.

Warning, it is inadvisable to work with an open flame near alchohol above 100 proof.

Rufusbduck wrote:

Handmade in the USA.

I may have to work my design around a Scotch bottle and a candle as there aint going to be anything delivered from China in the allotted time. Is this part off a ghastly plan to make people think? Panadol please.

We need some new comers jumping on board. Nows your chance and there is a cash incentive to make it worthwhile. This could be the start off a new career for someone with recognition worldwide through this forum.

My brain is whirring…

Old-Lumens wrote:

How about portable? Hand held, head held, as long as it’s meant for portability. Make sense?

 

sweet! Well, I often hold my head in my hands, particularly when I realise I put something on the car backwards, so it’ll be sort of hand held too The only problem I’ll have is holding off on this before the start date. Guess I’ll just have to LEDify a desklamp in the meantime..

looking forward to all the great lights that are about to be born! I’d put my money on RBD personally, although I could always send him some 95% ethanol from the lab to “distract” him J)

Really great idea Old-Lumens! This thread is going Sticky and Frontpage.

Hmm….yes…yesss….nothing like a competition to get the creative juices flowing…

I have so many ideas!
Currently, my main problem is deciding between all the ideas!
Once the decision is made, Ill get a new problem. Can I make it happen in a decent way.

Quote:

The Contest begins on Midnight UTC 06/09/2013 and runs until Midnight UTC 06/30/2013. Do not start your build before the contest starts.

Are we not allowed to start “tinkering” with parts and such?? I would like to maybe start slowly, this weekend, because Im not sure I will use the “host” that I am planing on using.. (Relax, its not a flashlight host..) And the best way to find if I can work on/with it, is to do a little work on it. I will not post anything about it.

I'd love to be in this one but I have too much going on right now to complete in a week.  Can't wait to see the entries that turn up in this! 8)

Sounds like fun. I should be able to whip up something.

Ok then, I'm in, for the one without machinery. I will have a hard time not using the electrix sander though....

JohnnyMac wrote:

I’d love to be in this one but I have too much going on right now to complete in a week.  Can’t wait to see the entries that turn up in this! 8)

I’m pondering but I don’t see me taking part, although I do have a mule light idea brewing that’s been in the “I wonder” stage for a while.

One tip for people worrying about parts, you could aways strip a light as a donor then order the parts to replace, ie a c8 or p60 would be easy to replace the parts you borrow till the post man does the medical resup.

relic38 wrote:

JohnnyMac wrote:

I'd love to be in this one but I have too much going on right now to complete in a week.  Can't wait to see the entries that turn up in this! 8)

Well, good news then; it doesn't start until the end of next week, and runs for three weeks ;)

One question for the panel: (spoiler alert! stop reading here if you don’t want to know anything about my top secret project!)

If I’m doing a multi emitter light, does a single power tool battery pack with multiple cells inside meet the definition of “multi-cell”?

(I could step down to a single emitter, but that’d mean stealing parts from other lights that actually work.)

Thanks!

Rules!

Who needs them?

The best comment I ever heard about the game of cricket. (Which I believe has lots and lots of rules) was from an American visitor who had just had the game explained to them: "It's got rules, why spoil it with rules?"

Will we need to post a verbal design plan or will “your guess is as good as mine what I’m doing” be the order of the day?

I think a balance should be kept between enough time and lack of urgency

Hey ruffles, a pack is almost by definition multicell so I would think a pack might be considered like a multicell carrier(AAA for example)fwiw.

Old-Lumens wrote:

How about portable? Hand held, head held, as long as it’s meant for portability. Make sense?

 

You just introduced doubt into one of the ideas I had for an early build now that I was going to begin modding. In the first post I would have called it as clearly not qualifying but now….

It’s portable in the sense of it’s small, light, and easy to take along. The idea is more along the the lines of a small emergency light. Small, light and portable enough to carry along in a pack camping. I suppose it could be held in the hand to point forward while moving but it would be awkward. It’s more of a multifuel LED lantern than flashlight or headlamp. If that doesn’t work I have an idea that would make it more of a forward pointing pack strap light.

Just want to confirm which way I am looking at since it affects a couple parts choices.

Hey OL,

Man this is a terrific idea.    Count me in!!

Put me down for the machine made category.

Does an LED array count as a multi-emitter?

Hi OL, could you possibly include another category; multi-cell single emitter?

Go on, I know you love your eneloops

Hopback wrote:

Hi OL, could you possibly include another category; multi-cell single emitter?

Go on, I know you love your eneloops