I think you missed the edit for hand-made.
I assume that sub-category change applies to the hand-built category as well. My light idea fits the new and previous sub-categories, so it doesn’t matter to me.
I think you missed the edit for hand-made. I assume that sub-category change applies to the hand-built category as well. My light idea fits the new and previous sub-categories, so it doesn't matter to me.
Edited the OP again.
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I’m in for a very large headache of the machine variety. Thanks for the extension to the build time. I get my plastic friend off on the 24th so cant really start till then, maybe.
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I am in for the handmade category. It’s not clearly across the line of portability but close enough I’ll let the judges assess it for disqualification instead of giving it away.
"No pre-made heat sink" I've built lights using heatsinks from computers radios etc in the past, they are pre-made. Are they banned? Thanks.
Hand made would be cutting up a stick of aluminum or making one out of plumbing parts. If you have to cut/form the heat sink to fit, I think it qualifies, but if it's a slip in fit, no work/no worries, I think it's pre-made. Is that clear as mud?
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OK – I’ve been stumped with a decent enough idea until this afternoon.
I was sitting on the couch eating hot chilli/cheese, watching some pre-recorded Top Gear, & drinking beer (…so you know it’s got to be a quality idea…)
I spotted something s) sitting on the living room table that would work…
Location: A light beam away from the missus in the land of Aus.
FmC wrote:
OK – I’ve been stumped with a decent enough idea until this afternoon.
I was sitting on the couch eating hot chilli/cheese, watching some pre-recorded Top Gear, & drinking beer (…so you know it’s got to be a quality idea…)
I spotted something s) sitting on the living room table that would work…
I’m now in for a hand-made, single emitter build
Is it plastic?
Whoops I meant to say bump. I’m still waiting for someone to give me an idea on what to build. I looked on my lounge room table and saw empty beer cans. Do I have to recycle these in a furnace to build a light?
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djozz quotes, "it came with chinese lettering that is chinese to me".
"My man mousehole needs one too"
old4570 said "I'm not an expert , so don't suffer from any such technical restrictions".
Old-Lumens. Highly admired and cherished member of Budget Light Forum. 11.5.2011 - 20.12.16. RIP.
OK – I’ve been stumped with a decent enough idea until this afternoon.
I was sitting on the couch eating hot chilli/cheese, watching some pre-recorded Top Gear, & drinking beer (…so you know it’s got to be a quality idea…)
I spotted something s) sitting on the living room table that would work…
I’m now in for a hand-made, single emitter build
Is it plastic?
Whoops I meant to say bump. I’m still waiting for someone to give me an idea on what to build. I looked on my lounge room table and saw empty beer cans. Do I have to recycle these in a furnace to build a light?
No, but you can fit quite the reflector in the end of a beer can….
Thanks for moving the end date!
I probably will not have time bevore July 12th, so I would like to enter with a really quick&dirty build in the hand made category, just for the fun of it. (Building stuff with things found in the bits and bobs box is always fun, won’t buy any parts for it. ^^)
Wow talk about a challenge… Unlike you mainland based guys, there is no time (or $$)for me to bring in parts so I have to use what I have and what the hardware provides…
For people who are curious about flashlights I’ve slapped together from random parts, check out my Ugly babies thread
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My gratitude to those who are willing and able to help others (in whatever way you can)! Being human is more than just existing for yourself.
Eebowler, I’m thinking that consideration will be given to location problems. I’ll be using only parts already on hand for this one but half the fun is figuring out how to Mcguyver something together out of odd bits and sparse tools.
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Three Tanna leaves to give him life, nine to give him movement. But what if he eats the whole bag?
OK – I’ve been stumped with a decent enough idea until this afternoon.
I was sitting on the couch eating hot chilli/cheese, watching some pre-recorded Top Gear, & drinking beer (…so you know it’s got to be a quality idea…)
I spotted something s) sitting on the living room table that would work…
I’m now in for a hand-made, single emitter build
Is it plastic?
Whoops I meant to say bump. I’m still waiting for someone to give me an idea on what to build. I looked on my lounge room table and saw empty beer cans. Do I have to recycle these in a furnace to build a light?
How about a beer can with 5 × 18650 and 5 x XML or 4 cells 2s2p with an mtg2? Just imagine what you could fit in a Foster’s can. Beer flood.
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Three Tanna leaves to give him life, nine to give him movement. But what if he eats the whole bag?
Location: A light beam away from the missus in the land of Aus.
Rufusbduck wrote:
MRsDNF wrote:
FmC wrote:
OK – I’ve been stumped with a decent enough idea until this afternoon.
I was sitting on the couch eating hot chilli/cheese, watching some pre-recorded Top Gear, & drinking beer (…so you know it’s got to be a quality idea…)
I spotted something s) sitting on the living room table that would work…
I’m now in for a hand-made, single emitter build
Is it plastic?
Whoops I meant to say bump. I’m still waiting for someone to give me an idea on what to build. I looked on my lounge room table and saw empty beer cans. Do I have to recycle these in a furnace to build a light?
How about a beer can with 5 × 18650 and 5 x XML or 4 cells 2s2p with an mtg2? Just imagine what you could fit in a Foster’s can. Beer flood.
Theres only green cans here.
Chicago X wrote:
Rufusbduck wrote:
How about a beer can with 5 × 18650 and 5 x XML or 4 cells 2s2p with an mtg2? Just imagine what you could fit in a Foster’s can. Beer flood.
Well, there goes MY idea…
I dont know when the last time I saw a fosters can was. Green cans here are VB (Victoria Bitter). I seriously have no idea what to build.
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djozz quotes, "it came with chinese lettering that is chinese to me".
"My man mousehole needs one too"
old4570 said "I'm not an expert , so don't suffer from any such technical restrictions".
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3 DAYS LEFT!!! Almost time to get the party started
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It's getting closer for sure! I'm going to have to go back and see if I can figure out who is really entering or not, so I can make a list! It's like Santa, making a list and checking who's naughty and who's nice.
I think I'm loosing it...
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Location: A light beam away from the missus in the land of Aus.
Old-Lumens wrote:
I think I’m loosing it…
I’m not sure where you thought this up from. I’m afraid to tell you that you have already lost it and from the above comment delusional as well.
I’m in but cant start for a couple off weeks in the m/c section. Looks like l’ll need that long to think off something. Thanks again.
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djozz quotes, "it came with chinese lettering that is chinese to me".
"My man mousehole needs one too"
old4570 said "I'm not an expert , so don't suffer from any such technical restrictions".
Old-Lumens. Highly admired and cherished member of Budget Light Forum. 11.5.2011 - 20.12.16. RIP.
Do we have to be certain on the category before we start?
I will opt for hand made, which I have been put into.. But working with a dremel, knowing I have a bench-grinder,drill press and various other stuff at my side. I may end up using those tools instead for certain tasks depending on how the build turns out and if I get too fed up with the Dremel, for the sake of using the dremel.
So there is a possibility that I will disqualify for the “hand made” category and end up in the “machine made” category despite doing a 98,5% “hand-made” light…
I assume that is OK as long as Im honest about it?
It would be nice to be able to do the decisions while doing the build, depending on how things turns out. I have no idea how I will do certain things on the light yet.
And if I get the feeling that I am using a stone in order to knock a nail into wood, I may end up picking up the hammer that is easily available…
I think you missed the edit for hand-made.
I assume that sub-category change applies to the hand-built category as well. My light idea fits the new and previous sub-categories, so it doesn’t matter to me.
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I’m in for a very large headache of the machine variety. Thanks for the extension to the build time. I get my plastic friend off on the 24th so cant really start till then, maybe.
djozz quotes, "it came with chinese lettering that is chinese to me".
"My man mousehole needs one too"
old4570 said "I'm not an expert , so don't suffer from any such technical restrictions".
Old-Lumens. Highly admired and cherished member of Budget Light Forum. 11.5.2011 - 20.12.16. RIP.
“No pre-made heat sink” I’ve built lights using heatsinks from computers radios etc in the past, they are pre-made. Are they banned? Thanks.
My gratitude to those who are willing and able to help others (in whatever way you can)! Being human is more than just existing for yourself.
I am in for the handmade category. It’s not clearly across the line of portability but close enough I’ll let the judges assess it for disqualification instead of giving it away.
Let there be parts…
My PayPal address: oldlumens (insert the @ sign here) gmail.com
My YouTube Flashlight Video Channel
The BLF Modding Links Thread
Is she inflatable? Usually plastic friends get you off… J)
My PayPal address: oldlumens (insert the @ sign here) gmail.com
My YouTube Flashlight Video Channel
The BLF Modding Links Thread
OK – I’ve been stumped with a decent enough idea until this afternoon.
I was sitting on the couch eating hot chilli/cheese, watching some pre-recorded Top Gear, & drinking beer (…so you know it’s got to be a quality idea…)
I spotted something s) sitting on the living room table that would work…
I’m now in for a hand-made, single emitter build
Is it plastic?
Whoops I meant to say bump. I’m still waiting for someone to give me an idea on what to build. I looked on my lounge room table and saw empty beer cans. Do I have to recycle these in a furnace to build a light?
djozz quotes, "it came with chinese lettering that is chinese to me".
"My man mousehole needs one too"
old4570 said "I'm not an expert , so don't suffer from any such technical restrictions".
Old-Lumens. Highly admired and cherished member of Budget Light Forum. 11.5.2011 - 20.12.16. RIP.
No, but you can fit quite the reflector in the end of a beer can….
Thanks for moving the end date!
(Building stuff with things found in the bits and bobs box is always fun, won’t buy any parts for it. ^^)
I probably will not have time bevore July 12th, so I would like to enter with a really quick&dirty build in the hand made category, just for the fun of it.
Wow talk about a challenge… Unlike you mainland based guys, there is no time (or $$)for me to bring in parts so I have to use what I have and what the hardware provides…
For people who are curious about flashlights I’ve slapped together from random parts, check out my Ugly babies thread
My gratitude to those who are willing and able to help others (in whatever way you can)! Being human is more than just existing for yourself.
Eebowler, I’m thinking that consideration will be given to location problems. I’ll be using only parts already on hand for this one but half the fun is figuring out how to Mcguyver something together out of odd bits and sparse tools.
Three Tanna leaves to give him life, nine to give him movement. But what if he eats the whole bag?
Scott
How about a beer can with 5 × 18650 and 5 x XML or 4 cells 2s2p with an mtg2? Just imagine what you could fit in a Foster’s can. Beer flood.
Three Tanna leaves to give him life, nine to give him movement. But what if he eats the whole bag?
Scott
Well, there goes MY idea...
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Sorry, Cx. I thought you were going to do a keg.
Three Tanna leaves to give him life, nine to give him movement. But what if he eats the whole bag?
Scott
Theres only green cans here.
I dont know when the last time I saw a fosters can was. Green cans here are VB (Victoria Bitter). I seriously have no idea what to build.
djozz quotes, "it came with chinese lettering that is chinese to me".
"My man mousehole needs one too"
old4570 said "I'm not an expert , so don't suffer from any such technical restrictions".
Old-Lumens. Highly admired and cherished member of Budget Light Forum. 11.5.2011 - 20.12.16. RIP.
I’d love to know how Fosters became ‘the beer of Australia’ in every country other than Australia…. It’s swill – I’m warning you!!!
I’m in for the machine-made category.
3 DAYS LEFT!!! Almost time to get the party started
In Him (Jesus Christ) was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
http://asflashlights.com/ Everyday Carry Flashlights, plus Upgrades for Maglite.
It's getting closer for sure! I'm going to have to go back and see if I can figure out who is really entering or not, so I can make a list! It's like Santa, making a list and checking who's naughty
and who's nice
.
I think I'm loosing it...
My PayPal address: oldlumens (insert the @ sign here) gmail.com
My YouTube Flashlight Video Channel
The BLF Modding Links Thread
I’m not sure where you thought this up from. I’m afraid to tell you that you have already lost it and from the above comment delusional as well.
I’m in but cant start for a couple off weeks in the m/c section. Looks like l’ll need that long to think off something. Thanks again.
djozz quotes, "it came with chinese lettering that is chinese to me".
"My man mousehole needs one too"
old4570 said "I'm not an expert , so don't suffer from any such technical restrictions".
Old-Lumens. Highly admired and cherished member of Budget Light Forum. 11.5.2011 - 20.12.16. RIP.
I put up a list of contestants (so far).
If I did not include you, or put you in the wrong category, PM me and I will change it.
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/21934#comment-400737
My PayPal address: oldlumens (insert the @ sign here) gmail.com
My YouTube Flashlight Video Channel
The BLF Modding Links Thread
this is going to be exciting!
-the- Throw calculator - Pulsars list
+1 Looking forward seeing lots of people getting creative..
BLF LED database – collaboration spreadsheet and latest news about where to buy LEDs
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/19342
i was thinking of entering the handmade, but i guess im not creative enough, because i cant think of any good ideas...
-the- Throw calculator - Pulsars list
Assuming I can come up with something reasonable
, I’ll give the handmade category a go.
Kent
Do we have to be certain on the category before we start?
I will opt for hand made, which I have been put into.. But working with a dremel, knowing I have a bench-grinder,drill press and various other stuff at my side. I may end up using those tools instead for certain tasks depending on how the build turns out and if I get too fed up with the Dremel, for the sake of using the dremel.
So there is a possibility that I will disqualify for the “hand made” category and end up in the “machine made” category despite doing a 98,5% “hand-made” light…
I assume that is OK as long as Im honest about it?
It would be nice to be able to do the decisions while doing the build, depending on how things turns out. I have no idea how I will do certain things on the light yet.
And if I get the feeling that I am using a stone in order to knock a nail into wood, I may end up picking up the hammer that is easily available…
BLF LED database – collaboration spreadsheet and latest news about where to buy LEDs
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/19342
Hand made, the hardcore way!
One step higher…
BLF LED database – collaboration spreadsheet and latest news about where to buy LEDs
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/19342
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