Jacob A60 REDUX Project

Update 2-24-16
Received some supplies including some XP-G2 S4 2B emitters from our favorite vendor MTN Electronics on Monday. Did the acetone/air method dedome and spring bypassing yesterday.This flashlight only needs one mode, going “Direct Drive” with LG HG2 brown round power. Beam looks tighter and bright on the wall compared to my other throwers. Will have to do beamshots in the future.

Started working on a Jacob A60 Redux Project. Thought I would put a different spin by cramming the maximum reflector possible in the Jacob A60 host, by machining the host and new reflector. The original reflector has a usable maximum inner diameter of <45.5mm and depth of <45mm as measured from three different sources over the years. My replacement has a 51mm inside diameter and 49mm depth. Original 50mm lens was replaced with a 52mm although it my be replaced with the amazing ULCp lens. Parts are on order for the powering of this A60 redux and the popular XPG2 dedomed will be used. Reflector purchased here http://www.kaidomain.com/product/details.S024650 and machined by me .

HOUSING MACHINED INTERNAL

50mm VS 52mm LENS

A60 (L) and REPLACEMENT REFLECTORS

A60 REFLECTOR

NEW REFLECTOR

BEZEL ID A60 STOCK

BEZEL MODIFIED

FRONT COMPARISON OLD (L) & NEW

RESERVED…

Oh d@πm here I am with 2 BLF bought Jacobs
1 stock and 1/waiting for a nice LED
Man this stock throws
Subbed to your project

That machining looks really nice. I’m excited to see how this turns out.

Update OP

Hey do you mind if i ask where exactly you purchased this 51mm reflector from?

The link was good but something changed. Found it using the part number S024650 in the link. This is not a drop in as some machine work was done to the reflector. Compare the reflector pic above to the Kaidomain pic.

http://www.kaidomain.com/p/S024650.55mm-D-x-49mm-H-SMO-Aluminum-Reflector-for-Cree-XM-L

Sweet thanks

Haven’t been here in a while.