Ayyy just when ya thought i was out

Well it looks like i am yet to learn my lesson and i am back for more pain lol.

I have been on the fence about my build for ages as Christmas time is really hectic. I was planing on 2 builds this year but i doubt i will have time so i will aim for one for now.

My material so far.

• I have some triple SST-20 boards and optics

• Basic driver.

• Copper plates 100/100mm

• Wood- Tasmanian oak

• Aluminum plate and round stock if needed or for 2nd light maybe?

• Clicky switch

• USB charger

My main problem is cutting straight as simple as it sounds its not. I bought a mitre box but not the saw because that is how much i know about wood work. The light will have a wood frame and copper front and back if i can size it right lol. Ah yea i bought some brass screws for a nice touch lol.

I was trying some fancy ends on my wood like dove tail joint but i think i need a chisel for that.

The only chisel i know is cold chisel sigh!

22/1
Well i tried some fancy joints and no go even a Mitre joint is hard to get it even so for now i will stick with a butt joint.

I got me some thinner wood as the other wood is about 1.5mm thick and this stuff is 800mm i think.

I got a new saw that fits in the mitre box lol

Test fit

Honestly i tried so many joints lol I can’t get it right and i don’t have that much time to learn but i would like to learn.

Majority of my time was spent wasted trying to make joints work lol.

Update 23/1

I hand sanded the box and rounded the edges by hand. Not enough stock to belt sand safely.

For thermal reason the copper is almost 1mm thick and trying to saw it size was not working so i sheared of stock.

Test fitting the top

13/2
Back at it!

I have now fully sanded the box added some soft edges.

I was to scared to sand the copper by machine because the copper is soft it may deform. The copper is in between for thickness i should have either gone thinner or thicker and just made a choice lol. I think its 0.8mm thick.

shaped the copper by hand

Expensive lol

I gave the wood its first coat using this stuff

14/2
I done a second coat of the stain stuff

21/2

Ah thank fudge for the auto hole punchers lol

26/2 I put in heaps of hours today maybe close to 6 hours. Some of the time was wasted redoing things that i ruined by doing other things lol You know how it is!

So the copper started life like this

Now its shiny!

In fact a mirror finish

I first used a 3mm bit than a 8mm bit then i used my stepper drill bit

The stepper drill bit left burrs i think a fast speed would have helped.

I done a few test fits to make sure the hole was not going to be to big

Ah yea no wonder it took so long today i rounded of all the edges and made the copper an even fit

Of course i have no deburr tool so i used a razor lol

I only had a double 18650 holder that wont fit inside the light so i cut it down and sanded it into a single cell 18650 holder.

Wiring up the battery charger

The battery, driver. charger, switch are all wired up.

I learnt from last time i need to heat sink the driver

27/2 Its a rush to finish this build i started early today. I just have a few things to polish up i think.

Test fitting the LEDs

Done i wish!

Seeing what size spacer i need

Might as well try and align the LEDs lol

My spacer would could go one of three ways either i snap the 0.8mm thick copper plate i have and stack them up to make the spacer. Then i realised i would need at least 20 pieces lol the spacer needs to be about 20mm i height.

Or i use aluminum round stock that i have and just cut it to size. This would mean i can’t solder the spacer in place.

Third option is to find random parts and use them which is what i did. I used a spare Ultrafire C8 pill and stacked a spacer i use for S2+ mods on top of that which worked almost perfect. I still had to mod both the pill and spacer by cutting and sanding them the round stock would have been easier.

Spacers

Joining the spacers

Soldering the spacer in place

It fits and works but needs a clean up to messy!

How about now?

Okay the light is together and working and it is super bright but that doesnt matter to me i just wanted a nice looking light i could be proud of

This was a major stuff up i have never added a charging port so i was not sure what to do. I cleaned up the hole and tried to fill it.

I made it more even to try and fix it

I will try and fix it better if i can be bothered.

I screwed the battery holder to the wall and attached the driver to the pill and i also attached the other end of the driver to the back of the light the copper backing.

Another angle

*Put it all together for a test run *

Its shiny aye lol

Okay my setup has changed as i had no SST-20s left. So i am using Nichia 219c’s on a Kaidomain DTP triple board with the kaidomain optics. The driver is a Convoy ramping driving supposed to do 8amps yea right this thing is so brights. It has a USB 2.0 charging port and a clicky switch.

Beam shots

Ah i will show you how i worked out the insides. Every thing is glued in place for the just in case times.

Charger light looks good worked out well i guess

Final update!

The final build specs are as follows

• Tasmanian oak frame

• Copper Sheets cut to size for the front and back

• Held together by brass screws M3 size

• Brass and copper heat sink i needed to fill a 22mm gap so i used a C8 pill and a S2+ spacer soldered together.

• Mechanical clicky switch

• LG HG2 18650

• 18650 battery holder

• Micro USB port

• Convoy ramping driver 20mm size plus added heat sinking

• Kaidomain triple LED setup using Nichia 219c with the stock optics.

My tools used where basic this time

I didn’t even start up Sandy (my belt sander) I did use my drill press as it has not been used in a while.

• Screwdrivers

• Saw

• Vice

• Sanding block (majority of sanding was done by hand as i couldn’t risk stuffing up my copper pieces). Ah yea this time i used a sanding block so it was flat lol.

• Rotary tool ( Mainly to polish the copper plates and the screws till it caught and burnt my wood lol)

• Drill press/ Drill

• Chisel

• Soldering iron and Heat gun

• Knife/ razor cause i has no deburr tool

• Hot glue gun

Family photo